G202 EXAM 2 IU KREFT CERTIFICATION
REVIEW SET 2026 QUESTIONS WITH
ANSWERS GRADED A+
⫸ How to gain market power Answer: manager's job is to attempt to
sustain any factors with limit competition
⫸ Market Strategies Answer: --Guarding trade secrets
--Control of an ESSENTIAL resource
--Exclusive contracts & customer lock-in
--Collusion (form a cartel & act like monopoly)
⫸ Guarding trade secrets Answer: do something others cannot, protect
that
⫸ Control of an ESSENTIAL resource Answer: De Beers--example:
diamonds, put diamonds in vault to control supply --> price
"essential" depending on industry
⫸ Exclusion contracts & customer lock-in Answer: revenue sharing
extended contracts
, example: coke & adidas on campus
example: extended cell phone contracts
⫸ Collusion (form a cartel and act as a monopoly) Answer: De Beers--
example:merge Coke & Pepsi
can price like monopoly
cannot bc its illegal (antitrust policy)
antitrust can be international if bus. has US interests
⫸ Non-Market Strategies: gov. & activits Answer: --Patent or copyright
protection
--Trade regulations
--Gov. licensing
--Gov. or NGO certification
⫸ Patent or Copyright protection Answer: act as monopoly for 20 years
gov. protection
⫸ Trade regulations Answer: blocks international competition
REVIEW SET 2026 QUESTIONS WITH
ANSWERS GRADED A+
⫸ How to gain market power Answer: manager's job is to attempt to
sustain any factors with limit competition
⫸ Market Strategies Answer: --Guarding trade secrets
--Control of an ESSENTIAL resource
--Exclusive contracts & customer lock-in
--Collusion (form a cartel & act like monopoly)
⫸ Guarding trade secrets Answer: do something others cannot, protect
that
⫸ Control of an ESSENTIAL resource Answer: De Beers--example:
diamonds, put diamonds in vault to control supply --> price
"essential" depending on industry
⫸ Exclusion contracts & customer lock-in Answer: revenue sharing
extended contracts
, example: coke & adidas on campus
example: extended cell phone contracts
⫸ Collusion (form a cartel and act as a monopoly) Answer: De Beers--
example:merge Coke & Pepsi
can price like monopoly
cannot bc its illegal (antitrust policy)
antitrust can be international if bus. has US interests
⫸ Non-Market Strategies: gov. & activits Answer: --Patent or copyright
protection
--Trade regulations
--Gov. licensing
--Gov. or NGO certification
⫸ Patent or Copyright protection Answer: act as monopoly for 20 years
gov. protection
⫸ Trade regulations Answer: blocks international competition