http://www.edocr.com/tags/what-are-economies-scale Latest 25 items en http://www.edocr.com/doc/664/public-sector-procurement-practice-and-principles-external-economies-clustering-and-global-v <p>Can the public sector effectively apply the principles of External Economies to its procurement practice?</p> <p>“External economies of scale (ES) occur outside of a firm, within an industry. Thus, when an industry’s scope of operations expands due to, for example, the creation of a better transportation network, resulting in a subsequent decrease in costs for a company working within that industry, external economies of scale are said to have been achieved. With external ES, all firms within the industry will benefit.” (What Are Economies of Scale? By Reem Heakal, January 2003)</p> <div class="og_rss_groups"><span class="first last og_links"><a href="/group/supply-chain-and-procurement-practices-group" class="og_links">Supply Chain and Procurement Practices Group</a></span> </div><p><a href="http://www.edocr.com/doc/664/public-sector-procurement-practice-and-principles-external-economies-clustering-and-global-v">read more</a></p> http://www.edocr.com/doc/664/public-sector-procurement-practice-and-principles-external-economies-clustering-and-global-v#comments Supply Chain and Procurement Practices Group clustering clusters facing competition e.g. robinson external economies global value chain liverpool cotton exchange PIBlogger public sector public sector procurement practices reem heakal the structure of competitive industry what are economies of scale Mon, 31 Mar 2008 17:54:33 +0000 PI Blogger 2580 at http://www.edocr.com