The geography of competition firms, prices, and localization
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New York
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Springer
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c2010
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xxiv, 456 p. , ill. , 25 cm.
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Includes bibliographical references )p. 411-444( and indexes.
CONTENTS NOTE
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The craft of the story teller -- The firm at home and abroad -- Logistics and programming -- The struggling masses -- Arbitrage in the grand scheme -- Ferrying inputs and outputs -- What the firm does on-site -- Staking out the firm's market -- The cautious farmer and the local market -- Farming for cash -- The city and its hinterland -- Local production and consumption.