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diseconomies of scale

noun

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  1. The characteristics that lead to an increase in average costs as a firm grows beyond a…

    The characteristics that lead to an increase in average costs as a firm grows beyond a certain size.

    • In its application, the company cited “diseconomies of scale,” inflation and the diversion of normal traffic by Laker's Skytrain as reasons for seeking the increases.
    • The capital costs involved in creating such an infrastructure are significant and some of the fixed costs can be diluted as output expands, but there may be some important diseconomies of scale in managing the infrastructure.

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No curated loop yet for diseconomies of scale. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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