According to the "Merriam-Webster's Dictionary," an oligopoly is a business environment ... Oligopolies can arise because, in some cases, the barriers to entry for new businesses are very high ...

Some of the barriers to entry (that prevent new players from entering the market) in an oligopoly include economies of scale, regulatory barriers, accessing supply and distribution channels ...

An oligopoly is when two or more companies control the market, none of which can keep the others from having significant influence. In both cases, significant barriers to entry prevent other ...

the companies in the oligopoly often will raise their prices. Unlike natural oligopolies that result from scarcity of resources, retail oligopolies must usually use artificial barriers to prevent ...

Barriers to entry play a significant role in maintaining ... In markets characterized by oligopoly or monopolistic ...

This fails to acknowledge that the barriers to entry into this market are prohibitively high and that members of the delivery company oligopoly enjoy significant economies of scale resulting in ...

We think the NBN is increasing barriers to entry into the telco industry ... In other words, while the NBN may be nurturing one last oligopoly, some competition is better none, which would ...

The scope of the reviews was still being decided, but they would likely focus on the power of the four largest banks, barriers to entry in the industry, and constraints on consumers switching ...

All factors considered, the market agents’ space is an oligopoly,” Ratshisusu said ... of fresh produce markets to reducing barriers to entry and supporting small-scale, emerging and ...