title: Industry competition.
abstract: Not only do individuals and firms compete with each other within an industry, there is also industry competition with other industries and competition of an industry with its customers and vendors. The rules of industry competition are embedded in market structure and difficult to modify. These rules are discussed under the headings of overall market growth, barriers to entry, rivalries within the industry, relationships with customers and vendors, and the availability of substitutes.
authors.forename: D W
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Chambers
mesh_terms: D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D003729:Dental Care / Q000191:economics; D003752:Dental Health Services / Q000191:economics; D003812:Dentist-Patient Relations; D003815:Dentists; D004465:Economic Competition / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration; D004468:Economics, Dental / Q000458:organization & administration; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D008005:Licensure, Dental; D008329:Managed Care Programs / Q000191:economics; D008389:Marketing of Health Services / Q000191:economics; D011215:Practice Management, Dental / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration; D013674:Technology, Dental