Saturday, September 15, 2018

Concept of barriers to entry with examples


BARRIERS OF ENTRY

The cost that must be incurred by the new entrant into a market that incumbents do not have or have not had to incur. As barriers to entry protects incumbent firms and restrict the competition in the market. Barriers to entry often cause or aid the existence of the monopoly or given companies market power.
·       Aggressive tactics are the big barriers for entry in market.
·       Some of the other sectors like telecom industry, insurance companies, banking sectors are having barriers to entry by the government.
·       Licence fee, spectrum fee, subscription fee, etc we have to incur all these expenses to get on firm the barriers and enter into the market.

Example for barriers of entry

Brand loyalty-
It corresponds to the preference of customers for a particular product from an established firm. As a example of barriers of entry, brand loyalty can discourage potential entrants as it compels them to spend heavily on promotional and marketing efforts.

Distribution arrangements-
Agreements between a manufacturers and retailers can make it difficult for a potential competitor to enter into a market. Examples of these are exclusive agreements between a clothing company and a large chain of departmental stores.

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