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DECISION MAKING PROCESS: The five step decision making process the consumer uses to complete a purchasing decision. Step one is defining the problem. Step two is collecting data on possible choices. Step three is evaluating the alternatives. Step four is making a decision. Step five is post-purchase behavior, sometimes buyerÕs remorse.
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KINKED-DEMAND CURVE ANALYSIS An analysis using the kinked-demand curve to explain rigid prices often found with oligopoly. The kinked-demand curve contains two distinct segments--one for higher prices that is more elastic and one for lower prices that is less elastic. Key to this analysis is that the corresponding marginal revenue curve contains three segments--one associated with the more elastic segment, one associated with the less elastic segment, and one associated with the kink. A profit-maximizing firm can then equate marginal cost to a wide range of marginal revenue values along the vertical segment of the marginal revenue curve. This suggests that marginal cost must change significantly before an oligopolistic firm is inclined to change price.
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