Question 1 (5 points) 1. Which of the following may lead to vertical integration? a) Technological interdependencies b) Reduced search and bargaining cost c) The hold-up problem d) All of the above Question 2 (5 points) Effective collusion generally is more difficult when a) the number of oligopolistic firms involved decreases b) the number of oligopolistic firms involved increases c) when customer orders are small‚ frequent‚ and received on a regular basis as compared
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in the colonies. The Atlantic Slave Trade brought African slaves to the colonies. Slavery was mainly used in the Southern colonies since their main focus was agriculture‚ were crops such as tobacco needed to be worked. During the American Revolution‚ while the Colonies were fighting for their independence from England; the question of morality of slavery arose. This lead to the 1st significant opposition to slavery developed by the Quakers who called for equality among all men. The Constitutional
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In the 1840’s slavery was very common because of the booming cotton industry in the south‚ slaves were cheap and skillful‚ and there were plenty of them to go around‚ hence the reason the southern economy relied on them so heavily. However‚ because the North was economically sound and economically more advanced than the south‚ they saw the wrong behind slavery. Slavery in the south was so common that southerners began to grow used to the idea of slaves‚ and therefore placed most of their economy
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Should regulations regarding payment to college athletes be changed? Assignment 2: Research Proposal Thesis‚ Major Points‚ and Plan Christopher Burch Strayer University ENG 215 Research & Writing April 9‚ 2013 Prof. R Eackloff Abstract None Required Should regulations regarding payment to college athletes be changed? I have selected the persuasive writing genre to investigate the question "Should regulations regarding payment to college athletes be changed?" for two reasons
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Abolition of Slavery DBQ Essay Slavery in the United States first started in 1619‚ when African slaves were transported to Jamestown‚ a settlement in the colony in Virginia. These slaves were brought to the United States primarily to help with the making of crops‚ especially tobacco. The practice of slavery remained present throughout the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries in other colonies of the United States‚ which helped build and strengthen the American economy as a whole. In 1793‚ the
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In the book “Major in Success”‚ author Patrick Combs illustrates through examples and motivates the reader to pursue his/her dreams. He aims to provide the morale support required to ooze the potential out of the reader. In fulfilling this task‚ he mentions the insignificance of a student’s grades and his choice of a major. Grades define the commencement of one’s career and not being able to maximize your GPA would mean loss of opportunity in terms of time. As far as a major is concerned‚ a student
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Post-Civil war Growing Pains Karen Plez Professor: Alan Rogers History 105 1/27/13 1. Identify two major historical turning points in the period under discussion. One of the Historical turning points after the civil war was the Freedman’s Bureau 1865-1872 the Bureau of refugee’s freedman this was created by congress in March 1865 to assist for one year in the transition from slavery to freedom in the south. The bureau was given the supervision and management of all abandoned lands and control
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ERIC WILLIAMS THESIS ON CAPITALISM AND SLAVERY AND ARGUMENTS MADE FOR AND AGAINST THE THESIS. Many historians justify that the evolving of the industrial revolution was based on slavery and mainly the triangular trade. The triangular trade was the route taken by Europeans to transport goods to Africa in exchange for slaves to be taken to the Americans. The triangular trade was seen as the first system of global commerce which linked Britain‚ Africa and the Americans. The most important colonies
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Could dealing with slavery maybe have stopped the civil war? Would it be easier if so many people were not accustomed to that life? I do believe the united states should have dealt with slavery when it was founded rather than later on because it would be easier to return slaves ‚and out our constitution says all men are created equal and I believe this should have been enforced. In 1793 after the united states became a country‚ the cotton gin brung in many businesses ‚and with these businesses
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