Jag vet inte riktigt om jag förstår precis vad du är ute efter, men jag ska försöka hjälpa. En bra resurs för en snabb förklaring av österrikiska termer brukar vara mises.org's egna ordlista.
http://mises.org/easier/R.asp
Citat:
Roundabout methods of production. A term devised by the Austrian economist, Eugen von Böhm-Bawerk (1851-1914), to describe the capitalistic, production process whereby capital goods are produced first and then, with the help of the capital goods, the desired consumer goods are produced. Since "roundabout methods" imply a circuitous indirectness that is more time consuming than is necessary for the ends sought, Mises stresses the fact that the capitalistic method of production is the shortest, quickest, most direct and most economic method known for attaining the ends sought?greater consumer satisfaction.
HA. 482.
Jag tycker dock inte att svaret är det bästa i det här fallet men jag har letat lite åt dig nu och följande förklaring är den bästa korta jag hittade.
Citat:
Capital goods can be produced only through the act of saving, i.e. consuming less in the present than one’s means allow. We can imagine Robinson Crusoe on his desert island, able to pick berries with his bare hands. If Crusoe invests some of his labor, not on immediate consumption (i.e. picking berries), but rather on the creation of capital goods such as a stick, then he can increase his future consumption of berries. This would be a “roundabout” method of picking berries; in general these methods are more physically productive than shorter, more direct methods. An actor will opt for longer, more roundabout methods so long as the enhanced output more than offsets the increased waiting time, which in itself is a disadvantage because of time preferences.
Annars kan du alltid söka på "roundabout" i några av de större österrikiska verken så lär du säkert hitta lite matnyttigt. Prova på
http://mises.org/Books/HumanActionScholars.pdf - Human Action
http://mises.org/books/mespm.pdf - Man, Economy, State
