Answer:
The correct answer is B. an oligopoly.
Explanation:
An oligopoly is a market structure where there are few relevant competitors and each of them has some capacity to influence the price and amount of equilibrium.
In the oligopoly, competitors have market power, but at a lower level than in the case of monopoly. This, since, instead of having only one bidder, there is a small group of companies.
This means that although each of the companies has an influence on the market price and quantity (they do not take it as given), the freedom to choose the level of these variables is limited by the existence of other competing firms. A special case of oligopoly is the duopoly, where there are only two bidders.
Answer:
As this example illustrates, companies like Netflix must engage in <u>ONGOING STRATEGIC PLANNING</u> to remain relevant and competitive in the ever-changing environment of technology advancements, social trends, and legal regulations.
Explanation:
When a company develops a strategic plan, management is setting the business direction of the company. This means setting up a long term plan for the company to follow, but strategic plans cannot be fixed.
Strategic planning must always be an ongoing and fluid process, since markets are not static, nor your competitors will just sit around waiting for you to decide what to do. Your competition will constantly try to find ways to increase their market and lower yours, so you must respond accordingly.
In this case, Disney last year launched their own online service and that is going to be tough for Netflix, but if it isn't Disney, ti would be some other company.
Answer:
No, a currency carry trade with positive profit can not be conducted.
Explanation:
The currency carry trade is the trading strategy where investor funding from lower-yield currency to invest in higher-yield currency with expectation to earn positive profit from the yield differences between the two currencies.
However, this strategy only works when the difference is big enough to compensate for the depreciation ( if any) of the higher-yield currency against the lower-yield currency.
With the given information, the strategy will not work because the depreciation of NZ$ against US$ after one-year is too big to be compensated for the yield difference.
For specific example, suppose the strategy is conducted, in 2008, an investor will borrow, for example, US$1 at 4.2%, exchange it to NZ$1.71. Then, invest NZ$1.71 at 9.1%.
In 2019, an investor will get NZ$1.86561 (1.71 x 1.091). The, he/she exchanges at the 2019 exchange rate, for US$1.36176 (1.86561 / 1.37). While at the same time, he will have to pay back 1 x 1.042 = US$1.042 => The loss making in US$ is US$0.32.