"even monopoly can incur losses in the short run." true or false? Explain.?

Question

"even monopoly can incur losses in the short run." true or false? Explain.?

Answer 1

Of course monopolies can incur losses in the short run. This is the reason you can't draw inferences on competitiveness on profit.

Short Run is one time frame of production. This is where there are fixed costs. Let's say today there was a malfunction with the factors of production, like a strike.  The factory is open but no one is at the shop producing goods.  You already paid for the fixed costs for products you have not produced. Your in a loss because you paid for fixed costs and have not produced any goods therefore no revenue.

When C > R loss

External events usually is the cause for having losses in the short run. This can happen to any type of market structure in the short run.