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== See also ==
== See also ==
* [[Contribution]]
* [[Factors of production]]
* [[Factors of production]]
* [[Production possibility curves]]
* [[Production possibility curves]]

Revision as of 11:35, 11 March 2019

Cost and management accounting.

A limiting factor is an input resource which is scarce.

Also known as a scarce resource or key factor.


In different simple situations the most important limiting factor may be skilled labour, a physical resource, time, or something else.

In practice there may well be multiple limiting factors.


See also