Answer:
a. Landscaping company owners who attend the meeting have formed a cartel.
b. Hot dog vendors in this city are colluding with one another but not as part of a cartel.
c. The east side bakery owners are acting competitively by avoiding a poor business decision.
d. L.M. Nutz and Go Go Nuts are acting competitively, entering the other company's market will likely start an unprofitable price war.
Explanation:
Competitive Behaviors:
Cartel: A cartel is an organization of many independent suppliers who agree to set minimum prices for their products and services for the purpose of reducing competition.
Collusion occurs when some organizations stick to some informally-established prices for their products and services without actually formalizing their agreements, unlike a cartel.
Competition enable organizations to outperform one another with low prices and other competitive measures.