Managerial Economics: Applications, Strategies and Tactics (MindTap Course List)
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ISBN: 9781305506381
Author: James R. McGuigan, R. Charles Moyer, Frederick H.deB. Harris
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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As a value-maximizing aluminum company, should Hydro invest in wind power in Light of the Utsira pilot project? Why or why not?
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Managerial Economics: Applications, Strategies and Tactics (MindTap Course List)
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Ch. 1 - Prob. 1.3CECh. 1 - Prob. 1.4CECh. 1 - Prob. 1.5CECh. 1 - Prob. 1.6CECh. 1 - Prob. 1.7CECh. 1 - Prob. 1.8CECh. 1 - Prob. 1.9CECh. 1 - As a value-maximizing aluminum company, should...Ch. 1 - Prob. 2.2CECh. 1 - Prob. 2.3CECh. 1 - Prob. 2.4CECh. 1 - Energy entrepreneur T. Boone Pickens has proposed...
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