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The Distribution of Goods to the Consumer

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Modern Economics

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Few manufacturers themselves undertake the task of selling goods to the final consumer. Instead there is vertical disintegration of distribution, firms specialising in this stage of the productive process.

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© 1994 J. Harvey and Janet Johnson

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Harvey, J., Johnson, M.K. (1994). The Distribution of Goods to the Consumer. In: Modern Economics. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-23360-1_8

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