What factors of production can a firm change in the short run? In the long run?

What will be an ideal response?


In the short run, the firm can change its variable factors of production, such as labor. The firm cannot change its fixed factors of production, such as its capital stock. The factors of production the firm cannot change are called its "plant." In the long run, the firm can change all of its factors of production. Indeed, the long run is defined as the period of time long enough so that the firm can change all of its factors of production.

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