Stephan Abraham is a marketing manager and winner of multiple vendor partnership awards. He has 18+ years of experience as a stock trader. Suzanne is a content marketer, writer, and fact-checker. She ...

Derived demand refers to how changing customer preferences or a changing economy affects business-to-business markets. In fact, whether you own a manufacturing company or small-business retail store, ...

Demand elasticity is a phenomenon where demand for a specific good or service changes depending on factors such as how it is priced, whether alternatives are available or local income trends.

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Economists tell us that controlled inflation is a sign of economic growth. Central banks, such as the U.S. Federal Reserve, actually set monetary policy to maintain a consistent inflation rate of ...

An Excel workbook called DemandCurve.xls provides a simple example of how to use Solver and the Comparative Statics Wizard to set up a standard consumer theory optimization problem and then derive a ...

Aggregate planning accounts for all resources a company has to meet projected demands. The balance of inventory, labor, demand and variations in demand can save money. The planner must use a time ...