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A Model for Industrial Learning Costs

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  • Maurice Kilbridge

    (University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois)

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This paper presents a framework for the analysis of operator learning cost with special reference to assembly groups. Learning has the limited meaning of skill acquisition as measured by increased productivity. Learning cost is formulated as a function of the length of task to be learned, other variables being fixed. Three components of learning cost are distinguished and analyzed separately. The total learning cost model is the sum of the three component models.

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  • Maurice Kilbridge, 1962. "A Model for Industrial Learning Costs," Management Science, INFORMS, vol. 8(4), pages 516-527, July.
  • Handle: RePEc:inm:ormnsc:v:8:y:1962:i:4:p:516-527
    DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.8.4.516
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    1. Marco D. Huesch & Mariko Sakakibara, 2009. "Forgetting the learning curve for a moment: how much performance is unrelated to own experience?," Health Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 18(7), pages 855-862, July.
    2. Doraszelski, Ulrich & Besanko, David & Kryukov, Yaroslav, 2017. "How Efficient is Dynamic Competition? The Case of Price as Investment," CEPR Discussion Papers 12279, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
    3. David Besanko & Ulrich Doraszelski, 2005. "Learning-by-Doing, Organizational Forgetting, and Industry Dynanmics," Computing in Economics and Finance 2005 236, Society for Computational Economics.
    4. David Besanko & Ulrich Doraszelski & Yaroslav Kryukov, 2017. "How Efficient is Dynamic Competition? The Case of Price as Investment," NBER Working Papers 23829, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
    5. David Besanko & Ulrich Doraszelski & Yaroslav Kryukov & Mark Satterthwaite, 2007. "Learning-by-Doing, Organizational Forgetting, and Industry Dynamics," Levine's Bibliography 321307000000000903, UCLA Department of Economics.

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