How might a firm in an oligopolistic market attempt to increase market share?
Explanation of oligopoly; concentration ratio, producer sovereignty
Explanation that oligopolies are often non-price competitive and resulting price rigidity
Use of kinked demand curve to illustrate price rigidity
Explanation of how/why oligopoly firms are interdependent and therefore have an incentive to avoid head-on competition by
a) Collusion
b) Merging
Since oligopoly firms wish to avoid harmful price competition, great effort often goes into R&D, product enhancement, marketing drives, product differentiation