The Economics of Speed: Machine Speed as the Key Factor in Productivity
This is the first book to examine the “nuts and bolts” of production processes. It proposes a truly consilient approach to modeling production processes – one that goes beyond the vague principles found in standard economics – and provides details that are consistent with the applied mechanics and e...
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Format: | eBook |
Language: | English |
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Springer International Publishing
2020, 2020
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Edition: | 1st ed. 2020 |
Series: | Lecture Notes in Production Engineering
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Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Chapter 1. Introduction
- Chapter 2. The Trouble with Production Theory
- Chapter 3. The Economies of Speed, KE=1/2mv2 and the Productivity Slowdown
- Chapter 4. The Kinetics Approach to Production: Theory and Evidence
- Chapter 5. The Profitability of Speed-Ups
- Chapter 6. The End of the Age of Speed and The Productivity Slowdown
- Chapter 7. The Physical Limits to Economic Growth by R&D-Funded Innovation
- Chapter 8. Speed and the Great Depression
- Chapter 9. Summary and Conclusions