Economic Analysis of Desktop Computers Table of Contents 1. Introduction<Tab/> 6 2. The Industry Demand <Tab/>7 3. Costs and Production<Tab/>15 4. Market Structure<Tab/>20 5. Strategy<Tab/> 25 6. Recommendations<Tab/>31 References<Tab/> 33 1. Introduction Michael Dell started the company in 1984 with the revolutionary idea to sell custom built computers directly to the customer. …showed first 75 words of 5490 total…

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