Abstract
The purpose of this paper is to draw attention to instances of production yardsticks set down in a seventeenth century compendium of Chinese agricultural and industrial methods. The instances cited from "T'ien-kung k'ai-wu" (The creations of nature and man) by Sung Ying-hsing show that the Chinese used calculations of actual and potential production for planning and to stimulate investment in technology.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 37-54 |
| Number of pages | 18 |
| Journal | Accounting History |
| Volume | 1 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 1996 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- China
- Investment
- Planning
- Production calculations
- Seventeenth century
- Technology