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Week 3
Business Law
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Federal Government | May regulate any area of business to advance the nations national economic needs |
| State Government | Rely on police power; May not impose an unreasonable burden on interstate commerce or any activity of the federal government |
| Horizontal Restraints | Restraints among competitors' goal to make sure gaining customers because of better service/price and not because of price manipulation or market manipulation |
| Vertical Restraints | Restraints through the supply chain |
| Regulation of Prices/ Price fixing | Agreements between competitors to not sell below a certain price; Commission Rates, Credit Terms and agreements to exchange cost information |
| Monopolization/ Monopoly | A situation where in which a single company or group owns all or nearly all of the market for a given type of product/service -Characterized by the lack of competition -Prohibited under the Sherman antitrust act |
| Market Power | The ability to control price and exclude competitors -Geographic Markets -Product Markets |
| Boycotts | Competitors agree to refrain from dealing with certain buyers -Boycotts are per se violations of the Sherman Act |
| Price Discrimination | The charging price by a seller of different prices to difference buyers for commodities of similar grade and quality, resulting in reduced competition or a tendency to create a monopoly |
| Nature Of the Administrative Agency | An administrative agency is a government body that administers and implements legislation Created to carry out general policies specified by congress |
| Tying | The practice of selling one product or service as mandatory addition to the purchase of a difference product or service |
| Mergers along the supply chain | Vertical mergers- A merger between two companies producing difference goods or service for one specified finished product. -Clayton Act applies to vertical mergers |