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DUOPOLE [2 records]

Record 1 2025-03-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Economics
  • Trade
CONT

The fact that a monopolist's profits normally exceed a market's total duopoly profits explains why a dominant firm has the incentive to destroy nascent competitors and deter potential competitors.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Économique
  • Commerce

Spanish

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Record 2 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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