factor of production

基本解释

MGI argues that data are becoming a factor of production, like physical or human capital.
MGI指出数据正在成为像有形资本、人力资本这类产品的一个因素。
Labor is simply another factor of production to be hired-rented at the lowest possible cost-much as one buys raw materials or equipment.
劳动力不过是为了生产而雇来的另一个因素--以尽可能低的成本租用--就像是购买原材料或者设备。
In fact, data, and the knowledge extracted from them, may even be on their way to becoming a factor of production in their own right, just like land, labour and capital.
实际上，数据及其从中提取的信息，甚至其本身都即将成为产品的一个生产因素，地位如土地，劳动力和资本相同。

Capital is only one factor of production: why should people care more that it be British than, for example, the workforce?
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The flaw in Keynesian reasoning is located within the factor of production.
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The second thing the team did was to introduce a genetic mutation into the genome of the young egg that allowed for the production of a growth factor, a kind of protein, that can only come from the paternal genome but is vital for normal embryonic development.
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a resource or input entering the production of wealth, such as land, labour, capital, etc (Also called agent of production)

生产要素
Capital as a special factor of production plays an important role in rural economic growth.
资本作为一种特殊的生产要素对农村经济增长具有重要作用。资本积累需要有良好的投融资运行机制,以此推进储蓄向投资的转化,促进农村资本的形成。