Question

Home Value Inc., Max Cart Inc., and Nice Necessities Inc. are three consumer-product retailing companies. Their products consist primarily of day-to-day items that are easy to imitate and sell. All three companies use the same resources and capabilities in the production and distribution of their products. Judging from the market conditions described in this scenario, which of the following statements is true?

A. Resource immobility of the firms will be low.
B. The industry structure will be far from perfect competition.
C. Barriers to entry within the industry will be high.
D. Any advantage that one firm has will be short-lived.

Answer 1

Answer:

D. Any advantage that one firm has will be short-lived.

Explanation:

With the three firms all producing the same product with similar resources in their production and distribution of their products, any advantage that a firm has over the others if any would not last long at all. This is because each firm is using similar technique in the same location. Hence, there's nothing special about one of the firms over the others.