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why is competition necessary?

considering a business

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i know why competion is important for consumers

but why is it important for a bussiness to have competion?

Update 2:

i know why competion is important for consumers

but why is it important for a bussiness to have competion?

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  • 1 decade ago
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    Competition keeps businesses innovative.

  • 1 decade ago

    Without it you would be without incentive to improve or even offer decent service.

    Say you had a company like electric power where nobody else could serve your customers so you could charge as much as you wanted. Why would you care if your phone answering people were rude to the customers?

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