Getting rid of old stuff to people who want it instead of throwing it away.
If the European Union put a quota on American jeans only allowing a small portion to be imported the demand for the jeans would rise even though the supply would not follow that. When there is a small limit on something that consumers want, the price usually goes up because they know they will sell the items regardless and in this case that may happen. The price of jeans will rise, the demand will rise, but the supply will not.
Answer:
c) activities through which a product or service is created and delivered to customers.
Explanation:
A value chain is the entire range of activities that a company undertakes to create a product or a service. These activities include design, production, marketing and distribution. A manufacturing company will have its value chain processes start with the procurement of raw materials and end when the product is sold.
Companies will, from time to time, perform value chain analysis. Value chain analysis involves a detailed examination of all the business processes and procedures. The purpose of the analysis is to improve the efficiency of the value chain. An efficient system of production has cost-saving benefits to the organization.
Answer:
The correct answer is option d.
Explanation:
An industry is comprised of a large number of small firms.
Because of losses, many firms have left the industry.
This will cause the industry supply to decline.
The industry supply curve will move to the left.
The new supply curve will intersect the demand curve at a higher point.
This leftward shift in the supply curve will cause the equilibrium price to increase and equilibrium quantity to decline.
Answer:
The correct answer is (A)
Explanation:
Normally, goods which close substitutes tend to have more elastic demand as it is easier to switch from one brand to another because they are close substitutes. For example, if the price of Pepsi increases the consumers will easily shift towards Coca-Cola. So, close substitutes are price sensitive and they have high elastic demand compared to other goods.
