Dichtevorteil

English translation: economies of density

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German term or phrase:Dichtevorteil
English translation:economies of density
Entered by: shoraka (X)

13:58 Aug 1, 2007
German to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Economics
German term or phrase: Dichtevorteil
this is in the context of economies of scale and scope: Produktionskosten steigen aufgrund von Groessenvorteilen, DICHTEVORTEILEN oder Verbundvorteilen
shoraka (X)
Local time: 13:17
economies of density
Explanation:
I agree with Armorel's comment - surely the production costs should be going down in this context?
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Anita Cassidy (X)
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the website link you gave convinved me, many thanks!
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3 +1economies of density
Anita Cassidy (X)
1advantage of compactness
gangels (X)


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economies of density


Explanation:
I agree with Armorel's comment - surely the production costs should be going down in this context?


    Reference: http://www.babylon.com/definition/Dichtevorteil/German
Anita Cassidy (X)
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Native speaker of: German
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the website link you gave convinved me, many thanks!

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agree  Francis Lee (X)
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advantage of compactness


Explanation:
...owing to the advantages of size, compactness, and leverage.

But Amorel is right, of course. Another example of mindless transliteration?

gangels (X)
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Asker: the context is :its long-term average cost curve has its minimum with an output that is so high that two suppliers cannot coexist at the same time, or the costs of production increase in total due to economies of scale, or economies of scope when various suppliers perform the same service (typically this is the case in combinations of extremely high fixed costs and very low marginal costs; no case of mindless transliteration

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