Productivity and efficiency

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  • Productivity and efficiency
    • Productivity
      • Factors influencing productivity
        • Physical capital
        • Technology
        • Process innovation
        • Human capital
        • Organising resources
        • Access to finance
      • Output per unit of input
    • Capital intensive
      • A business process or an industry that requires large amounts of money and other financial resources to produce a good or service
      • Capital is more important than labour
      • Examples of Capital intensive
        • Airlines
        • Oil refining and production industry
        • Truck and rail-road industry
        • Chemical manufacturing
    • Labour intensive
      • A process or industry that requires a large amount of labour to produce its goods or services
      • Labour is more important than capital
      • Examples of Labour intensive
        • Hospitality industry
        • Agriculture industry
        • Mining industry
    • Efficiency
      • Organising production so that waste is minimised and costs are the lowest possible
      • Factors influencing efficiency
        • Location of production
        • Quality and availability of labour
        • Labour turnover

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