Price Compression - Kakakuashuku

For example, large companies that can make up for losses in one division by diversifying may engage in predatory pricing, where prices are set below cost for a certain period of time, with the aim of restoring discipline in the market and eliminating competitors. When a company that has integrated the final sale of its products has established a monopoly in the raw materials division, for example, the action of raising the price of raw materials supplied to other companies and dealing a blow to companies that specialize in the processing division is called a price squeeze. In addition, there are many business practices that, even if they are advantageous between individual companies, have a de facto restrictive effect on competitors, such as exclusive transactions that impose conditions on not trading with other companies, mutual transactions, and tie-in sales.

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…たとえば，多角化によって一部門の損失補塡（ほてん）を行える大企業は，市場での規律回復や競争相手の排除を目的として，一定期間コスト割れの低価格をつける略奪的価格引下げpredatory pricingを行うことがある。製品の最終販売までを統合した企業がたとえば原料部門で独占的地位を確立しているとき，他企業への原料供給価格をつりあげ，加工部門に特化した企業に打撃を与える行動は，価格圧縮price squeezeと呼ばれる。そのほか，他企業と取引しないとの条件をつける排他的取引や，相互取引，抱合せ販売など，個別企業間では有利な取引であっても，競争相手にとっては実質的に競争制限効果をもつ商慣行は多い。…

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