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Economies of Scale and Scope

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Economies of scale refers to the phenomenon where the average costs per unit of output decrease with the increase in the scale or magnitude of the output being produced by a firm. Economies of scope exist when it is cheaper to produce two products together (joint production) than to produce them separately (OECD, 2008).

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  • Ang, J.S. and Lin, L.W. (2001) A Fundamental Approach to Estimating Economies of Scale and Scope of Financial Products: The Case of Mutual Funds. Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting, Vol. 16(3), pp. 205-21.
  • Barnes, D. (2008) Operations Management: An International Perspective. Thomson, London.
  • Bitros, G.C. (2005) Scale, Scope and Entrepreneurship. In Y. Cassis and I. Pepelasis-Minoglou (Eds.), Entrepreneurship in Theory and History. Palgrave, London.
  • Cummins, J.D. and Xie, X.-Y. (2008) Mergers and Acquisitions in the US Property-liability Insurance Industry: Productivity and Efficiency Effects. Journal of Banking and Finance, Vol. 32(1), pp. 30-55.

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