Macroeconomics
Macroeconomics
5th Edition
ISBN: 9781319098759
Author: Paul Krugman, Robin Wells
Publisher: Worth Publishers
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Chapter 5, Problem 1QFT
To determine

Concept Introduction:

Production Possibility Frontier (PPF): It is defined as the combination of two goods that can be produced efficiently with the available resources. It is also called production possibility curve.

Comparative Advantage: In a trade, a country has comparative advantage in producing a good if they can produce that good at a lower opportunity cost than other nations.

the applications of Production Possibility Frontier (PPF) and theory of comparative advantage in trade.

It was profitable for Company L to go beyond brokering export and become a major supply chain manager in the world, because of comparative advantage in the labor-intensive industry and associated products.

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  • When Company L was export broker, it couldn’t take the full advantage of cheap labor. As a supply chain manager, it started outsourcing its various function from different countries of world.
  • It did not let its quality product go down and moreover supplied branded clothes at low cost. It could increase its profit by using human resource efficiently and specialization of labor.

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