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ganho de escala

English translation: increase in scale/size

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Portuguese term or phrase:ganho de escala
English translation:increase in scale/size
Entered by: Maria Claypoole

06:38 Mar 5, 2007
Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Finance (general) / credit cooperatives
Portuguese term or phrase: ganho de escala
realização de parcerias com outros agrupamentos cooperativos, especialmente do ramo crédito, e com organizações empresariais de atividades afins, visando, a título de ganho de escala, à extensão das soluções propostas pelo SISTEMA, bem assim a absorção de produtos e serviços especializados oferecidos pelos parceiros;
Paul Sadur
Local time: 23:44
increase in scale/size
Explanation:
i think it looks more like just gaining size in the business. the term for "economies of scale" is normaly "economias de escala".
my guess
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Maria Claypoole
United Kingdom
Local time: 05:44
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Summary of answers provided
4 +1economies of scale
Gisele Goldstein
3increase in scale/size
Maria Claypoole


  

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economies of scale


Explanation:
Será economies of scale? Apesar de não estar sendo utilizado no sentido industrial, está falando em cooperar para atingir economias que vem de uma 'produção' em maior escala, não?

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Economies of scale
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Economies of scale characterizes a production process in which an increase in the number of units produced causes a decrease in the average cost of each unit.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economies_of_scale

Gisele Goldstein
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Native speaker of: Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 14

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increase in scale/size


Explanation:
i think it looks more like just gaining size in the business. the term for "economies of scale" is normaly "economias de escala".
my guess

Maria Claypoole
United Kingdom
Local time: 05:44
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 13
Grading comment
Thanks.
Notes to answerer
Asker: That was my reservation about "economies of scale". I Googled "gain d'échelle" in French and got a lot of hits, but not much in English for "gain of scale", although I did find a lot of hits for "increase of scale", which was my tentative translation.

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