To operate in poor economic times, size becomes even more a competitive advantage for corporation, allowing them a series of options to maximize revenue and minimize costs:
1. They can negotiate better prices and conditions with suppliers;
2. They can offer cheap products using apportionment economy;
3. They can offer lower wages, as they have larger bargaining powers with government and unions;
4. They can protect their market share against smaller competition;
5. They have better access to credit;
6. They can operate on a loss for a long period of time.
They were searching for cities of gold called cibola
In the French and Indian War the patriots created tension in their grounds which led to the stamp act all because of the so called great treasury.