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Taking a narrow view, the end product is simply the thing which is made and sold—a whole physical article which amounts to the sum of all or, some of the parts already described. This end product, works as well as it is made to work; lasts so long as it is made to last; and to some extent probably sells as well as it is sold.
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Medawar, C. (1978). The End Product. In: The Social Audit Consumer Handbook. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-15908-6_9
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