Which of the following examples is experiencing diseconomies of scale?

a. As the Chewy sandwich chain expanded, it received volume discounts on meats, produce, paper products, and other items.
b. As the Polaris marketing firm expanded overseas, the difficulty of managing the enterprise across several languages and time zones led to higher average costs.
c. Costs at Patel Accounting LLC are steady regardless of how many clients the firm has.
d. Northside Rehabilitation was able to cut costs while expanding by having its staff specialize in different treatment methods.


b. As the Polaris marketing firm expanded overseas, the difficulty of managing the enterprise across several languages and time zones led to higher average costs.

Economics

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A) utility is a subjective concept. B) as the consumer obtains additional units of one good, the consumer is willing to sacrifice increasing amounts of the other good. C) in order to remain at the same level of utility, if an individual gets more of one good, he must sacrifice some of the other good. D) marginal utility is constant along an indifference curve, and increases in the consumption of one good cause the price of that good to fall.

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a. An M-form of an organization b. A functional organization c. An N-form organization d. All of the above

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a. total output will fall b. total cost will fall c. marginal physical product will fall d. total cost will rise e. total output will rise

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