Question

Jeff is an entrepreneur who decided to start an online bakery. Since all his business will be done online and he can bake in his home kitchen, he is saving building and other brick-and-mortar costs that allow him to pass these savings on to his customers.

Reducing prices to customers is an element of:

A. productivity.
B. resource distribution.
C. equilibrium pricing.
D. competition.
E. efficiency.

Answer 1

competition

Explanation:

In simple words, competition refers to the tendency of two or more parties to perform better than one another for the sake of own personal benefits. In business, competition can be done from various perspectives like price or quality.

In the given case, Jeff has been producing at a lower cost but despite of earning high profits he is willing to sell for lower prices with the motive of competing in the market and gaining higher market share.