economics essay

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please answer each of the following questions: (1)  Within Chapters 2-12 of The Great A&P, find a good example of the A&P adjusting their firm boundaries. Note the page number(s) and provide a detailed summary of what A&P did. Then also provide a modern example of a firm changing its boundaries (vertically integrated or disintegrated, e.g.). This portion should be at least two paragraphs; one on A&P, one on the modern example. (2)  Within Chapters 2-12 of The Great A&P, find a good example of agglomeration economies. Note the page number(s) and provide a detailed summary of what hap- pened historically. Then also provide a modern example of agglomeration economies (one not in the Agglomeration Handout!). This portion should be at least two para- graphs; one on the book example, one on the modern example. (3)  Within Chapters 2-12 of The Great A&P, find a good example of the A&P taking advantage of economies of scale. Note the page number(s) and provide a detailed summary of how A&P employed scale. Then also provide a modern example of a firm utilizing economies of scale. This portion should be at least two paragraphs; one on A&P, one on the modern example.