Diseconomies of scale: A situation where long-run average total cost increases as output increases.
How to apply it: Identify diseconomies of scale as resulting from coordination problems and bureaucratic inefficiency in large firms.
Course: AP Microeconomics · Unit: Production, Cost, and the Perfect Competition Model
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