This book sheds new light on long-established concepts of microeconomic production theory and combines general theoretical analysis with references to management tools. It deals with concepts of microeconomic production theory, using the fund-flow model of Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen as a basic reference. This long-neglected model allows for a representation of productive operations that can easily be accommodated to empirical application.
Zusammenfassung
The subject of this book is production, which is an important and extensive field in economic science. In fact, production, distribution and consump tion were long considered the three federated kingdoms which together formed the great empire of the economy. According to other slightly dif ferent traditions, production also held pride of place, specifically as a basic link in the long chain of social reproduction. Today, whatever the theoreti cal approach, production is a fundamental requirement for human survival. This was not, however, always the case. For much of the history of man kind hominids were hunter, scavenger and gatherers, with very little con trol over their environment, and extremely little in the way of artefacts with which to work. However, since the Neolithic revolution, productive processes have constituted an essential mechanism, providing human soci ety with goods and services to satisfy its needs and cravings. A simple, yet pertinent, characterisation of the production process con ceives it as the transformation of a conglomerate of factors into a given number of products within a specific period of time. Refining this defini tion a little further, the said factors may be broken down into different categories: natural resources, means of production (covering two species: working capital and fixed assets) and the different forms of specific work.
Inhalt
Anatomy of the production process.- Productive deployments of elementary processes.- Characteristics of line process.- The fund-flow model and the production function.- The fund-flow model and service activities.- Costs.- References.
Titel
Funds, Flows and Time
Untertitel
An Alternative Approach to the Microeconomic Analysis of Productive Activities
EAN
9783540712916
ISBN
978-3-540-71291-6
Format
E-Book (pdf)
Hersteller
Herausgeber
Veröffentlichung
13.06.2007
Digitaler Kopierschutz
Wasserzeichen
Dateigrösse
17.54 MB
Anzahl Seiten
263
Jahr
2007
Untertitel
Englisch
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