Production economics : integrating the microeconomic and engineering perspectives / Steven T. Hackman.
"A production economist focuses on assessment, and will use an aggregate description of technology to answer such questions as. How does the firm compare to its competitors? Has the firm improved its production capabilities? A production engineer focuses on optimizing resources, and will use a...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Published: | Berlin : Springer, 2008. |
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Table of Contents:
- Overview: Introduction
- Microeconomic Foundations: Production Functions
- Formal Description of Technology
- Nonparametric Models of Technology
- Cost Function
- Indirect Production Function
- Distance Functions
- Nonconvex Models of Technology
- Efficiency Measurement: Efficiency Analysis
- The Two-Dimensional Projection
- Multi-Stage Efficiency Analysis
- Efficiency Analysis of Warehouse and Distribution Operations
- Productivity and Performance Measurement: Index Numbers
- Productivity Measurement
- Performance Measurement
- Economic Analysis
- Engineering Models of Technology: Index-Based Dynamic Production Functions
- Distribution-Based Dynamic Production Functions
- Dynamic Production Function Approximations
- A Stochastic Input-Output Model
- Multi-Stage, Dynamic Models of Technology
- Optimizing Labor Resources Within a Warehouse
- Mathematical Appendix: A Notation and Mathematical Preliminaries
- B Real Analysis.