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Problem
Dependence on costly trading intermediaries
Other Names:
Profiteering by middlemen
Prohibitive cost of trading intermediaries
Unnecessary market middlemen
Costly agency operations
Broader Problems:
Profiteering
Limited market development
Prohibitive costs for businesses
Surrendered control of marketing systems
Narrower Problems:
Middleman control of rural marketing
Undue control of prices by intermediaries
Aggravates:
Abusive sales techniques
Discrimination against local community shopping facilities
Reduced By:
Disintermediation
Strategies:
Curtailing excessive middleman benefits
Subject(s):
Commerce
→
Agencies, dealers
Commerce
→
Finance
Commerce
→
Market
Commerce
→
Purchasing, supplying
Commerce
→
Trade
Cybernetics
→
Control
Social Activity
→
Agency
Societal Problems
→
Dependence
Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
Problem Type:
D: Detailed problems
Date of last update
04.10.2020 – 22:48 CEST