Definition: Factor of production

Category: Business registers

A factor of production is any good or service used to produce an output. In economics, factors of production are normally grouped into the categories land, labour and capital. Capital includes intermediate inputs. http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/ramon/statmanuals/files/KS-32-10-216-EN-C-EN.pdf
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Eurostat, "Business registers. Recommendations manual", Methodologies and Working Papers, Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg, 2010
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