Across
- 3. An illegal agreement that forbids customers from buying goods and services from competitors
- 5. A type of market structure in which a lot of businesses sell similar
- 7. Rivalry between or among businesses that offer similar types of goods or
- 9. A market structure in which there are relatively few sellers, and industry leaders usually determine prices
- 10. A federal regulation intended to prevent specific business actions that might restrict competition
- 13. Using minimum amounts of resources to the best advantage
- 14. that have only a few differences
- 16. The type of market, or environment, in which businesses operate
- 17. A federal regulation that prohibits price discrimination
- 19. A federal regulation intended to protect competitors from takeovers that would limit competition
- 21. A type of rivalry between or among businesses that focuses on the use of
Down
- 1. An illegal activity in which a business charges different customers
- 2. The rivalry between two or more businesses to attract scarce customer dollars
- 4. a situation in which either profit or loss is possible
- 6. A type of market structure in which a market is controlled by one supplier, and there are no substitute goods or services readily available
- 8. to attract scarce customer dollars
- 11. the risk of harm caused by human mistakes, dishonesty, or another risk that is attributed to people
- 12. Rivalry between or among businesses that offer dissimilar goods or services
- 15. An illegal agreement requiring a customer to buy other products in order to obtain desired goods and services
- 18. prices for similar amounts and types of products
- 20. A risk-response strategy that involves choosing not to do something that is considered risky