Economies of scale is the reduction in long-run average and marginal costs (from an increase in size of an operating unit). Economics of scale can be internal to an organization (cost reduction due to technological and management factors) or external (cost reduction due to the effect of technology in an industry).
- Increase in long-term average cost of production as thescale of operations increases beyond a certain level. Thisanomaly may be caused by factors such as (1) over-crowding where men and machines get in each other's way, (2) greater wastage due to lack of coordination, or (3) a mismatch between the optimum outputs of different operations.
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