Production Process and Technical Change

Klappentext This book attempts to unify the economic analysis of the production process in order to understand the effects of technical change. Zusammenfassung This book! first published in 1992! attempts to unify the economic analysis of the production process in order to understand the effects of technical change. It deals with themes much discussed in research in industrial economics and is an important contribution to bringing these two areas of research closer together! providing a general framework for the study of production processes. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgements; Introduction: scope and outline; Part I. Basic Concepts and Hypotheses: 1. Introduction; 2. Technical change and the three economic dimensions of production; 3. Production and time: preliminary definitions; 4. Division of labour, specialization and economic efficiency; Part II. The Model and its Application: 5. Introduction; 6. Production as a sequential process; 7. The matrix of production elements; 8. Transformation of the matrix of production elements for empirical research; 9. Towards empirical implementation: some case studies; Part III. Economies of Scale, Economies of Scope and Production Flexibility: 10. Introduction; 11. Economies of scale; 12. Flexible production systems and economies of scope; References; Index.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Morroni Mario, Mario Morroni, Mario (Universit... Degli Studi Morroni, Mario (Universita Degli Studi Morroni, Morroni Mario
• Edition: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre de poche
• Sortie: 17.09.2009
• EAN: 9780521119733
• ISBN: 978-0-521-11973-3
• Pages: 236
• Catégories: Sciences sociales, droit, économie > Economie > Economie publique; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / General, Economic theory & philosophy, Economic theory and philosophy, Industry and industrial studies, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Labor / General