GROWTH RATE
| Collection | International Encyclopedia of Systems and Cybernetics |
|---|---|
| Year | 2004 |
| Vol. (num.) | 2(1) |
| ID | ◀ 1493 ▶ |
| Object type | General information, Methodology or model |
The relative speed of growth by time unit.
According to Template:Ency person, every system has an optimum or equilibrated rate of growth. He adds: “…(a) higher or lower growth rate may seriously disturb the functioning of the system, even to the point of its Template:Ency term and ”death“. (1956, p.74).
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Refering themselves to Template:Ency person (the so-called “Budget Law”) and Geoffroy de Template:Ency person-Template:Ency person (“Loi de balancement”), Template:Ency person and L.von Template:Ency person write: “…in an Template:Ency term, there is a characteristic and constant ”Template:Ency term“ between the Template:Ency term and, as we may add, the chemical Template:Ency term as well. So Template:Ency term of one Template:Ency term will be corrected by lack in an other Template:Ency term” (1956, p.79).
The subject is thus at the same time closely related to Template:Ency term.
Template:Ency person again writes: “Growth at any rate… cannot take place without the Template:Ency term eventually becoming ”large“ and diseconomies of Template:Ency term may set in. The ideal rate of growth, therefore, may properly be regarded as a diminishing Template:Ency term of the Template:Ency term of the Template:Ency term and will eventually diminish to zero” (1956, p.39-40).
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