Mary Hall is a editor for Investopedia's Advisor Insights, in addition to being the editor of several books and doctoral papers. Mary received her bachelor's in English from Kent State University with ...

Perfect competition is a theoretical model with many buyers and sellers offering identical products. In this model, firms cannot influence prices and make zero long-term profit due to free entry and ...

Competition with other firms is a key aspect of running a business of any size, from a brand new venture to a large corporation. In competitive markets, companies have to fight over the business of ...

Steven Nickolas is a writer and has 10+ years of experience working as a consultant to retail and institutional investors. Suzanne is a content marketer, writer, and fact-checker. She holds a Bachelor ...

As a small-business owner, you're probably an avid reader of financial and economic news. And like many of your colleagues, you probably scratch your head over some of the headlines you read about ...

The proposal of the Securities and Exchange Commission for market structure reform, like so many other recent SEC initiatives, seems entirely ad hoc. There are certainly good reasons for considering ...

Monopolistic competition features many businesses offering similar, differentiated products. This market structure benefits both consumers with varied choices and businesses via low entry barriers.