Lego And Its Unique History And Brand Concept

Economies of scale: Large companies can produce products at a much lower cost than small ones because the cost per unit drops as the volume of output rises

In these circumstances, the cost structures are not the same as with the competitive industry and so we cannot say that the oligopolistic firm results in higher prices than if a competitive market structure were to be adopted. In fact going along the theory of the downward sloping cost curve we can come to the conclusion that it would be the other way around and consumers would

In a monopolistically competitive industry, the goods sold, while not perfect substitutes, can be viewed as acceptable substitutes by most people. As a result, if Firm A raised the price of its good substantially, consumers would decrease the quantity demanded from Firm A and would move to other firms selling similar products. As a result, Firm A would sell few units at the new higher price. As the quantity a firm sells falls, so does its percentage of sales in the industry, also

Therefore monopolies aim to produce more units of their good in order to maximize their profits. Reversely, if they produce at a high a level of output, marginal costs are greater than marginal revenue, and they therefore increase their profits by reducing the number of items produced (Mankiw, 2014).

This paper aims to outline the history of Lego since its start up within the last 100 years all the way to its financial crisis and verge of collapse in the early 2000s (see appendix for History of Lego). The Economic analysis and evaluation aims to argue whether Lego has a monopoly position in the global toy industry or whether it moves into

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Lego is a billion dollar company providing toys to children all over the world and is a source of fun for families everywhere. However a recent form of Legos takes the place of an anti-Nazi and Holocaust lecture. The Lego Movie was released in February 2014 and achieved a rating of 96% from Rotten Tomatoes. The movie was an instant hit, with 6 major awards and 11 nominations. However, in the movie there are silent messages being sent to kids about how bad the Holocaust can be. The connections between the historic event and the movie are featured throughout the film.

Two of the dwarfs carrying knives, while Dwalin is also carrying a massive hammer and Bofur a pickax.

The movie known as “The Lego Movie” has greatly demonstrated the similar characteristics of an ancient civilization in its modern times between the lego civilization in its rules and technological advancements in societies. Other similarities include social stratification, trade, a centralized government, a surplus of foods, and its religious ideals. These similarities state as to how the movie “The Lego Movie” is similar to the ancient civilizations we once had as well as the known similarity between the ancient civilizations and our modern civilizations today. The following similarities that are most similar between the ancient civilization, the lego civilization, and the modern

The LEGO franchise originally advertised itself as a gender-neutral toy, and advertisements can be found from the 1980’s that promote the brand as one for boys and girls alike. The blocks and figurines were once unmarked, contrasting from the highly gender-segregated LEGO of today. However, in the 90’s when LEGO feared that it’s highly profitable franchise would soon become obsolete (Castella), they devised a marketing strategy that focused on themed LEGO sets starting with Pirates in 1989 and slowly incorporating licensed themes such as Star Wars and Batman - themes with characters that related to boys. These unmarked blocks that were meant to spark creativity now came with instructions on how to build settings related to the theme and figures

A monopoly’s total revenue is equal to the quantity sold multiplied by the price. Average revenue in a monopoly is amount of revenue the firm receives per unit sold. Marginal revenue is defined as the amount of revenue that the firm receives for each additional unit of input. A monopolist’s marginal revenue is always less than the price of it’s good. If a monopoly firm wants to increase the amount sold, they must lower the price it charges to all customers. Upon increasing the amount of goods sold, there are two affects on the total revenue; more output is sold (output effect) and the price of each unit decreases (price effect). When more output is sold total revenue tends to increase; when the price falls the total revenue tends to increase. Monopoly profit is the total revenue minus total costs and always exists. If excess profits are made by a monopolistic firm than it is an indication that the company is not allocating it’s resources properly.

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LEGO is a company that has a lot of strengths as well as weaknesses when based upon a SWOT analysis. Lego has a brand image that is very strong and well known. Not only created for toys for children but created with the mindset of having an educational purpose. As stated on page two of the case, “in order to help market the product to children and parents, the sets were creatively designed in collaboration with the Danish Road Safety Council to help teach children about traffic safety.” This not only helped children learn young about the rules of the road but also gained parents trust. Another strength for LEGO is that their toys are good quality. They are hard to break and when being built stayed together but also came apart easily when it was time to clean up. They referred to this as “clutch power.” Last of many strengths is LEGO is constantly being innovative. There are always new play themes, LEGOLAND theme park, LEGO movies and video games. Though many strengths, LEGO does have some weaknesses.

This essay will consider firstly the position of Lego in relation to both the constraints of the internal and external

“Economies of scale are unit cost reductions associated with a large scale of output” as it is able to spread over the fixed costs over a large volume of quantity (Wickramasekera, Cronk & Hill 2013 p90). “First-mover advantages are the economic and strategic advantages that accrue to early entrants into an industry and the ability to capture scale economies ahead of later