Mercantilist thinkers believed that a nation's wealth and power were directly tied to the amount of precious metals (specie) it possessed. They thought that a positive balance of trade, where a nation exported more than it imported, would lead to an influx of specie and increased prosperity. This focus on accumulating specie overshadowed the importance of overall productive capacity in their economic theories.
The unused portion of the economic productive capacity.
ability of management to manage effictively productive resources of firm
productive capacity
The ability to produce goods or services is known as productive capacity.
After World War II, the productive capacity and technological advances gave the US a distinct advantage. It was not ravaged by the war and its infrastructure was intact.
cyclical unemployment
Volume of products that can be generated by a production plant or enterprise in a given period by using current resources.
productive language
High levels of productive capacity can be caused by efficient production processes, technology adoption, skilled workforce, adequate infrastructure, access to capital, and effective management practices. When these factors are optimized, businesses can produce more goods and services in a given period, leading to higher productivity levels.
Capacity utilization factor is a concept which refers to the extent to which an enterprise or a nation or an unit actually uses its installed productive capacity. Thus, it refers to the relationship between actual output that 'is' produced with the installed equipment and the potential output which 'could' be produced with it, if capacity was fully used.
increase in investment will expand the productive capacity of the economy
It exists when the AD exceeds the productive capacity of an economy (LRAS). The amount is the difference between the current level of income and the income at full capacity, if the economy is producing over full employment.