expression, noun
returns to scale
Economics term describing how output changes when all inputs are scaled up proportionally. Used in production theory.
規模に関する収穫が一定の場合、生産量は投入量に比例して増加する。
When returns to scale are constant, output increases in proportion to inputs.
この工場では規模に関する収穫が逓増している。
This factory is experiencing increasing returns to scale.
Diminishing returns, a related but distinct concept focusing on the decrease in marginal output when one input is increased while others are held constant.
A direct translation of the English economics term 'returns to scale', composed of 規模 (scale), に関する (concerning), and 収穫 (returns/harvest).