Ford invites Clarion to set up a plant at Ford's industrial complex in Brazil where Clarion will build navigation systems for installation in the Ford cars produced there. If Clarion builds the plant, it would have no buyers for the plant's output except Ford. If Clarion does not build the plant, neither firm benefits. If Clarion does build the plant, Ford considers paying three possible prices for systems: p,

Ford invites Clarion to set up a plant at Ford's industrial complex in Brazil where Clarion will build navigation systems for installation in the Ford cars produced there. If Clarion builds the plant, it would have no buyers for the plant's output except Ford. If Clarion does not build the plant, neither firm benefits. If Clarion does build the plant, Ford considers paying three possible prices for systems: p,

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Chapter1: Making Economics Decisions

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