Large Firms vs. Small Firms: Average Costs of Production
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Discuss whether a large firm will always have lower average costs of production than a small one.
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Market Structures and Competition
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I. 🍃Introduction
- Definition of economies of scale
- Importance of understanding the advantages and disadvantages of economies of scale
II. Advantages of economies of scale
- Purchasing/buying economies
- Technical economies
- Managerial economies
- Selling economies
- Financial economies
- Research and development economies
- Spreading fixed costs over high output
- Access to cheap labor abroad
III. Disadvantages of economies of scale
- Diseconomies of scale
- Problems managing the firm
- Poor communication
- Poor industrial relations
- Opportunity cost
- Switching resources from producing consumer goods
- Lower living standards in the short run
- Less likely to receive government support
- Higher rates of tax
IV. 👉Conclusion
- Summary of advantages and disadvantages of economies of scale
- Importance of considering both sides when making business decisions.
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