The Economics of Multi-Plant Operation: An International Comparisons Study

by Frederic M. Scherer, Alan Beckenstein, Erich Kaufer

Why should manufacturing firms in many national industries maintain multiple small scale plants when they might produce the same output at a lower unit cost in a single large establishment? What specific benefits are attained through the operation of multiple plants? To address these questions, the authors conducted 125 in-depth interviews with businessmen actively involved in plant size and multi-plant operating decisions. They investigated the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674233409
• ISBN13: 9780674233409
• Release Date: January 1975
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 1.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.4" x 9.5"