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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 ...

In market economies, there are a variety of different market systems that exist, depending on the industry and the companies within that industry. It is important for small business owners to ...

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 ...