Article ID: | iaor199190 |
Country: | United Kingdom |
Volume: | 28 |
Issue: | 8 |
Start Page Number: | 1435 |
End Page Number: | 1446 |
Publication Date: | Aug 1990 |
Journal: | International Journal of Production Research |
Authors: | Ghobadian Abby, Husband Tom |
This paper examines the role of the Frontier and Cobb-Douglas production function in the measurement of company level productivity. The productivity of a typical British batch production company is measured using the production function concept. This approach utilizes the engineering concept of efficiency and this represents a major departure from the conventional measurement of company level productivity.