Across
- 1. Rivalry between or among businesses that offer dissimilar goods or
- 6. A type of market structure in which a market is controlled by one supplier, and there
- 7. competition (e.g., tying agreements and exclusive agreements)
- 11. A federal regulation intended to protect competitors from
- 12. A federal regulation that established a regulatory agency, the
- 17. prices for similar amounts and types of products
- 18. A type of rivalry between or among businesses that involves factors
- 19. An illegal activity in which a business charges different customers
- 21. A type of rivalry between or among businesses that focuses on the use of
- 23. resulting in little choice for the customer
- 24. no substitute goods or services readily available
- 25. that have only a few differences
- 26. A risk-response strategy that involves choosing not to do something that is
- 28. the risk of harm caused by human mistakes, dishonesty, or another risk that is
- 30. The rivalry between two or more businesses to attract scarce customer dollars
- 31. than price (e.g., customer services, modern facilities, trained personnel, and variety of
- 32. determine prices
Down
- 2. risky
- 3. An illegal agreement that forbids customers from buying goods and
- 4. A type of market structure in which a lot of businesses sell similar
- 5. A market structure in which there are many businesses selling a lot of
- 8. Using minimum amounts of resources to the best advantage
- 9. that would limit competition
- 10. Trade Commission (FTC), to monitor business activities in order to prevent unfair
- 13. Rivalry between or among businesses that offer similar types of goods or
- 14. A market structure in which there are relatively few sellers, and industry leaders
- 15. from competitors
- 16. A federal regulation intended to prevent specific business actions that might
- 19. to attract scarce customer dollars
- 20. products for about the same price to many buyers; also known as pure competition
- 22. fixing Illegal business agreement in which businesses agree on prices of their goods or
- 27. to people
- 29. The type of market, or environment, in which businesses operate