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a) What else could cause their production frontiers to have different shapes?
Apart from differences in factor endowments, main determinants of the curve are
production functions (reflecting the available technology and management
techniques)
b) What assumption made by the H-O prevented this in the H-O model?
The assumption made was that the production technologies are identical in both
countries. This assumption means that producing the same output of either
commodity could be done with the same level of capital and labour in either
country.
c) What are other possible causes of difference in the relative good prices between
the two nations in the absence of trade?