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Firms are the constituent producing elements of the economy. They can be of all sizes, ranging from one-man businesses to giant corporations. They are managed by all manner of men, with motives of operation ranging from ambition to expand their activities to contentment with their present lot. Some succeed in making the best of their opportunities, others fail. The sum total of their achievements is the national output of commercial goods and services. Any inquiry into national economic performance must therefore include a consideration of the influences which make firms grow and improve their commercial performance.
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© 1970 F. V. Meyer, D. C. Corner and J. E. S. Parker
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Meyer, F.V., Corner, D.C., Parker, J.E.S. (1970). The Environment. In: Problems of a Mature Economy. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-15400-5_2
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