the sherman trust act
A cartel or monopoly causes business firms to combine to prevent competition.
not sure how they combine, but they combine. as stated in case study project management
No, it is not correct to say "combine something together with" because the word "combine" already implies bringing things together. You should use "combine something with" instead.
Two elements combine together by sharing electrons to form a bond.
When two companies combine to form a single company, it is called an amalgamation or merger.
When you combine two things you are adding them together.
A trust.
reduce competition and regulate prices.
atoms combine to give molecules
Combine means to put together.
Perfect Monopoly: It is also called as absolute monopoly. In this case, there is only a single seller of product having no close substitute; not even remote one. There is absolutely zero level of competition. Such monopoly is practically very rare.Imperfect Monopoly: It is also called as relative monopoly or simple or limited monopoly. It refers to a single seller market having no close substitute. It means in this market, a product may have a remote substitute. So, there is fear of competition to some extent e.g. Mobile (Cellphone) telcom industry (e.g. vodaphone) is having competition from fixed landline phone service industry (e.g. BSNL in India).Private Monopoly: When production is owned, controlled and managed by the individual, or private body or private organization, it is called private monopoly. e.g. Tata, Reliance, Bajaj, etc. groups in India. Such type of monopoly is profit oriented.Public Monopoly: When production is owned, controlled and managed by government, it is called public monopoly. It is welfare and service oriented. So, it is also called as 'Welfare Monopoly' e.g. Railways, Defence, etc.Simple Monopoly: Simple monopoly firm charges a uniform price or single price to all the customers. He operates in a single market.Discriminating Monopoly: Such a monopoly firm charges different price to different customers for the same product. It prevails in more than one market.Legal Monopoly: When monopoly exists on account of trade marks, patents, copy rights, statutory regulation of government etc., it is called legal monopoly. Music industry is an example of legal monopoly.Natural Monopoly: It emerges as a result of natural advantages like good location, abundant mineral resources, etc. e.g. Gulf countries are having monopoly in crude oil exploration activities because of plenty of natural oil resources.Technological Monopoly: It emerges as a result of economies of large scale production, use of capital goods, new production methods, etc. E.g. engineering goods industry, automobile industry, software industry, etc.Joint Monopoly: A number of business firms acquire monopoly position through amalgamation, cartels, syndicates, etc, it becomes joint monopoly. e.g. Actually, pizza making firm and burger making firm are competitors of each other in fast food industry. But when they combine their business, that leads to reduction in competition. So they can enjoy monopoly power in market.
A merger combines two companies or corporations into a single structure. Often a smaller company will become a subsidiary of a larger company, or two large companies (e.g. Chrysler and Daimler-Benz from 1998 to 2007) will combine to gain some advantage in finance or competition.