1. Characteristics of price-taker markets Firms in the market will be price-takers when the following conditions are met: 1. All firms in the market produce an identical product. 2. A large number of firms (buyers and sellers) exist in the market, so that no single firm dominates the market. 3. Each firm supplies only a very small portion of total output supplied to the market. 4. No barriers limit entry into or exit from the market, and firms and resources are fully mobile.

Which of the following mechanisms would be most likely to motivate managers to act in the best interests of shareholders? a) decrease the use of restrictive covenants in bond agreements, b) take actions that reduce the possibility of a hostile takeover, c) elect a board of directors that allows managers greater freedom of action, d) increase the proportion of executive compensation that comes from stock options and reduce the proportion that is paid as cash salaries, e) eliminate a requirement that members of the board directors have a substantial investment in the firm's stocks

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Which feature is a characteristic of a corporation?