A conference organiser increases the number of events it runs each month. Which one of the following is most likely evidence that coordination problems have created diseconomies of scale?
total cost rises in the same proportion as the number of events organised
average cost per event falls as one booking-system fee is spread over more events
average cost per event rises as venue and staffing schedules fail to match
average cost per event rises because venue owners raise hire charges for all organisers
138 exam-style questions on AQA GCSE Economics 1.4 Production, costs, revenue and profit, covering 1.4.1a Business objectives, 1.4.1b Types of costs and revenue, 1.4.1c Calculating profit, 1.4.1d Profit as an incentive to produce, 1.4.1e Moral and ethical considerations, 1.4.2a Production versus productivity, 1.4.2b Factors and benefits of productivity, 1.4.3a Economies of scale and business behaviour, 1.4.3b Types of economy of scale, and 1.4.3c Diseconomies of scale. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.