1. The number of consumers and sellers, the type of products, barriers to entry and exit of the market.
2. It does not have all characteristics of perfect competition. This is called imperfect competition.
3. If there are no competitors, the seller controls the price.
4. It is restricted, there is one seller, the monopoly controls prices.
5. They must find way to attract more buyers.
6. Because they have large share of the market and there are less sellers.
7. One factor is the market share of the firms before and after the merger.
8. They are harming profits.