1.   But when a pharmaceuticals firm wants to launch a drug, James Dettore often tops the list of people to contact.

2.   The answer is that firms will want to use the most efficient technique because it yields the greatest profit.

3.   To meet surging demand, aerospace firms want to increase production, but it is not easy.

4.   Firms will want to sign contracts with their suppliers specifying the price of raw materials and other supplies.

5.   Equally most firms will want to make express provision for the retirement of their partners, though that need not involve compulsory retirement on attaining a specified age.

6.   In the case of present clients, the firm will want to effect a transfer of their affairs from the outgoing partner to one of the continuing partners.

7.   But it will surprise no one that most small firms want tougher powers for the police and courts.

8.   Aggregate supply, on the other hand, is the amount that firms want to produce given the general level of wages and prices.

9.   Firms may want to produce more at point B but are unable to do so because of insufficient resources.