Running head: DIFFERENTIATING BETWEEN MARKET STRUCTURES
Differentiating Between Market Structures
Michelle Ihegborow, Lauren Lovato, Araceli Pedraza, & Ginger Ramsay
University of Phoenix
ECO/212
Ted Nordin
March 11, 2010
Differentiating Between Market Structures
| |Perfect competition |Monopoly |Monopolistic Competition |Oligopoly |
|An example of an organization |Corn Farmer |Microsoft |Coca Cola |Marlboro |
| |Upper Mid-West, US |Corporation | | |
|Goods or services produced by the |Corn |Windows Operating |Soft drinks and beverage products |Cigarettes |
|organization | |System | | |
| | |Windows Office | | |
| | |Software | | |
|Barriers to entry |No Barriers |Yes |No Barriers |Yes |
|Numbers of organizations |Numerous |One |Numerous |Few |
|Price elasticity of demand |Price-taker |Price maker...