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DUOPOLIO [2 records]

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Record 1 2025-02-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Market Structure (Trade)
  • Production (Economics)
DEF

... a market structure in which only two firms or producers control all or most of the market share.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Morphologie des marchés (Commerce)
  • Production (Économie)
DEF

[...] structure de marché caractérisée par la présence de seulement deux entreprises du côté de l'offre face à un nombre important d'acheteurs.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Estructura del mercado (Comercio)
  • Producción (Economía)
DEF

Caso particular de oligopolio en el que sólo existen dos vendedores en el mercado.

OBS

duopolio : término y definición extraídos del CAPITAL Business Dictionary con la autorización de LID Editorial Empresarial.

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Record 2 2012-03-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Market Structure (Trade)
DEF

Equivalent to oligopoly. Market situation in which the few producers that exist attempt to make agreements that improve their financial situation at the expense of consumers. If there are only two suppliers, it is a duopoly and if there is one, a monopoly.

CONT

the most acute case threatening instability of oligopolistic competition is that in which the different firms produce virtually identical or homogeneous products.

OBS

oligopolistic competition: term and definition reproduced from the CAPITAL Business Dictionary with the permission of LID Editorial Empresarial.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Morphologie des marchés (Commerce)
OBS

concurrence d'oligopole : terme extrait du CAPITAL Business Dictionary et reproduit avec l'autorisation de LID Editorial Empresarial

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Estructura del mercado (Comercio)
DEF

Equivale a oligopolio. Situación de mercado en la que existen pocos productores, que generalmente tratan de llegar a acuerdos que mejoren su situación económica a costa del consumidor. Si sólo hay dos oferentes se llama duopolio, y si hay uno monopolio.

OBS

competencia oligopolística: término y definición extraídos del CAPITAL Business Dictionary con la autorización de LID Editorial Empresarial.

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