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Designing for Economies of Scale vs. Economies of Focus in Hospital Departments [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
Subject/Research problem: Hospitals traditionally segregate resources into centralized functional departments such as diagnostic departments, ambulatory care centres, and nursing wards. In recent years this organizational model has been challenged by the
Boucherie, Richard J.   +4 more
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Economies of Scale and Scope for Canadian Universities

open access: yesEconomies
We estimate measures of economies of scale and scope for a sample of 48 Canadian universities that produce multiple outputs. Estimates have not been previously attempted for Canadian universities to our knowledge.
Stephen Easton, Duane Wesley Rockerbie
doaj   +1 more source

Municipal amalgamations and the feasibility of economies of scale in local government

open access: yesJournal of Local Government Research and Innovation, 2023
Background: Municipal amalgamation has become a prevalent trend in many modern nations, driven by a desire to enhance the size and scope of local government units. This expansion is primarily motivated by the prospects of economies of scale.
Sabelo Tshabalala, Ashley W. Gunter
doaj   +1 more source

Economies of Scale in Seaborne Coal Transportation: A Case Study of İSDEMİR Port

open access: yesJournal of Transportation and Logistics, 2017
Economies of scale has a vital role in keeping transport costs low in shipping. It makes possible to merchandise with far destinations. Economies of scale reduces the transportation costs per unit.
Abdullah Açık, Sadık Özlen Başer
doaj   +1 more source

Market-Driven Management and Global Economies of Scale

open access: yesSymphonya, 2009
In market-driven management, dominated by competitive customer value, economies of intensity of sharing, or synergies, can be linked to global economies of scale.
Alessandra Storlazzi
doaj   +1 more source

Scale and Skill in Mutual Fund Management: Evidence from Norway

open access: yesSEISENSE Journal of Management, 2020
Using a sample free of survivorship bias and several risk-adjusted performance benchmarks to identify effects of scale on mutual fund performance in the Norwegian market, I find mixed evidence that both large and small funds underperform as against the ...
Markus Snøve Høiberg
doaj   +1 more source

Economies of Scale of Sugarcane Cooperatives in East Java Province and Their Influencing Factors [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
IndonesianJawa Timur merupakan provinsi sentra tebu terbesar di Indonesia dengan banyak koperasi primer yang terlibat dalam bisnis pertebuan. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menguji keberadaan kondisi skala ekonomi dari koperasi-koperasi yang bergerak ...
Ariningsih, E. (Ening)
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Screening for lung cancer: A systematic review of overdiagnosis and its implications

open access: yesMolecular Oncology, EarlyView.
Low‐dose computed tomography (CT) screening for lung cancer may increase overdiagnosis compared to no screening, though the risk is likely low versus chest X‐ray. Our review of 8 trials (84 660 participants) shows added costs. Further research with strict adherence to modern nodule management strategies may help determine the extent to which ...
Fiorella Karina Fernández‐Sáenz   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Testing Household Economies of Scale in Uzbekistan [PDF]

open access: yesEurasian Journal of Business and Economics, 2011
This paper investigates empirically the relationship between household economies of scale and consumption in Uzbekistan. Particular attention is paid to the so-called “zero consumption problem” and Tobit estimator is utilized to deal with the problem ...
Ziyodullo PARPIEV, Kakhramon YUSUPOV
doaj  

The cruise shipping industry in the corporate mergers and overpanamax eras. A comparison with the container shipping industry

open access: yesBelgeo, 2004
After container shipping, the cruise shipping industry has entered recently into the overpanamax era, in a typical quest for economies of scale, at the same time as it was searching for economies of scope, including through corporate mergers.
Jacques Charlier
doaj   +1 more source

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