Amonopoly, unlike a perfectly competitive firm, has some market power. thus, it can raise its price, within limits, without quantity demanded falling to zero. the main way monopolies retain their market power is through barriers to entry, which prevent other companies from entering monopolized markets and competing for customers. consider the market for computer technology. patents are granted to inventors of products or processes for a certain number of years to encourage innovation. without patents, research and development needed to improve computer technology are unlikely to occur, as nothing would then prevent other firms from stealing ideas and copying products. which of the following best explains the barriers to entry that exist in this scenario?

exclusive ownership of a necessary resource

legal barriers

increasing returns to scale

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anyone below or above ambitious can tell you. so crowns mean brainliest. getting brainliest means your answer needs a good explanation and the person asking the question can understand your answer easily. so say there's a multiple choice question. you don't just want to say your answer is a, hope it . provide evidence and reasoning so that they know that that is the correct answer. a good explanation should have evidence, good reasoning, and your opinion on why you picked that. you don't want to look up their question on the internet and see if you can answer it. pick questions that you 100% know the answer to, so than that way you can provide a better explanation.

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