In the context of the vertical structure of a firm, a wide span of control builds a organization with few reporting levels.

Suppose that two firms produce differentiated products and compete in prices. as in class, the two firms are located at two ends of a line one mile apart. consumers are evenly distributed along the line. the firms have identical marginal cost, $60. firm b produces a product with value $110 to consumers.firm a (located at 0 on the unit line) produces a higher quality product with value $120 to consumers. the cost of travel are directly related to the distance a consumer travels to purchase a good. if a consumerhas to travel a mile to purchase a good, the incur a cost of $20. if they have to travel x fraction of a mile, they incur a cost of $20x. (a) write down the expressions for how much a consumer at location d would value the products sold by firms a and b, if they set prices p_{a} and p_{b} ? (b) based on your expressions in (a), how much will be demanded from each firm if prices p_{a} and p_{b} are set? (c) what are the nash equilibrium prices?

Teatro restoration, inc., begins renovating an old theater for urban edge productions, but after three months teatro demands an extra $250,000. urban edge agrees to pay. refer to fact pattern 13–4. if teatro says it is asking for the extra $250,000 because it has encountered extraordinary unforeseen difficulties that will add considerable cost to the project, the agreement is

Based on the lesson, how are individuals and economies similar? they both must decide how to allocate resources. they both must carefully categorize available resources. they both must recognize the issues with nonrenewable resources. they both must choose whether to use more renewable resources.