A ferry operator expands its service on a busy route, replacing several small passenger vessels with one much larger, specialised vessel. As a larger business, it can now borrow at a lower rate of interest than before.
Which two economies of scale are shown by the operator's expansion?
Financial and purchasing
Financial and technical
Purchasing and risk-bearing
Managerial and technical
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.