Sequential Production, Modular Techniques and Technological Change

摘要: Most economic production models are restricted to relationships between input and output quantities. In the presence of technological change, these do not capture all relevant information on processes. As present paper aims at demonstrating, even a stylized representation internal structure processes helps better understand dynamics change. To this purpose, interpreted as sequences operations (techniques) during which object is successively modified. Specifically, investigates how interdependencies stages technique affect change by giving rise incompatibilities or complementarities. addition, it discussed whether existing literature modular product designs decomposable complex systems helpful It argued that techniques need be decomposability itself evolves over time, depends state knowledge.