Multiple Choice
The growth in the scope of business enterprises for most of the 19th and 20th centuries can be attributed to a drop in administrative costs of firms relative to the transaction costs of market.This resulted from:
A) The monopolistic power of large firms to raise prices and push down wages
B) Globalization
C) The growing transaction costs of markets as a result of taxes,regulation,and litigation
D) Innovation in information and communications technology and in management
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