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 The marketplace rules have been discussed in Table 1.2.  All rivalry ultimately is acted out at the local or micro level. Each individual customer selects among rivals’ offerings. At this level, the game is typically zero-sum: purchasing one rival’s offering means lost opportunity for other competitors.

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