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Lately, we have read about mega-scale hospital mergers and acquisitions (M&A) nearly every week. With M&A activity at the highest level since 2020 and average seller size continuing to trend upward, ...

The economic principle of economies of scale is based on the simple concept that, when it comes to productivity, bigger is generally better – or at least more efficient. The principle is most ...

Even when production volume dropped by 20%, the costs for factory equipment did not decrease. In fact, they increased by 20%.

Investors can evaluate economies of scale to determine if a company can increase profitability and stay competitive as it grows. This happens when a company reduces production costs by producing more ...

When Software as a Service (SaaS) products scale, it might be tempting to think that traditional unit economics rules no longer apply. Expectations of economies of scale further fuel this notion. Yet, ...