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Two-Step Process for Technology Selection
A firm's decision on which production technology to use follows a two-step process. The first step is to rule out any technologically dominated options, which are inefficient regardless of input prices. The second step is to evaluate the remaining efficient technologies and select the one with the lowest production cost, based on the current prices of inputs.
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