ECONOMIES OF SCALE IN COMPUTER USE: INITIAL TESTS AND IMPLICATIONS FOR THE COMPUTER UTILITY.

Abstract

The study is concerned with the existence of economies of scale in the production of data processing and other computing services, and the possible regulatory and public policy implications of such economies. An analysis was made of data on nearly 10,000 computers installed at firms in manufacturing industries, using the survival technique, which uses market experience as a basis for studying levels of optimum plant size. The results of this analysis suggested that users did operate computers as if there were significant economies of scale in their use. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1970
Accession Number
AD0710011

Entities

People

  • Lee L. Selwyn

Organizations

  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Computers
  • Data Processing
  • Image Processing
  • Manufacturing
  • Production
  • Public Policy
  • Survival

Readers

  • Computer Science/Computer Engineering/Data Science/Digital Signal Processing.
  • Economics