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		            		kanyarwanda
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Diseconomies of Scale

	          		What is the difference between diseconomies of scale and economies of scale?
				      
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						            	Jaap de Jonge
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				                Diseconomies of Scale. Meaning and Reasons

													Diseconomies of scale occur when economies of scale no longer function for a firm, usually due to the complexity of managing a very large workforce and company. The firm or a business has then grown so large that the costs per unit increase. In case of diseconomies of scale, rather than experiencing continued decreasing costs and increasing output (due to economies of scale), a business may experience an increase in marginal costs when its output is increased.

REASONS BEHIND DISECONOMIES OF SCALE

Diseconomies of scale can occur for several reasons:
Overcrowding. Employees and/or machines are hindering each other, lowering operational efficiencies.
Coordination costs. A lack of proper coordination could cause less efficiency like a higher level of operational waste. There could also be a mismatch between the optimum level of outputs between different operations.
Communication costs
Duplication of efforts
Complex corporate politics

Note that there are many more things that can reduce the competitiveness of large firms, but these do not necessarily effect their cost-per-unit.
				                
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						            	G. Ananthapadmanabhan
Professor, India
												
				                Situations Without Economies of Scale

													Economies of scale and diseconomies of scale depend a lot on the situation:

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						            	Jaap de Jonge
Editor, Netherlands
												
				                Situations Without Economies of Scale

													@G. Ananthapadmanabhan: Thanks for contributing the idea that operational efficiency and economies o... Sign up
				              
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