Tag: analysis
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DEMAND FORECASTING Forecasting of demand is an art and science of predicting the probable demand for a product or service at some future date on the basis of certain past behaviour patterns of some related events and prevailing trends in the present. BASICS Forecast means to predict. So what is demand forecasting? It is forecasting…
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Table of Contents:MIXED ECONOMYFEATURES OF MIXED ECONOMYCO-EXISTENCE OF PRIVATE AND PUBLIC SECTORPRIVATE SECTORPUBLIC SECTORCOMBINED SECTORMIXED ECONOMY HAS THE FOLLOWING MERITS AVAILABLE TO CAPITALIST AND SOCIALIST ECONOMYFACTSCONCLUSIVE STATEMENT The mixed economic system depends on both markets and governments in allocation of resources. Every economy in the real world makes use of markets and governments and is…
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Table of Contents SOCIALIST ECONOMY CHARACTERISTICS OF SOCIALIST ECONOMY COLLECTIVE OWNERSHIP ECONOMIC PLANNING ABSENCE OF CONSUMER CHOICE RELATIVELY EQUAL INCOME DISTRIBUTION MINIMUM ROLE OF PRICE MECHANISM OR MARKET FORCES ABSENCE OF COMPETITION MERITS OF SOCIALIST ECONOMY DEMERITS OF SOCIALIST ECONOMY CONCLUSIVE STATEMENT Characteristics of Socialist Economy: Key Characteristics of a Socialist Economy Collective Ownership Economic…
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Table of Contents:CAPITALIST ECONOMYCHARACTERISTICS OF CAPITAL ECONOMYRIGHT TO PRIVATE PROPERTYFREEDOM OF ENTERPRISEFREEDOM OF ECONOMIC CHOICEPROFIT MOTIVECONSUMER SOVEREIGNTYCOMPETITIONABSENCE OF GOVERNMENT INTERFERENCEHOW DO CAPITALIST ECONOMIES SOLVE THEIR ECONOMIC PROBLEMS?DECIDING WHAT TO PRODUCE?DECIDING HOW TO PRODUCE?DECIDING FOR WHOM TO PRODUCE?DECIDING ABOUT SAVINGS, CONSUMPTION AND INVESTMENTSINTERPRETATIONMERITS OF CAPITALIST ECONOMYDEMERITS OF CAPITALIST ECONOMYCONCLUSIVE STATEMENT An economic system in which all…
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BASIC PROBLEMS OF AN ECONOMYWhat To Produce?How To Produce? For Whom To Produce?What Provisions (if any) are to be made for Economic Growth?ECONOMIC SYSTEM CLASSIFICATION OF ECONOMIESCAPITALIST ECONOMY, SOCIALIST ECONOMY & MIXED ECONOMY BASIC PROBLEMS OF AN ECONOMY Just like resources are scarce for humans, all countries face the problem of scarcity of resources without any exception.…
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Table Of Contents:Exceptions to the law of demandConspicuous goodsGiffen goodsConspicuous necessitiesFuture expectations about pricesIncomplete information and irrational behaviourDemand for necessariesSpeculative goods Expansion and Contraction of demand Increase and Decrease in demand Effect of non-price determinants of demand Movements along the demand curve VS. shift of demand curve Exceptions to the law of demand: we know that as per law…
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Table Of Contents:Meaning of demand Determinants of demand Meaning of demand: The term demand refers to the quantity of goods or services that the buyers are willing or able to purchase at various prices during a given period of time. Consider following example: Your birthday is approaching, you want to go to a five star hotel.…
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The break-even point (BEP) in economics, business—and specifically cost accounting—is the point at which total cost and total revenue are equal. There is no net loss or gain, and one has “broken even,” though opportunity costs have been paid and capital has received the risk-adjusted, expected return. In short, all costs that must be paid are paid, and there is neither profit…