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Economies of scope

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Economies of scope
Scope economies exist whenever the same investment can support multiple profitable activities less expensively in combination than separately.


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in economics, is the growth of a business enterprise through the acquisition of similar companies, in the hope of achieving economies of scale or economies of scope.
Secondly, developments in web-based technologies mean that economies of scope in publicity and other marketing functions can be exploited effectively only by being part of a larger organisation.
By moving into related markets, it is possible for a firm to utilize its excess capacity to achieve both economies of scale and economies of scope (Teece, 1980, 1982).
 
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