The cartel is an association of companies of one industry that enter into an agreement to solve various problems of commercial activity. These could be agreements on prices, markets, production and sales, assortment, exchange of patents, terms of employment , etc.
The company should be large and have a complex structure to perform a large number of diverse operations for the development, production, and delivery of a complex product to the customers.
The company should be small and have a simple structure in order to:
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