1st November 2011, 10:18 PM
Martin Locock Wrote:Unless big units enjoy significant economies of scale, they have no great competitive advantage.
Indeed, in a lot of cases, larger units will have a significant competitive disadvantage, particularly when tendering for small jobs. If your charge-out rate has to take into account the cost of maintaining a permanent office and store and sustaining a certain number of office-based specialist staff, etc, it can be very difficult to compete against someone working out of their back bedroom, who only has to cover costs for their own time.
You know Marcus. He once got lost in his own museum