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Define the terms Plant, Firm

Define the following terms?

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1. Plant:  physical establishment where production or distribution takes place (factory, farm, store).

2. Firm:  business organization that owns and operates the plants.  (The legal entity)

3. Industry: a group of related firms, producing the same or similar products.

a. Examples include the automobile industry or the tobacco industry.

b. Confusion often occurs because many businesses are multiproduct firms.

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