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Managerial Economics and Strategy, 2/e
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Managerial Economics and Strategy, 2/e

by Jeffrey M. Perloff, James A. Brander
February 2016
Beginner to intermediate content levelBeginner to intermediate
500 pages
33h 40m
English
Pearson
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Questions

All exercises are available on MyEconLab; * = [&|eq|&] answer at the back of this book; C = [&|eq|&] use of calculus may be necessary.

1.The Nature of Costs

  1. 1.1 Executives at Leonesse Cellars, a premium winery in Southern California, were surprised to learn that shipping wine by sea to some cities in Asia was less expensive than sending it to the East Coast of the United States, so they started shipping to Asia (David Armstrong, “Discount Cargo Rates Ripe for the Taking,” San Francisco Chronicle, August 28, 2005). Because of the large U.S. trade imbalance with major Asian nations, cargo ships arrive at West Coast seaports fully loaded but return to Asia half to completely empty. Use the concept of opportunity cost to help explain ...

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ISBN: 9780134472553