A Theory of Production Tasks, Processes, and Technical Practices

This book presents a new theoretical framework for the analysis of production processes. It is based on a rigorous reconstruction of the intellectual heritage of economics, but also considers issues traditionally left aside by economists, such as the distinction between three dimensions of theproduction process (tasks, capabilities, and materials in process), the organizational approach to scale and size, and the idea that different institutional set-ups may be compatible with the same objective standard of efficiency.

Roberto Scazzieri is Professor of Economics at the University of Bologna and Life Member of Clare Hall, Cambridge.