Although not a rule, CFO reports that typically corporate funeral homes can be more expensive than family - owned funeral homes and that in the funeral industry,
economies of scale do not always operate in favour of consumers.
However
the economies of scale do apply and if the food in a school is proven to be good over a sustained period, then universal takeup can lower the price while maintaining the quality or indeed further improve the quality (for example in our school when the takeup reached more than 60 % they were able to switch to entirely free range organic meats where they had previously managed just decent quality local meats).
Although not a rule, CFO reports that typically corporate funeral homes can be more expensive than family - owned funeral homes and that in the funeral industry,
economies of scale do not always operate in favour of consumers.
Economies of scale do not help plaintiffs» law firms.
But
economies of scale do kick in.
Not exact matches
While the president's report
does not propose any quick fixes for growth, it suggests that large -
scale investment in infrastructure improvements, regulations that ensure the internet remains open to all, and protections for the increasing number
of workers who wind up as contractors in the gig
economy will be essential.
Islam speculates that contracts for which Zantech once competed are flowing to large firms, which have greater name recognition and
economies of scale and can
do the work for less money.
Because it costs the same to 3 - D print 1,000
of the same product as it
does 1,000
of different products
of the same size and material, the new manufacturing technique eliminates
economies of scale.
They don't have the same
economies of scale.
«When you're working with
economies of scale like we
do, these savings add up,» he says.
On a
scale of 1 (strongly disagree) to 7 (strongly agree), which
of the following
do you think the Canadian government should
do to help strengthen our
economy:
Just endless rounds
of downsizing, mergers creating
economies of scale and less jobs, globalization, importing workers who depress wages due to country
of origin standards, or because they don't have full labor rights or any labor rights (all employer sponsored based immigrants).
The demand
of what we could be rendering is higher than what all
of the centralized cloud computing parameters have... I've always assumed that the way to
scale, and get people this unlimited rendering power, and drive this
economy of rendering that I saw for the future, was to
do it in a distributed way.
«We don't have the
economy of scale to compete against the guys who crank out 60 handsets a year.
Without it, the company will have trouble securing enough battery supply to make hundreds
of thousands
of EVs (which they plan to
do for the upcoming, more affordable Model 3, to be unveiled in March 2016), and it will have trouble reducing its prices enough to attract Mr. and Mrs. Everybody (the Gigafactory is expected to slash costs by at least 30 % through
economies of scale and high - tech manufacturing).
The speech starts by setting out three key themes
of the Bank's recent communication about Australia's transition from the resources sector boom to more normal economic conditions: that the sheer
scale of the boom means that this transition is challenging, and that the broader global environment compounds the challenge; that a reasonably successful transition is possible given our
economy's positive fundamentals and flexibility; and that monetary policy is
doing what it can to help the transition, but that the chances
of success would be boosted by a lift in productivity growth and an increase in the expected risk - adjusted rate
of return on investment.
Tax cuts always effect assets prices, regulations are estimated to account for up to 35 %
of building new construction costs for homes in some locations and though federal deregulation may not impact local regulations as much it
does have a multiplier effect on the
economy just like a tax cut
does and anticipation
of an infrastructure plan the
scale of this administration's, though it hasn't been passed, would also have an anticipatory effect on leading indicators like stocks and other commodities that raise costs, which we have already seen.
Not only
does this system increase efficiency and achieve
economies of scale (both
of which lead to a drop in costs), but it lays the groundwork for even more pathbreaking technological changes in processes and products.
What Brownson
did not see — what in 1840 was still far from obvious — was that a modern
economy could not operate on the basis
of small farms and shops, that it had an inherent drive toward a
scale that was simply irreconcilable with the traditional American stress on every man his own master.
:) Yeah, to get good prices, you really
do need
economies of scale.
Independent retailers complain that Foster's
does not give them the same deals as the supermarket chains because they
do not have the same
economies of scale.
So
did the reality that a global wine business
does not necessarily bring
economies of scale.
«You find that the organic textile wholesalers in the industry are small operators and may not have the
economies of scale that the major companies
do.
Production costs (especially labour) continued to be an issue for growers, especially smaller growers who
do not benefit from
economies of scale.
Just to give you an idea
of what we
do — the core
of our customers are small and medium sized public and private schools (or districts) that typically
do not have the adequate infrastructure to cook from scratch or the
economies of scale in their buying power to source our level
of ingredients.
And being a small start - up operation we
do not have the
economies of scale the larger fast food or packaged food companies
do, and so our pricing is higher than a Lunchable or Happy Meal.
Sometimes we factor it out and say, let's pretend we had 8,000 kids, and we realize we'd
do even better — it would be much more profitable because
of economies of scale.
The good news is that the Home Office
did acknowledge that babies and children have different needs to adults, the bad news is that the assessment seems to be a rough and ready setting off against
economies of scale.
The
economies of scale sank British shop - owners and the government
did precisely nothing to come to their aid, citing, with a total lack
of irony, the free market.
He assured that «the tax, borrow and spend approach
of the Mahama administration» will be abandoned, in favour
of policies geared towards the reduction in the cost
of doing business to help small -
scale enterprises flourish and to make the Ghanaian
economy become globally competitive.
Photovoltaics now benefit from
economies of scale, as well as from massive government subsidies and investments that solar - thermal technologies
do not have, says Mugnier.
Loney
did help Dayton's Catholic schools, part
of the Cincinnati Archdiocese, achieve «needed
economies of scale» by consolidating.
I think this is financially driven, it's to
do with budgets and
economies of scale but we are not talking about manufacturing industry, we are talking about education.»
Even if large districts
do enjoy important
economies of scale, small - district subsidies discourage merging or sharing services across districts, both potential means for gaining such
economies.
The topics included; How
do firms grow Why
do firms grow all types
of costs
economies and diseconomies
of scale all types
of efficiency Revenue and profit other motives for firms Strategies to gain market share barriers to entry barriers to exit Theory
of the firm types
of markets comparisons between markets collusions game theory price discrimination contestable markets government intervention deregulation And much more!
Although government may want to finance schools for a variety
of reasons — externalities,
economies of scale, income distribution, what have you — it
does not have to
do the actual production.
Now, apparently, this doesn't achieve
economies of scale and these stand - alone academies are now expected to join Multi-Academy Trusts.
«Many MATs face financial challenges because they don't have the same level
of economies of scale as local authority - run schools.
The government has encouraged schools to save money through
economies of scale and by renegotiating contracts, but Collins said this had already been
done out
of necessity.
Atlanta Public Schools Chief Financial Officer Lisa Bracken said the school district has higher costs for several reasons: The expense
of city living drives up teacher pay; the district has «low population» schools that lack
economies of scale but are kept open «due to urban traffic constraints and community needs;» many students need extra services because they have learning problems or disabilities, don't speak English fluently or come from poverty; and the district has a large unfunded pension liability with growing obligations.
Research into the cost functions
of public schools
do show that
economies of scale exist for administrative costs.
If your school doesn't currently have a kitchen but is going to be serving more than 100 meals per day (across the whole school — KS1 and KS2), then the
economies of scale this produces should enable you to prepare and cook your lunch on site, rather than relying on a transported or brought in service.
«But the viability
of the company has a lot to
do with
economies of scale, brand development, and distribution networks.
Adobe is working to add features and tromp less on people's under the hood efforts, but when it comes to
economies of scale, I highly doubt that conversion houses will
do away with their custom built scripts and purpose built tools to the Indesign route.
I never said that they were not being made, just that I don't think they will be made in the numbers that are going to be needed to achieve
economies of scale.
The other guys — the Samsungs, HTCs, Motorolas, RIMs — can't match Apple's hardware design, don't even try to match Apple in terms
of original and differentiated software, and struggle to match Apple's prices because they don't have the
economy of scale advantages Apple
does.
Not only
does that mean much better
economies of scale for making the device, but given that it's pinning at least some
of its hope on advertising revenues generated on those devices, increasing the number
of Kindle users will be a crucial part
of that strategy.
Yes,
economies of scale might make it easier to code more platforms and that might be better than what Overdrive
does today.
It could be a lot
of things — clearing out stock for Kindle Fire HD 2, slowing sales due to iPad Mini
doing better, slowing sales due to the Nook HD Fire Sale,
economies of scale.
Publishers have long - entrenched ideas, facilities, processes, and business models that can't turn on a dime, and they're seeing increased competition from online retailers (like Amazon and B&N) and smaller publishers, who don't need the huge
economies of scale and financial capital that the print book business requires.