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ECONOMY SCALE [8 records]

Record 1 2023-05-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Private-Sector Bodies and Committees
  • Trade
OBS

BC Tech is driven to make BC the best place to grow a tech company by helping firms grow and scale into anchors—the large companies that drive both BC' s tech sector and the economy. [The association does] this by providing the place and the programs, and advocating for the policies that help the tech community, collaborate, learn, and grow.

OBS

BC: British Columbia.

Key term(s)
  • British Columbia Technology Industry Association
  • British Columbia Tech Association
  • British Columbia Tech

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités du secteur privé
  • Commerce
OBS

Organisme sans but lucratif fondé par des représentants des industries de technologie de la Colombie-Britannique.

OBS

BC : British Columbia [Colombie-Britannique].

Key term(s)
  • British Columbia Technology Industry Association
  • British Columbia Tech Association
  • British Columbia Tech

Spanish

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Record 2 2017-02-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Financial and Budgetary Management
OBS

dynamic scale economies: term extracted from the “Glossaire de l’économie” and reproduced with permission of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

Key term(s)
  • dynamic scale economy

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion budgétaire et financière
OBS

économies d'échelle dynamiques : terme extrait du «Glossaire de l’économie» et reproduit avec l’autorisation de l’Organisation de coopération et de développement économiques.

Key term(s)
  • économie d'échelle dynamique

Spanish

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Record 3 2013-02-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Types of Ships and Boats

French

Domaine(s)
  • Types de bateaux

Spanish

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Record 4 2012-08-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Corporate Economics
  • Production (Economics)
  • Production Management
DEF

Reduction in the average cost of a product, achieved by increasing the volume of output and in that way using labour, machinery, and other factors of production more efficiently.

CONT

For a smaller country, such as Canada, achieving economies of scale may depend on having access to larger foreign markets, since the Canadian market by itself may be too small to support the most efficient volume of production in many industries. A firm should be able to produce a product more efficiently by making use of modern machinery and equipment, skilled and specialized labour, interchangeable parts, automation and large-scale distribution, and be able as a result to fund on-going research and development.

OBS

At some point, when marginal cost equals average cost, a plant will stop yielding economies of scale; it will then be at a point where diseconomies of scale begin, with each extra unit of output costing more than the average cost and thus being unprofitable. In other words, a plant can produce both too little and too much.

OBS

economy of scale : term usually used in the plural.

Key term(s)
  • economies of scale

French

Domaine(s)
  • Économie de l'entreprise
  • Production (Économie)
  • Gestion de la production
DEF

Abaissement du coût unitaire de production au fur et à mesure que la production augmente.

OBS

économie d'échelle : terme habituellement utilisé au pluriel.

Key term(s)
  • économies d'échelle

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Economía empresarial
  • Producción (Economía)
  • Gestión de la producción
DEF

Disminución de los costes medios al aumentar la producción y distribuirse los gastos fijos entre mayor número de factores de producción.

Key term(s)
  • economía de escala
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Record 5 2011-05-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Wind Energy
CONT

The specific rated capacity(SRC) is often used as a comparative index of the wind turbine designs … The specific rated capacity increases with the diameter, giving a favorable economy of scale to large machine.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Énergie éolienne
CONT

Les concepteurs ne s’accordent pas pour spécifier une vitesse nominale de vent unique, celle-ci variant entre 10 et 15 m/s; elle est en fait adaptée aux conditions de vent du site de production. Plusieurs manufacturiers européens définissent un coefficient SRC (Specific Rated Capacity, en kW [kilowatts]/m²). […] Ce taux augmente généralement avec la puissance donnant une prime aux grandes turbines. Ce coefficient a un impact notable sur la robustesse mécanique du système (plus un système est poussé en SRC, plus sa conception mécanique doit être robuste).

Spanish

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Record 6 2008-05-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Spacecraft
CONT

The Satellite Transfer Vehicle (STV), which provides an economical and adaptable longboat for space satellites, is discussed. Market factors affecting satellite delivery and Space Shuttle upper-stage design are discussed, taking into account how the STV may fit into the Shuttle or the Ariane upper stage. The development and technical configuration, and commercial potential of the STV are examined. For the Space Station, the STV can satisfy early missions requirements defined for the NASA Orbital Transfer Vehicle.

OBS

The Surrey Small Satellite Transfer Vehicle(S3TV) should be capable of transferring a number of nano-or picosatellites from the launch vehicle injection orbit to a target orbit and providing phased deployment into a constellation. The resulting economy of scale could provide an opportunity for regular and lower cost launches. Simplifying the interfaces with the launch provider and depending less on the launch provider for specific interfaces to numerous small payloads can streamline the launch campaign and reduce scheduling and technical risks.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Engins spatiaux

Spanish

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Record 7 2000-04-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Economics
  • Urban Development
DEF

Economy of scale resulting from urban concentration.

Key term(s)
  • agglomeration economies
  • economies of agglomeration

French

Domaine(s)
  • Économique
  • Développement urbain
Key term(s)
  • économies d'agglomération

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Economía
  • Ordenación urbana
DEF

Las que se dan en una zona relativamente pequeña la cuenca del Ruhr, la región parisina, el área "Boswash", entre Boston y Washington, etc. cuando en ella se concentran numerosas actividades industriales de todo tipo, ofreciendo así, al que quiere instalarse en ellas, posibilidades para disponer de elementos de toda clase, suministros, productos intermedios, piezas, etc., para su propia actividad.

Key term(s)
  • economías de aglomeración
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Record 8 1993-10-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Organizations, Administrative Units and Committees
OBS

Aims : Address the disparity between rich and poor in the world; identify its causes and find alternatives for its remedy; study transnational political economy and the problems of those exploited by it; study development, militarism, and forms of resistance to imperialism; function as a contact point on an international scale

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes, unités administratives et comités

Spanish

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