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To: Glenn D. Rudolph who wrote (60837)6/6/1999 10:58:00 PM
From: Bill Harmond  Read Replies (1) of 164684
 
>>Let's look at the return on investment. The six acres cost Walmart $4,200 in 1990. They sold it in 1997 for $6 million not bad:-)

That, my friend, is a perfect example of the economic principle of network effects.

>>Where did you get the figure of $70,000 per year to operate next to Walmart?

The risk-free opportunity cost of $1 million.
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