Production Economics: The Basic Theory of Production Optimisation

By Svend Rasmussen

Book Overview

Preface.- 1 Introduction.- 2 The Production Function.- 3 Optimisation with One Input.- 4 Production and Optimisation with Two or More Inputs.- 5 Costs.- 6 Productivity, Efficiency and Technological Changes.- 7 Input Demand Functions.- 8 Land and Other Inputs.- 9 The Company's Supply Function.- 10 Optimisation of Production Under Restrictions.- 11 Economies of Scale and Size.- 12 The Fixation of the Production Factors.- 13 Decreasing Sales Curve.- 14 Production Over Time.- 15 Risk and Uncertainty.- 16 Economic Rent and the Value of Land.- 17 Production of Multiple Products.- 18 The Linear Programming Model.- 19 Production Planning in the linear Production Model: Linear Programming.- 20 Use of Linear Programming in Practical Production Planning.- 21 Modelling Supply Functions Using Linear Programming.- Appendix.- Index.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3642301991
• ISBN13: 9783642301995
• Release Date: August 2012
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 292 Pages
• Weight: 1.43 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"