nies have a sustainable competitive advantage in the form of lower production costs. One reason for this is that smaller firms, Egyptian or otherwise, generally cannot afford to purchase the capital equipment necessary to increase productivity.
Another benefit or advantage of being a large firm is bargaining power in the marketplace. For example, a company such as Microsoft which is dominant in the computer software industry has been able to keep smaller competitors out of many of the markets it sells in by convincing distributors, retailers and others not to stock the competitor's products. Ano
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