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AFC: The abbreviation for average fixed cost, which is fixed cost per unit of output, found by dividing total fixed cost by the quantity of output. Average fixed cost is one of three related cost averages. The other two are average variable cost and avarage total cost. Average fixed cost decreases with larger quantities of output. Because fixed cost is FIXED and does not change with the quantity of output, a given cost is spread more thinly per unit as quantity increases. A thousand dollars of fixed cost averages out to $10 per unit if only 100 units are produced. But if 10,000 units are produced, then the average shrinks to a mere 10 cents per unit.
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PRODUCT DIFFERENTIATION Slight differences that exist between two or more goods that are essentially the same and which satisfy the same basic want or need. This is generally pursued in monopolistic competition and oligopoly by firms seeking to increase sales and profit. Many of the best known businesses in the economy practice product differentiation to gain an advantage on the competition and to acquire a bit of market control. For example, Coca-Cola and Pepsi-Cola are very similar, but each has a few differences in terms of taste, packaging, and esteem.
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Today, you are likely to spend a great deal of time calling an endless list of 800 numbers seeking to buy either a birthday greeting card for your father or a T-shirt commemorating the first day of spring. Be on the lookout for mail order catalogs with hidden messages.
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In the early 1900s around 300 automobile companies operated in the United States.
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"Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity. " -- Seneca, Roman philosopher
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AIBD
Association of International Bond Dealers (now called International Securities Market Association)
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