Ron and Jon Want to Go into Business Together

question 116

True/False

Ron and Jon want to go into business together.They do not want to bring in other partners,but they both want to avoid unlimited liability for any debts incurred by their new company.Ron and Jon can achieve their aims by organizing the firm as a limited partnership.

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Definitions:

Output

The total amount of goods or services produced by a person, machine, company, or industry.

Diseconomies of Scale

Occur when a company or business grows so large that the costs per unit increase. It represents the negative counterpart to economies of scale.

Economies of Scale

The cost advantages that enterprises obtain due to their scale of operations, with cost per unit of output generally decreasing with increasing scale.

Economies of Scale

The price benefits that firms enjoy from the magnitude of their operations, where the cost of each output unit generally lessens as the scale of operations increases.