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You are the CEO of International Widget and you are contemplating expanding into Lower Slobovia. You have the resources needed to start from scratch in that country but it would be possible to acquire the company that dominates the Lower Slobovian Widget industry. Which do you think would be best: start from scratch or an acquisition?


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Minimum Efficient Scale

Minimum efficient scale is the smallest scale of production at which a firm can achieve long-term average costs that are as low as possible.

Output Level

The amount of products or services that a business or sector generates during a specific period.

Plant Sizes

Refers to the scale or capacity of manufacturing or production facilities, impacting output, efficiency, and economies of scale.

Natural Monopoly

An industry in which economies of scale are so great that a single firm can produce the industry’s product at a lower average total cost than would be possible if more than one firm produced the product.

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