As a logistics firm expands its fleet and scale of operations, it secures cheaper bank loans due to its improved risk profile and negotiates bulk-buy discounts on fuel and vehicle components.
The firm is therefore experiencing greater:
technical and financial economies of scale.
purchasing and marketing economies of scale.
financial and purchasing economies of scale.
managerial and technical economies of scale.
156 exam-style questions on AQA A Level Economics 1.4 Production, costs and revenue, covering 1.4.1 Production and productivity, 1.4.2 Specialisation, division of labour and exchange, 1.4.3 The law of diminishing returns and returns to scale (A-level only), 1.4.4 Costs of production, 1.4.5 Economies and diseconomies of scale, 1.4.6 Marginal, average and total revenue, 1.4.7 Profit, and 1.4.8 Technological change (A-level only). Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.