3. There is a difference in how commercial agents and economic agents perceive productivity. For commercial agents, productivity is a standalone concept that has little interactive value with a background that is more or less nonessential for such productivity. For economic agents, however, productivity can only make sense if it is linked to all possible factors within a milieu, the material product that is received at the end of the process is not merely equal to its material value but of is social, political and ecological value.
According to the passage, which among the following is advocated as a better definition of productivity, from the perspective of a society?
(a) Commercial definition of productivity, as perceived by the commercial agent
(b) Economic definition of productivity, as perceived by the economic agent
(c) Both (a) and (b)
(d) Neither (a) nor (b)
What is the correct answer ?
