Behind the Learning Curve: A Sketch of the Learning Process

This exploratory paper sketches some of the behavioral processes that give rise to the learning curve. Using data from two manufacturing departments in an electronic equipment company, we construct a model of productivity improvement as a function of cumulative output and two managerial variables---engineering changes and workforce training. Exploration of this model highlights the complex relationship between first-order and second-order learning.

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Year of publication:	1991
Authors:	Adler, Paul S. ; Clark, Kim B.
Published in:	Management Science. - Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences - INFORMS, ISSN 0025-1909. - Vol. 37.1991, 3, p. 267-281
Publisher:	Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences - INFORMS
Subject:	productivity \| learning \| learning curve \| manufacturing \| engineering changes \| training

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Extent:	application/pdf
Type of publication:	Article
Other identifiers:	10.1287/mnsc.37.3.267 [DOI]
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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