One In the News article titled "Funeral Giant Moves In on Small Rivals" reports that profit for a Houston-based funeral giant is 31 cents on every dollar versus a profit of 12 cents for the funeral industry in general.Such profits are most likely the result of

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The higher profit for the Houston-based funeral giant is most likely due to the economies of scale that they enjoy. By being a larger company, they can spread their fixed costs (such as equipment and facilities) across a larger number of services, resulting in lower average costs per service and, as a result, higher profits.

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