Managerial Economics: Applications, Strategies and Tactics (MindTap Course List)
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Chapter 15, Problem 5E
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To Explain: The organizational form that would be adopted by the power plant owners, when the coal mine tonnage can be cheaply shipped anywhere, while an adjacent coal-fired power plant cannot be re-deployable for other uses.
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