Article: Finding a cost advantage.(higher volume of production helps spread out fixed costs per unit of production)(Brief Article)

Article: Costly reversible investment with fixed costs: an ...
Journal of Business & Economic Statistics;  April 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... to costly reversible investment with fixed costs of investment. The analysis investigates ... model with costly reversibility and fixed costs is the best among the models. In addition ... several factors: costly reversibility, fixed costs of investment, and purchase costs ...

Article: Four Ways to Manage Fixed Costs.
Construction Equipment;  April 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... By Mike Vorster, Contributing Editor Fixed costs expose organizations to risk as contract ... utilization to recover those same monthly fixed costs as well as the hourly variable costs ... and high-risk balance between the fixed costs of owning the fleet, the variable costs ...

Article: Fixed costs are the key.(News)
The News Letter (Belfast, Northern Ireland);  September 16, 2000 ;     417 words ... ... will only offer better returns if fixed costs can be cut significantly, warns the ... and assuming trend yields, farms with fixed costs remaining at pounds 450/hectare would ... cropping was maintained. It is only when fixed costs are pared down to pounds 250/ha ...

Article: Fixed costs focus for herd efficiency ; Being big ...
Western Morning News, The Plymouth (UK);  December 22, 2008 ;     686 words ... ... business performance than output, and fixed costs are the area on which most people should ... performance gap lay fairly and squarely in fixed costs, with the worst-performing herd paying ... costs and assessing the extent to which fixed costs, in particular, could be reduced through ...

Article: FERC upholds order 451, limits Canadian fixed ...
The Oil Daily;  December 4, 1986 ;     700+ words ... ... Upholds Order 451, Limits Canadian Fixed Costs WASHINGTON--The Federal Energy Regulatory ... The commission also voted to limit the fixed costs U.S. pipelines can pass through on ... passthrough of several cost components as fixed costs in demand charges for Canadian gas ...

Article: Fixed costs should be focus of attention.(Features)
The Journal (Newcastle, England);  December 13, 2008 ;     698 words ... ... Beef and Lamb Executive. It also found fixed costs are the area on which most people should ... costs. The real performance gap lay in fixed costs, with the worst performing herd paying ... costs and assessing the extent to which fixed costs, in particular, can be reduced through ...

Article: Migration, fixed costs, and location-specific ...
American Journal of Agricultural Economics;  May 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... bias parameter estimates. Moreover, fixed costs and location-specific amenities are ... local amenities, and incurs significant fixed costs of moving. The econometric hazard model ... between origin and destination and of fixed costs associated with a move, and a positive ...