In the latter case a set of different brochures would be issued by any single firm.

A single firm or individual may be registered and act in more than one capacity.

But he noted that the city could run its own parking lots or to award a contract to a single firm.

The government might grant a single firm a monopoly.

A monopoly describes a situation where all (or most) sales in a market are undertaken by a single firm.

But the capital costs, and the risks, would be far too great for any single firm to go it alone.

Although a single firm could not supply the necessary capital, several companies acting together could.

"Every single firm that engaged in risk arbitrage lost money," said one analyst who asked not to be named.

The first result is that complementary assets should be owned by a single firm.

During the early development of the field, no single firm had a dominant share.