Analyzing Market Structures and Their Implications for Policy-Making and Sustainability

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A research-based assignment examining the impact of various market structures on policy and long-term sustainability.

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Running head: Market structure 1
Market structure
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As a consultant hired by the local mayor, you are tasked with providing a comprehensive
briefing on the market structure in the region. In your report, analyze the different types of
market structures (perfect competition, monopolistic competition, oligopoly, and monopoly)
and their implications for policy-making. Additionally, discuss the role of entry barriers,
competitive pressures, and price elasticity in shaping these market structures. Highlight the
role of sustainability and government interventions in fostering competitive markets. Use
relevant examples and support your arguments with scholarly references. Your response
should be 1000-1200 words.

Market structure 2
Situation
I have been hired as a consultant to the local mayor so that I can brief him/her about
the situation of market structure in the region. It is very important to have knowledge of the
same so that right kind of policies can be made for the region. There are different market
structure and we will explore each of them in some sort of detail.
Market Structures
Perfect Competition: In such a market there are many players and hence there is huge
competition. Due to too many sellers, customers are at advantage and hence the price point is
achieved in the best possible manner. For all policy maker these kind of markets are most
desired and the situation is ideal for the makers (Chevalier, 2006).
Monopolistic Competition: The players in the market are less and it is heading
towards monopoly, the situation in such scenario is alarming and policy makers need to make
sure that such a situation is avoided.

Market structure 3
Oligopoly: In such a scenario there are small number of sellers and small number of
players are controlling the market and hence the situation is not in hands of customers.
Monopoly: This is the scenario which Government never desires because it kills all
sort of healthy competition and single player has the power to control the whole market.
Policy makers and regulators work together in shift so that no markets become monopoly
(Kantarelis, 2008).
Example of Market structures
Is it really your company's intent to be the very first in the world to introduce
something? During the 1990s, many management teams were stimulated by the concept of
"first-mover advantage," but management science quickly countered with suggestions that
first movers faced significant risks and disadvantages. By 2010, the balance of wisdom had
moved toward first movers often losing out. Second or subsequent movers often seem to be
the ones who clean up and make all the money from the first mover's pioneering. High-
visibility examples like Apple's success with digital music players fitted the narrative well. A
certain amount of "bandwagon effect" and management idea dilution resulted in many
companies asserting that their strategies were to be fast followers. However, if all believe in
the same strategic idea, none has an advantage (Thampapillai, 2005). We have
observed oligopoly situations in which the players have announced fast-follower strategies,
but there is no leader to be followed. Many who declare themselves to be fast followers don't
seem to be sure who the leader is, and their response time to new directions in business is not
very fast.

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