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increasing returns to scale

German translation: Zunehmende Skalenerträge


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English term or phrase:increasing returns to scale
German translation:Zunehmende Skalenerträge
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Bus/Financial - Economics / Neue Ökonomische Geographie
English term or phrase: increasing returns to scale
Studie über des Einfluss von Agglomerations- und Dispersionskräften auf die Verteilung von Unternehmen im Raum:

If production conditions are characterized by strong ***increasing returns to scale*** the relationship between proximity and productivity probably becomes the dominating force.

Könnten hiermit steigende Skalenerträge gemeint sein und der Verfasser wollte eigentlich economies of scale schreiben? Oder verstehe ich den Satz falsch?
Annette Scheler
Germany
Local time: 09:45
Zunehmende Skalenerträge
Explanation:
Zunehmende Skalenerträge (increasing returns to scale) liegen vor, wenn der Output um mehr als das "a"-fache zunimmt.
See:http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skalenertrag
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Madhu Sundaramurthy
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Local time: 13:15
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4 +11Zunehmende SkalenerträgeMadhu Sundaramurthy
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"Returns to scale" ist m.E. völlig korrekt
Olaf Reibedanz

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Zunehmende Skalenerträge


Explanation:
Zunehmende Skalenerträge (increasing returns to scale) liegen vor, wenn der Output um mehr als das "a"-fache zunimmt.
See:http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skalenertrag


    Reference: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skalenertrag
Madhu Sundaramurthy
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agree  Olaf Reibedanz
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agree  Andrea Hauer
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agree  Werner Walther
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agree  Stefanie Guim Marce
49 mins

agree  Claudia Tomaschek
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27 mins peer agreement (net): +1
Reference: "Returns to scale" ist m.E. völlig korrekt

Reference information:
Siehe:

http://www2.uni-siegen.de/~vwlii/mikro/skalenertraege.html

http://www.wirtschaftslexikon24.net/d/returns-to-scale/retur...

Olaf Reibedanz
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Asker: da hab ich wieder was gelernt


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agree  Werner Walther: Bestätigung - sehe ich auch so, sind Synonyme.
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