Wal-Mart Tends to Have the Best Retailing System, the Best

question 12

Essay

Wal-Mart tends to have the best retailing system, the best distribution system, and the best marketing system of the modern retailers. It also dominates the marketplace for retail sales to a greater extent than any other retailer. What is the source of Wal-Mart's ability to capture value in the marketplace?

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Definitions:

Inputs

The resources such as labor, materials, and capital used in the production process.

MRTS

Marginal Rate of Technical Substitution, indicating how much of one input can be reduced when one more unit of another input is used, keeping output constant.

MRTS

Marginal Rate of Technical Substitution; the rate at which one input can be reduced for every increase in another input while maintaining the same level of output.

Capital

Financial assets or the financial value of assets, such as cash and other tangible assets, used in operations to generate income or profit.