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Economics- Edexcel 3.3.3

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show all factors of production are variable and the scale of production can change in the long run  
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Returns to scale   show
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Increasing returns to scale   show
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Decreasing returns to scale   show
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Constant returns to scale   show
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show Replacing workers with machines in a bid to increase productivity and reduce the unit cost of production  
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show unit cost advantages from expanding the scale of production in the long run  
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show technical economies, purchasing economies, managerial economies, financial economies, risk-bearing economies, network economies  
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show networks of suppliers / customers with a low marginal cost of adding users  
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What do risk-bearing economies arise from?   show
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show gains in productivity/efficiency from scaling up long-run production  
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show when a company cuts costs internally, so they're unique to that particular firm  
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Container principle   show
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Experience curves   show
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Purchasing economies   show
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show lower LRAC, increased profits, positive impacts on share price, retained profits, larger business scale  
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Potential benefits to consumers from businesses utilising economies of scale   show
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Possible disadvantages to consumers from economies of scale   show
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External economies of scale   show
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Effect of external economies of scale   show
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Examples of external economies of scale   show
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show increases in the unit cost of supply in the long run due to decreasing returns to scale  
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show rise in LRAC, expansion beyond optimum size and lost productive efficiency, reduced profits  
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show scale of production where all the internal economies of scale have been fully exploited  
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MES   show
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show lowest point on a firm’s LRAC where average cost meets marginal cost  
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show low so there is room for many businesses to compete  
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MES is likely to be low or high relative to the size of market demand in a natural monopoly?   show
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3 causes of an industry having a high MES   show
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Examples of markets with high MES   show
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show cafes, coffee shops, hotels, dry cleaners  
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