brief overview on the concept of SUPLLY

1. SUPPLY
Prepared by:
Kashyap Gohel

2. Content:
 Definition,
 Determinants
Of Supply,
 Supply Function,
 Law Of Supply,
 Supply Curve And Shift In Supply Curve

3. 
Any discussion on DEMAND can not be
completed
without
understanding
SUPPLY.

Demand and Supply are like two sides
of a coin or two blades of a scissor.

As demand indicates the willingness of
a purchaser to buy a particular
commodity, SUPPLY means
the
WILLINGNESS OF THE FIRMS TO
SELL A PERTICULR COMMODITY.

4. 
Definition:
SUPPLY
INDICATES
THE
QUANTITIES OF A GOOD OR
SERVICE THAT THE SELLER IS
WILLING AND ABLE TO PROVIDE
AT A PRICE, AT A GIVEN POINT OF
TIME, CETERIS PERIBUS.

5. Determinants Of Supply
1. Price of the Commodity:
Just like demand, the most important
determinants of supply is PRICE.
But unlike demand, Supply is POSITIVELY
RELATED to Price of the commodity.
With all the other factors remaining the
same, if the price of the product rises,
suppliers would find it more profitable to sell
more.
Thus price has positive effect on quantity
supplied.

6. 2. Cost Of Production:
Production requires the transformation
of various inputs into output and involves
cost that includes prices of inputs i.e.
wages, rents,
price of raw materials,
interests, etc.
If the cost of production rises, say, due
to rise in the price of raw materials, supply
will definitely be reduced.

7. Example: company producing cotton
shirts.
Price of raw cotton rises
rise in the cost of production
reduction in the production of shirts
reduction in the supply of shirts
Unless the supplier can transfer the
increase in the consumer by
increasing price

8. 3. State of Technology:
Technology
bears
relationship with supply.
a
POSITIVE
An improved technology reduces
cost of production per unit of output,
enhances
productivity
and
thus
increase the supply of the product.

9. 4. Number of Firm:
Increase in the number of producers of a
particular
product,
the supply of the
product in the market will increase.
If the entry is unrestricted, new firms will
continue to entre the market and causing
increase the supply and degree of the
competiton.