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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z ALL You Have Viewed Too Many Free Essays, Term Papers, and Book Reports. U.S. Mutual Funds U.S. Mutual Funds Economics of Management U.S. Mutual Fund Industry Classification Assignment Classify the United States Mutual Fund Industry as one or more of the forms of competition from both the investor (consumer) and offeror (producer) perspectives. Section Requirements 1. a. Producer Classification in tabular style: Form of Criterion Competition Evidence Many Buyers Oligopoly 10 - 12 producers (behemoths) control 52% of the Few Sellers entire Mutual Fund (MF) Industry. (Heilbroner, Robert and Thurow, Lester, Economics Explained, 1198, page 165, see *) Slope of Marginal Revenue Curve at Equilibrium is Steeper Sloping. Slope of Marginal Cost Curve at Equilibrium is Increasing. Overall Industry Classification = Differentiated Oligopoly b. Impact of Porters Five Forces of Competition 1. The Competition Among Sellers - Among the behemoths, the competition is fierce; their objective is to be at the top of the MF Industry in overall market share - Occurs mainly in the open-end MF market which comprises 75% of overall market make-up - Heavily regulated industry forces competition to concentrate on developing and sustaining superior fund performance 2. Substitute Products/Services - Many are available, but switching costs may be high -- MFs may have fees and/or loads which aid in retaining the investor and to discourage switching -- Switching between funds can also create a taxable event which also discourages switching 3. The industry, market, competition, mfs, power, mf, funds, switching, buyers, overall, marginal, investor, equilibrium, entry, curve, classification, top, suppliers, substitute, slope, performance, input, growth, fund, forces, consumer, competitive, behemoths, because, available, among, weak, viewed, tabular Word Count: 504 Acceptance_Essays American_History Anatomy_&_Physiology Animal_Science_&_Zoology Anthropology Architecture Art Astronomy Aviation Biographies Book_Reports Business Computers Creative_Writing Current_Events Economics Education Engineering English Environmental_Science Ethics European_History Film_&_TV Foreign_Languages Geography Government_&_Politics Health_&_Beauty History_Other Human_Sexuality Legal_Issues Marketing Mathematics Medicine Miscellaneous Music Mythology Philosophy Physics Poetry Political_Science Psychology Religion Science Shakespeare Social_Issues Sociology Speech Sports_&_Recreation Supernatural Technology Theater Theses_&_Dissertations

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