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             INTRODUCTION                             3. Economics as Science of Scarcity

        Knowledge of economics is helpful to          Here there are two important definitions to be
managers, engineers etc. it is helpful to engineer    considered.
in determining several issues such as how much             1. According      to   Lionel     Robbins,
quantity is to be supplied issues such as how                 “Economics is a science which studies
much quantity is to be supplied, produced and                 human behavior as a relationship
what should be the price of the product, should               between unlimited wants, and scarce
the produce be made internally or bought from                 resources which have alternative uses”.
the outside market, how much quantity is to be             2. According to J.M.Keynes, “Economics
produced in order to earn certain profit etc.                 is the study of administration of scare
                                                              resources and how the level of income
       Managerial economics provides us a                     and employment will be determined in
basic insight into seeking solution for several               the country”.
managerial problems.                                       Economics     influences    the    technical
                                                      decisions of any industry by using the
                                                      techniques such as demand analysis, elasticity
     Introduction to Economics                        of demand, demand forecasting, break-even
                                                      analysis, production function, capital budgeting
        Economics is the science related to the       etc.
production, distribution and consumption of           Kinds of Economics:
wealth or the material welfare of mankind,
political economy, economic questions, affairs           1. Micro Economics
or aspects. Various economists defined
economics in different ways. In general,                      Micro Economics is also called “Theory
economics can be defined as a social science          of Firm”. Micro economics is that branch of
which deals with human behavior, how he uses          economics which is concerned with the analysis
limited income to satisfy the unlimited wants.        of the behavior of the individual units or
        The definitions of economics can be           variables such as individual demand or the price
broadly classified into three different categories.   of the product.
1. Economics is Defined as Science of Wealth
                                                             Micro economics basically deals with
        Adam smith (the father of economics)          individual decision making ad the problem of
defined economics as a science of wealth.             resource allocation. It is concerned with
According to him “economics is concerned with         applications such as Law of Demand, Price
an inquiry into the nature and causes of wealth       Theory etc.
of nations”.
He has given primary importance to wealth and            2. Macro Economics
secondary importance to mankind.
                                                             Macro economics is that branch of
2. Economics as Science of Human Welfare              economics which deals with the aggregate
                                                      behavior of the economy, as a whole it makes a
        According to Alfred Marshall                  study of the economic systems in general. E.g.
“economics is on one side a study of wealth and       National income, Total saving, Total
on the other and more important side a part of        Consumption,      Unemployment,      Economic
study of man”.                                        Growth rate.
He has given primary importance to making and
secondary importance to wealth
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*Difference between Micro and Macro                                        Definitions:
Economics
S.N             Micro                 Macro                                “Managerial Economics is the use of economic
1.   It is study of the        It is study of the                          modes of thought to analyse business
     behavior of the           behavior of the                             situations”.       Mc Nair and Meriam.
     individual firms or units economy as a
                               whole.                                      “Managerial Economics is the economics
2.   It is individualistic.    It is aggregate.                            applied in decision-making”.
                                                                                                 Haynes, Mote and Paul
3.      It is concerned with the                    It is concerned
        behavior of the micro                       with the behavior      “Managerial Economics is the application of
        variable such as                            of macro               economic theory and methodology to business
        individual demand,                          variables such as      administration practice”
        supply.                                     National Income,                              Brigham and Pappas
                                                    National Output,
                                                    Total Savings.         “Managerial Economics is a price theory in the
                                                                           service of business executives”
4.      Its scope is limited.                       Its scope is vast.                            Watson.

5.      It deals with the data of                   It deals with the          Based on the above definitions the common
        individual firm.                            data of total          view regarding managerial economics is as
                                                    industry.              follows
                                                                               1. Managerial Economics is concerned
Managerial Economics-Meaning                                                       with decision making of economics
                                                                                   nature.
       Economics is concerned with the                                         2. Managerial economics is goal oriented.
problem of allocation of scare resources among                                 3. Managerial Economics facilitates
competing wants. Those economics principles,                                       forward planning.
concepts methods, tools and techniques that can                                4. Managerial economics provides link
be applied practically to solve the problems of                                    between traditional economics and
Business Management is known as managerial                                         decision science.
economics.                                                                     5. Managerial Economics directs the
                                                                                   utilization of scarce resources in a goal
                                                                                   oriented manner.
     Economics               Managerial Economics,          Solutions to
     Principles,            Application of Economics        business
     Concepts,
     Tools and
                             to solve the problems of
                              business management
                                                            problems/
                                                            managers
                                                                           Nature of Managerial Economics:
     Techniques                                                               • Micro Economics in Nature
                                                                              • Normative Economics
                                                                              • Application Oriented
                                                                              • Macro Economics
     Decision making problems of Business
     Management                                                               • Evaluation of each alternative
                                                                              • Assumptions
Therefore, Managerial Economics is a part of
Economics and it is concerned with business                                Micro Economics in Nature:
practice for the purpose of facilitating decision
making.                                                                           Micro Economics studies about the
                                                                           individual firm. It studies how an individual

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firm can use scarce resource to produce more            •   The theory of managerial economics is
output with minimum cost and maximum profit.                based mainly on the theory of firm
Normative Economics:                                    •   Managerial      economics      is    both
                                                            conceptual and materialistic
        Managerial Economics tells a business           •   Managerial economics is concerned with
firm to do certain things which will benefit them           managerial decision making
and not to do certain things which leads to
                                                        •   Managerial economics takes the help of
losses. Therefore managerial economics is
                                                            other sources to make optimum use of
normative economics because it prescribes
                                                            scarce resources
Application Oriented:                                   •   Managerial economics is goal oriented
                                                            in its approach
      Managerial Economics tries to solve               •   Managerial economics is micro-
some complicated business problems. Decision                economics in character as it concentrated
making skills can be improved by applying                   only on the study of the firm and not on
some principles and concepts.                               the working of the economy.

Macro Economics in Nature:                           Scope of Managerial Economics:

        Managerial Economics gives an                The following topics comes under the scope of
opportunity to evaluate each alternative             managerial economics.
depending on its cost and profit. There is a
scope that the managerial economist can decide          •   Demand analyse and Forecasting
on the best alternative to maximize the profits         •   Cost Analysis
for the firm.                                           •   Production Analysis
                                                        •   Pricing Policies
Evaluation of each alternative:                         •   Profit Management
                                                        •   Capital management
        Managerial     economics   gives    an
opportunity to evaluate each alternative
depending on its cost and profit. There is a            •   Demand analyse and Forecasting:
scope that the managerial economist can decide
on the best alternative to maximize the profits             A business firm convert raw material
for the firm.                                           into finished products and these products are
                                                        sold in the market, Hence the firm has to
Assumptions:                                            estimate and forecast the demand before
                                                        starting production. A forecast of future
        Managerial Economics is based on                demand is essential. The firm will prepare
certain assumptions and the assumptions are not         production schedule on the basis of demand
valid universally. Therefore, if there is a change      forecast.
in assumption, the theory may not hold good.
                                                        •   Cost Analysis:
  Chief Characteristics of Managerial
             Economics                               Every business firm wants to reduce cost. A
                                                     study of economic costs, and their estimates are
   •   Managerial Economics is the study of
                                                     useful for management decisions. Estimation of
       the allocation of the scarce resources        cost is essential for decision making. An
       available to a firm among the activities      element of cost uncertainty exists, as all the
       of that unit to maximize profit.              factors determining cost are not always known
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or controllable. Cost control is essential for          •   Product Decisions
pricing policies.                                       •   Pricing Decisions
                                                        •   Quantity Decision and
                                                        •   Technological Decisions
   •   Production Analysis:
                                                        •   Product Decisions:
Production analysis refers to the physical terms
while cost analysis refers to monetary terms.
                                                         These decision are related to the what
Production analysis deals with different
                                                     products the firm will produce and offer for sale
production functions and their managerial uses.
                                                     and decision may be related to additions of a
                                                     product or deleting the existing product. It also
   •   Pricing Policies:
                                                     includes the style, packing and size of the
                                                     product.
    Pricing is an important area of managerial
economics. Price is the basic thing for the
                                                        •   Pricing Decisions:
revenue of a firm, and the success of the price
decisions taken by it
                                                         These decisions are related to fixing a price
                                                     for the products manufactured. If the price is
   •   Profit Management:
                                                     very high the firm may not be able to sell its
                                                     products. Even if the price is low, the consumers
    The primary aim of any firm is to maximize       think it is an inferior product.
profits. Their exists an uncertainty in the
estimation of profits, because of differences in
                                                        •   Quantity Decisions:
the costs and revenues, and the effects of its
internal and external factors. Therefore, profit
                                                        These decisions are related to how much to
management is the difficult area in managerial
                                                     be manufactured. The production depends
economics.
                                                     normally in anticipation of demand.
   •   Capital management:
                                                        •   Technological Decisions:
   Capital Management implies planning
                                                         It is concerned with the method to be
acquisition, disposition and control of capital.
                                                     adopted in manufacturing a product. One should
                                                     see whether a change in technology will benefit
    Decision Making in Managerial                    the business firm or not.
              Economics
       The managers face a number of                         Hence, there may be more problems to
problems in day to day management of the firm.       be faced while planning for the future. It may
He has to find the solutions to these problems.      relate to production, pricing, capital and raw
                                                     material. The resources are scarce but they have
        Decision making is the process of            alternative uses.
choosing one best alternative from a list of
alternative. A manager has to weigh merits and               Decision making is very important
demerits of each action, He has to select the best   because it is related to uncertain. Managerial
alternative with the limited resources. The          economics understand these decision making
decisions made must take the business firm in        problems and guides us in a purposeful
the right direction. There are different types of    direction.
decisions to be taken, among them the most
important are
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    Importance or Usefulness or Significance or        •                               Managerial
    Application of Managerial Economics                    Economics and Operation Research
                                                               Operation research is an activity carried
       1. Managerial economics provides a              out by functional specialist within the firm to help
          number of tools and techniques to build      the manager to do his job of solving decision
          models and with the help of these            making problems, while managerial economist is
          models the managers can handle the real      purely an academic subject which seeks to
          life situations.                             understand and anal7yse decision making
       2. Managerial economics provides most of        problems of business.
          the concepts that are needed for the
          analysis of business problems.               •                             Managerial
       3. it is helpful in making decisions such as        Economics and Mathematics
          (a). What should be the product mix?                 Mathematics provides us a set of tools
          (b). Which is the best production            which helps in the derivation and exposition of
          technique?                                   economics analysis. Mathematics is closely linked
          (c) What should be the level of output       to managerial economics. It tries to estimate and
          and price for the product?                   produce the relevant economics factors for decision
          (d). How to make investment decisions?       making and forward planning. The branches of
       4. The managerial economics helps us to         mathematics which are generally used by a
          understand the economic behavior of          managerial economist are geometry, Algebra and
          individuals                                  calculus.
       5. The managerial economics helps us to
          explain the working of economic system       •   Managerial economics and Stastics
       6. Managerial economics helps to assess the             Statistics is widely used by managerial
          performance of the economy                   economics. Managerial economics aims at
       7. Managerial economics provides a good         quantifying the past economic activity to predict its
          knowledge about cause and effect of          future. Probability, correlation, interpolation are
          various economic phenomena                   the concepts used by managerial economics to
       8. Managerial economics suggest how to          solve certain problems. The concept of statistics
          improve the growth rates in developed        helps in decision making.
          economies
                                                       •   Managerial economics and Accounting
    Relation with other subjects:
                                                               Managerial economics is closely related
•    Managerial Economics and Traditional              with accounting which is concerned with financial
     Economics                                         operations of a business firm. Accounting
                                                       information is one of the principle sources of data
             The relationship between managerial       used by managerial economist for his decision
    economics and traditional economics is very much   purpose.
    like the relation of engineering to physics and
    medicine to biology. Traditional economics         •   Managerial economics and psychology
    provide certain concepts, methods and principles       Consumer psychology is the basis on which
    which can be applied to solve the problems of      managerial economist acts upon. We always
    business management. The both deal with the        assume that the behavior of the consumer is
    allocation of scarce resource in an optimum way.   always rational, which is reality is not so.
    A managerial economist must know about             Psychology contributes towards understanding the
    traditional economics in order to understand the   behavioral implications, attitudes and motivations
    principles of managerial economics.                of each of the microeconomics variables such as

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consumer, supplier, investors, workers or an
employee.




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   Functions of Managerial Economist                    has to obtain statistical data on national
                                                        income, price level and tax policies
    The managerial economist has to gather           • He should identify new business
economics data, analyse all crucial information         opportunities
about the business environment. He may have to       • He should build micro and macro
make a continuous assessment of the impact of           economic models to solve specific
changing technology. In the Indian context a            problems
managerial economist is expected to perform the   Responsibilities:
following functions.
    1. Macro-forecasting for demand and              •     Sales forecasting
       supply                                        •     Industrial market research
    2. Production planning at micro, macro
                                                     •     Economic analysis of competing
       levels.
                                                           companies
    3. Capacity planning and product-mix-
       determination.                                •     Pricing problems of industry
    4. Economic feasibility of new production        •     Capital projects
       process                                       •     Production programmers
    5. Assistance in preparation of overall          •     Security analysis and forecast
       development plan                              •     advice on trade and public relations
    6. preparation of periodical economic            •     advice on primary commodities
       reports                                       •     advice on foreign exchange
    7. Keeping management information at
                                                     •     Economic analysis on agriculture.
       various national and international
       developments on economic matters              •     Analysis of underdeveloped economies
    8. Preparing briefs, speeches, articles and      •     environmental forecasting
       papers for top management
                                                  The important characteristics he needs
                                                  to have are
Role of Managerial Economist:
                                                     i)       Economic intelligence
The managerial economist plays         a   very      ii)      Participating in public debates
important role in an organization

   •   The objective of a managerial economist
       plays a very important role in an
       organization
   •   The managerial economist must try to
       maximize profits on their invested
       capital
   •   Managerial economist must make an
       accurate forecast as possible, because
       forecast depends on future which is
       uncertain.
   •   he should advise the management on
       domestic and global economic issues
   •   The managerial economist has to
       maintain contact with data sources. He

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        DEMAND ANALYSIS                                       In the above table or schedule when the
                                                      price of the product is Rs.5, its demand is only
                                                      1000 units. But when the price has fallen to
Introduction:
                                                      Rs.1, demand for the product has gone up to
        Demand is the basis for the starting of
                                                      5000 units. This shows that a fall in the price
any business, as the product decision and
                                                      deals to extension of demand. Similarly when
amount of product to be produced would be
                                                      we take Rs. 1 price, the demand for the product
decided only on the basis of the demand
                                                      is 5000 units, when the price started rising up to
prevailing in the market i.e. depending on the
                                                      Rs.5 the demand for the product has fallen to
market survey and demand forecast. Demand
                                                      1000 units. This shows that a rise in price leads
only decides indirectly the amount of factors of
                                                      to contraction of demand.
production to be employed in the organization
i.e. money, men, material, machinery and
management required. Without proper demand
analysis, if production activity is undertaken the
business firm may suffer huge losses.

Demand: Meaning
        Demand for a product refers to
  1. Desire of an individual for a product
  2. Ability to pay for the product
  3. Willingness to pay for the product.
        If there is ability and willingness but no    This can be shown with the help of diagram,
desire then it is nor a demand. Similarly,            DD=Demand Curve
without willingness if there is desire and ability,   On X-axis the quantity of a product demanded is
then also it is not a demand.                         represented. On Y-axis the price of the product
                                                      is represented. DD represents the demand curve.
Law of demand:                                        It slopes downwards from left to right as price
         According to law of demand there is an       increases, demand is decreasing. As price
inverse relationship or a negative relationship       decreases demand curve moves away from the
between the price of a product and its demand.        point of origin.
The law may be stated as follows “when the
price falls, demand extends, price rises demand       Demand curve
falls, other things, remaining constant.                     If we show the demand schedule
                                                      graphically, we get a demand curve. The
Explanation of law of Demand                          demand curve shows the maximum quantities
Demand schedule                                       per unit of time that consumers will take at
     Price in Rs.      Quantity Demanded              various prices.
                               (units)
                                                      Assumptions of Law of Demand:
          5                     1000
          4                     2000
                                                      The assumptions underlying the Law of
          3                     3000
                                                      Demand are:
          2                     4000
          1                     5000                     • No change in Consumer Income
                                                         • No change in Consumer Preference
       Demand schedule is the table showing              • No change in the Tastes and Fashions
the prices per unit of the commodity and the             • No change in the Price Related Product
amount demanded per period of time.                      • No change in the population
                                                         • No change in the Govt. Policy

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   •   No change in Weather Conditions                  Hence all these assumptions are kept as
                                                        constant.
   •   No change in Consumer Income
       If the income of the consumer increases,                     Demand Function
   inspite of increase in the price of the goods           The demand function for a commodity
   the demand will increase. Similarly if the       describes the relationship between quantities of
   income decreases, inspite of decrease in the     the commodity which consumers demand
   price the demand will decrease.                  during a specific period and the factors which
                                                    influence its demand. Mathematically, demand
   •   No change in Consumer Preference             function can be expressed as follows
       If the consumer have a specific
   preference of the product or he likes the        Dx = ∫(Y , Px , Ps , P , T , E p , N , D, u , a )
                                                                          c

   product or he likes the product very much        Where
   He purchases the product if it is costlier
   also.                                            D = Quantity demanded for the product x
                                                    Y = Consumer’s income
   •   No change in the Tastes and Fashions         Px = Price of good x
       If fashion of the product is outdated, the   Ps = Price of substitute of x
   demand will decrease even if it is offered at    Pc = Price of complements of x
   a lower price                                    T = Measure of consumer tastes and preferences
                                                    Ep = Consumer’s expectations above future
   •   No change in the Price Related Product       prices.
       If the price of the related product          N = No of customers
   decreases, demand tends to decrease for the      D = Distribution of consumers
   other similar products also.                     u = Other determinants of the demand for x
                                                    a = advertisement
   •   No change in the population                  ∫ = Unspecified Function
       If the population goes on increasing   the
   demand tends to decrease even though       the   Why demand curve slopes downwards:
   price increases. On the other hand if      the           The law of demand states that, other
   population decreases demand tends           to   things remaining the same, an individual
   decline even though the price is low             consumer will but more units of a commodity at
                                                    a lower price and less of that commodity at a
   •  No change in the Govt. Policy                 higher price. Generally, the demand curve
      The change in the government policies         slopes downwards from left to right. Some of
   and political situation will influence the       the reasons for this are
   demand for the product.                            • Income effect
                                                      • A commodity is utilized more when it
   •   No change in Weather Conditions                    become cheaper
       In summer season the demand for fans,          • Substitution effect
       air coolers, air-condition is increasing       • Multiple use of product
       considerably irrespective of changes in
       the price.                                   •   Income effect:

   •   No expectation of future price changes.           The income of a consumer affects the
   •   No change in the range of foods              demand of the product. If the income is fixed
       available to customers.                      i.e. there is no change in income, but there is a
                                                    change in the prices of the products, then it will
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affect the demand and the curve slope                hand if the income decreases the demand will
downwards.                                           decrease

 •   A commodity is utilized more when it            3. Tastes, Habits and Preferences of the
     become cheaper:                                 Consumer:
     If the price of the product falls, the          Demand for many goods depends upon the
 existing buyers purchase more and some new          tastes, habits and preference of the consumer.
 consumers enter the market                          E.g.: Demand for several goods like ice-cream,
                                                     chocolates, beverages depends on the taste of
 •   Substitution effect:                            the individual
     A fall in the price of a product, while the
 prices of its substitutes remain unchanged will     4. Relative Price of Substitute Goods and
 make it attractive to the buyers who will now       Complement Goods:
 purchase more and vice versa.                               The demand for a product is also
                                                     affected by the changes in price of the related by
 •    Multiple use of product:                       the changes in prices of the related goods.
      Some products can be used for multiple         Related goods can be of two types
purpose. A fall in the price of steel, iron etc.,    1. Substitutes which can replace each other in
will increase demand considerably.                   use
                                                     E.g.: Tea, Coffee and bournvita are substitutes.
 FACTORS INFLUENCING THE DEMAND                      2. Complementary goods are those which are
FOR A PRODUCT                                        jointly demanded
                                                     E.g.: Tea, Sugar and milk are complementary
     1. Price of the Product                         goods.
     2. Income of the Consumers
     3. Tastes, Habits and Preference of the         5. Consumer Expectation:
        Consumer                                             A consumer expectation about the future
     4. Relative price of Substitute Goods and       changes in the price of a given product may also
        Complement Goods                             affect its demand. When the consumer expects
     5. Consumer Expectation                         the prices to fall in the future he tends to but less
     6. Population                                   and vice versa.
     7. Climate and Weather
     8. Advertisement effect                         6. Population:
                                                            Increase in population increases demand
1. Price of the Product:                             for necessaries of life. Decrease in population
        The most important factor affecting          will also affect the demand for different
amount demanded is the price of the product.         products.
The amount of product demanded at a particular
                                                     7. Climate and Weather:
price is called as price demand. Normally a
                                                            The climates of areas woolen clothes are
large quantity is demanded at a lower price but      demanded. On a rainy day, ice-cream is not
not at a higher price. Not only the existing price   much demanded.
but also the expected changes in price will affect
demand.                                              8. Advertisement Effect:
                                                             In modern times the consumer
2. Income of the Consumer:                           preference can be changed by advertisement and
       When consumer’s income increases the          sales propaganda. Demand for may products
                                                     like toothpaste, soaps, washing powder etc., is
demand will increase significantly. On the other
                                                     partially caused by the advertisement affect.
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                                                     In Exhibitions and functions, the social habit,
                                                     place or situation, force people to purchase
Exceptions Or Limitation To the Law                  goods at higher prices
            of Demand
           1. Giffen Goods/ Inferior Goods           Individual Demand Schedule and
           2. Veblen Goods                           Market Demand Schedule
           3. Consumer Expectation
           4. Consumer Psychological Bias            Consider the following table
           5. Necessaries                             Price        Goods Demanded by           Total
           6. Impulse Buying                           Rs.              individual            Demand
           7.                                                   X in       Y in    Z in       in units
• Giffen Goods/ Inferior Goods:                                 units     units    units
Robert Giffen, British economist observed that        100        10          5       2           17
when the price of the product is decreasing the        95        20         10       5           35
demand for the product is decreasing. These            90        30         12      10           52
Products are called as inferior goods or Giffen        85        40         15      14           69
goods.                                                 80        50         20      20           90
       Similarly, when the price of the product
is increasing the demand is also increasing.
                                                             In the above table Mr. X is demanding
Such types of products are called superior
goods.                                               10 units at Rs. 100 and 50 units at Rs 80, this
                                                     demand is called individual demand. Individual
•   Veblen Goods or Prestige Goods                   demand refers to goods demanded by a single
        American economist, Veblen explained         individual. The table showing at different prices
that, there are certain goods which are              different units were demanded by Mr. X that is
purchased by the consumer not because they           called individual demand schedule.
really need those goods but they purchase goods
because of status symbol i.e., to maintains status           Market demand refers to total demand
in the society. Prestige goods are those which       made by all the individuals in the market. In the
consumers will purchase even though they are         above table total demand is 17 units at Rs. 100
costlier.                                            and 90 units at Rs. 80. The table representing
                                                     different prices, different units were demanded
•   Consumer Expectations:                           by all the individuals that is called market
        Whenever the consumer expects a              demand schedule
further fall in the price in future he will not
purchase the products or goods immediately,
when price decreases, demand tends to decline.                             ------
Similarly when the consumer expects a further
increase in the price for the future he will but
the products immediately

•   Necessaries:
        The demand almost remains constant
irrespective of the price changes concerned to
these goods as people tend to adjust their
consumption on other goods as they feel these
are most necessary products.

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             Types of Demand                       E.g. The demand for sugar is loosely tied up
    1. Demand for Consumer Goods and               with the demand for drinks
       Producer Goods
    2. Durable Goods and Perishable Goods          •       Industry Demand and Company Demand
       Demand                                          :
    3. Derived Demand and Autonomous
       Demand                                      Industry is a group of firms producing or
    4. Industry Demand and Company Demand          manufacturing the same or similar product.
    5. Short run Demand and Long run
       Demand                                      Company is an individual business unit or
    6. New demand and Replacement Demand           business firm
    7. Total Market Demand and Segment             When goods are demanded which are produced
       Market Demand                               or manufactured by a particular company, that
                                                   demand is called company’s demand.
•       Demand for consumer goods and
    producer goods:                                E.g. Demand made for Maruti cars produced by
    When Goods are demanded by consumer for        Maruti Udyog Ltd.
the direct satisfaction of their wants, they are
called demand for consumer goods.                         When goods are demanded which are
E.g. Food items, Readymade clothes etc.            produced or manufactured by a particular
        When goods are demanded by producer        industry that demand is called industry demand.
for production of other goods including                   E.g. Total demand for cars produced by
consumer goods, they are called demand for         automobile industry.
producers’ goods.
                                                   •     Short run Demand and Long Run
E.g. Machines, tools, Equipment etc.                   Demand

•       Durable goods and Perishable goods             Short run demand refers to that demand
    demand                                         which changes immediately due to reaction in
    Perishable goods are those which can’t         price changes and income fluctuation etc.
consumed only once, while durable goods are
those goods which can be used more than once          Long run demand refers to that demand
over a period of time.                             which does not react immediately due to price
                                                   change. It will take some time for change in
•     Derived Demand and Autonomous                demand
    Demand
                                                   •       New Demand and Replacement Demand
   When the demand for a product is tied to the        :
purchase of some parent product. Its demand is         New demand refers to the demand for the
Called derived demand.                             new products and it is the addition to the
       E.g. Demand for cement depends upon         existing stock. In replacement demand, the item
demand for construction industry.                  is purchased to maintain the asset in good
                                                   condition. The demand for cars is new demand
       When       goods      are      demanded     and the demand for spare parts is replacement
independently for the direct satisfaction of the   demand
consumer wants, it is called autonomous
demand.                                            •      Total market Demand and Segment
                                                       Market demand

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   Take the E.g of the consumption of sugar in                               (Q2 − Q1 )
a given region. The total demand for sugar in                                     Q1
the region is the total market demand. The                              Ep =
                                                                              ( P2 − P1 )
demand for sugar from the sweet-making
                                                                                  P1
industry from this region is the segment market
demand.
                    UNIT-II                                                    ∆Q
        ELASTICITY OF DEMAND                                                    Q
                                                                             = 1
    Elasticity of Demand is the measure of the                                ( ∆P)
degree of change in the amount demanded of the                                  P1
commodity in response to a given change in
price of the commodity, price of some related                                    ∆Q P1
goods or change in consumer income.                                          =     ×
                                                                                 ∆P Q1
    There are four important kinds of elasticity        Where
of demand.                                              Q1= Quantity demanded before price change
    1. Price elasticity of demand                       Q2= Quantity demanded after price change
    2. Income elasticity of demand                      P1= Price charged before price change
    3. Cross elasticity of demand                       P2= Price changed after price change
    4. advertising and promotional elasticity of
       demand                                           Higher the elasticity of demand, greater will be
Price Elasticity of Demand:                             the percentage change in quantity demanded
                                                        every percentage change in price.
Meaning:                                                Elastic Demand and Inelastic Demand
         Price elasticity of demand measures the        When a small change in price may bring about a
responsiveness of demand to changes in price.           big change in demand then it represents elastic
The price elasticity of demand for a commodity          demand
is the rate at which quantity bought changes as                 What ever may be the changes in price if
the price changes. It is denoted by (Ep)                the demand remains more or less constant then
                                                        it represents inelastic demand.
       Pr oportionat echange in the quantity demanded
Ep =
               Pr oportionate change in price
                       or
                                                        Types of Price Elastic of demand
            Change inquantity demanded                         Types of Price Elastic of demand are
                                                        generally classified into five categories.
               Quantity demanded
       Ep =                                                •                            Perfect Elastic
                 Change in Pr ice
                                                           demand
                       Pr ice
                                                           •                            Perfect inelastic
                                                           demand
                                                           •                            Unit elasticity
                                                           demand
                                                           •                            Relative/Compara
                                                           tive Elasticity of demand
                                                           •                            Relative/
                                                           Comparative Inelasticity of demand

                                                        Perfect Elasticity of Demand (Ep=∞):

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                                                     As there is no change in the demand and price it
        It is one in which a small change in price   is called as unitary demand.
will cause a large change in amount demanded.
A small rise in price reduces the demand to
zero. A small decrease in price leads to a big
expansion in demand.




                                                             The figure shows that the quantity
In the above figure the quantity demanded            demanded increases OX0 to OX1, as there is a
increases from OX to OX1 from OX1 to OX2             decrease in price from OP0 to OP1. The amount
even though there is no change in price. The         of increase in the quantity demanded is equal to
price is fixed at OP.                                the amount of fall in the price.
Perfect Inelastic Demand(Ep=0):                      Relative Elastic Demand(E>1):
      This is one which shows that whatever
the change in price may be the amount
demanded remains same.                                       The demand is said to be relatively
                                                     elastic when the change in demand is more than
                                                     the change in price. The figure shows that the
                                                     quantity demanded increases from OX0 to OX1
                                                     as there is a decrease in price from OP 0 to OP1.
                                                     The amount of the increase in the quantity
                                                     demanded is greater than the amount of
                                                     decrease in the price.




       In the above figure it is shown that there
is no change in the quantity demanded even
though the price is changing (increase or
decrease).
       Even though there is an increase in price
from OP0 to OP1 to OP2 there is no change in
demand.
                                                     Relative Inelastic Demand(E<1):
Unit Elasticity of Demand(Ep=1):
       In this type of demand a given                        When the change in demand is less than
percentage change in price leads to exactly the      the change in price, then the demand is said to
same percentage change in amount demanded.           be inelastic.

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                                                                High income group people are less
                                                        affected by [rice changes than low income
                                                        groups people. Demand for high priced and
                                                        quality goods in inelastic for high income
                                                        groups whereas the same is elastic for low
                                                        income people

                                                        4. Variety of Use:

                                                               A commodity having a variety of uses
                                                        has a comparatively inelastic demand. On the
                                                        other hand, demand is elastic for a commodity
                                                        having a limited use
       In the figure the demand increases from
OX0 to OX1 as there is a decrease in the price          5. Proportion of income spent on the commodity
from OP0 to OP1. The amount of increase in the                 If the consumer spends less percentage
quantity demanded is lesser than the amount of          on a commodity, then demand will be inelastic
decreases in the price.                                 e.g. salt, match box. On the other hand if
                                                        consumer spends large proportion of his income
Factors Determine Price elasticity of                   on a commodity, then the demand will be elastic
Demand
The price of elasticity of demand depends on the        6. Durability
following factors:                                              When a commodity is durable e.g.
                                                        furniture, toothbrush etc, one is likely to use the
    1. Nature of goods                                  commodity for a longer period having high
    2. Availability of substitutes                      price, then higher is its elasticity of demand.
    3. Income level
    4. Variety of uses                                  7. Time Period:
    5. Proportion of income spent on the
       commodity
    6. Durability of a commodity                               Demand of a commodity always has a
    7. Possibility of postponement                      reference to a specific period. Generally demand
    8. Time period                                      is inelastic during short period and elastic
                                                        during the long period.
1. Nature of goods:
        Goods may be classified into three              Importance of Price Elasticity of
groups. They are necessaries, comforts and              Demand
luxuries. The demand for necessaries like salt,         The concept of elasticity of demand is of much
food grains, clothes etc is inelastic like salt, food   practical importance. Given the fact that the
grains, clothes etc is inelastic where as demand        actions of any enterprise are oriented towards
for comforts and luxuries like television               improving its overall profitability. Here the
vehicles etc is elastic                                 concept of elasticity plays crucial role. It
                                                        measures the proportionate change in sales and
2. Availability of Substitutes:                         hence in profit. Price elasticity of demand is
        A commodity having a number of                  highly useful in the following cases.
substitutes has relatively elastic demand                   1. Price Fixation of a Product
whereas a commodity have less or without                    2. Decision Regarding to Price Changes
substitutes is relatively inelastic demand.                 3. Price discrimination
                                                            4. Taxation Policy
3. Income level:
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Income Elasticity of Demand

        The income of consumer too greatly
affects the demand for a commodity. Given the
price, if the consumers have a higher income,
they can buy more products. Thus at higher
incomes or increase income levels the demand
will be high and at lower income demand for the
commodity will be lower.

        When the income of the consumer
increases, the demand for quality products
increases, while that of poor quality goods
decreases. Income demand curve called Engel
curve is left to right upward for superiors goods
and downward for inferior goods.




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INCOME DEMAND (ENGEL) SCHEDULE                       ∆Q
 Income (Rs.) Demand for Demand              for     Q                 ∆Q I
                                                   =               =     ×
                  Superior goods Inferior goods      ∆I                Q ∆I
     1000                1              6             I
     2000                2              5          Where
     3000                3              4          Ei = Income elasticity of demand
     4000                4              3          ΔQ= Change in quantity demand
     5000                5              2          Q = Quantity demanded
     6000                6              1          ΔI = Change in income
As income of the consumer increases from Rs.       I = Income
3,000 to 4,000 quantity demanded increases to 3    INCOME    ELASTICITY                         OF
to 4 units for superior goods. Where as for        DEMAND TYPES:
inferior goods demand reduced from 4 to 3 units
                                                   Income elasticity of demand is classified under
presented in the figure.
                                                   three heads
                                                       1. Zero Income Elasticity of Demand
                                                       2. Negative Income Elasticity of Demand
                                                       3. Positive Income Elasticity of Demand

                                                   1. Zero Income Elasticity of Demand
                                                   This refers to the situation where a given
                                                   increase in consumers’ income does not result in
                                                   any change of the quantity demanded.
                                                   E.g. Essential goods like salt, milk etc.




                                                   2. Negative Income Elasticity of Demand
                                                   This refers to that situation where given increase
2. INCOME             ELASTICITY           OF      in the consumers’ income is followed by an
DEMAND                                             actual fall in the quantity demanded for the
The income elasticity is defined as a ratio of     commodity. E.g inferior goods
percentage or proportional change in the
quantity demanded to the percentage change in
income. It measures the degree of
responsiveness in quantity demanded due to
change in income.

       Percentage change in quantity demand
Ei =
           Percentage change in income




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3. Positive Income Elasticity of Demand                     Note: Cross elasticity of demand in case
This refers to situation where a given increase in   of Substitutes is positive and in case of
consumer’s income is lead to an increase in          complements is negative.
quantities demanded.                                 Cross Elasticity of demand is useful in the
                                                     following cases.
  This may be further classified into Unitary            1. To fix product pricing and changes in
income elasticity of demand (Ei=1), income                  pricing of the product
elasticity of demand greater than unity (Ei>1)           2. To estimate the Effect of Competitors’
and income elasticity of demand less than unity             Pricing Decisions
(Ei<1). The following diagram is explaining it.      4.    Advertising         or     Promotional
                                                     Elasticity of Demand:

                                                             Advertising elasticity of demand refers
                                                     to percentage or proportionate change in sales in
                                                     response to percentage change in advertisement
                                                     expenditure. It is denoted by EA
                                                                       % / Pr oportionatechange in Sales
                                                     EA =
                                                            % / Pr oportionatechange in advertisement exp enditu
                                                           ∆S             S − S1
                                                     EA =         ,EA = 2
Use of Income elasticity of Demand                         ∆A             A2 − A1
   1. For Demand forecasting                                 In the present competitive world
   2. For Product line Planning                      advertising occupied an important place, it
   3. Advertisement Planning                         consists of audio visual activities to increase the
                                                     demand for a product. Advertising elasticity of
3. Cross Elasticity of Demand:                       demand is a measure to understand how far the
Cross Elasticity of Demand may be defined as         demand for a product will be influenced by
“The proportionate change in the quantity            advertisement and other promotional activities.
demanded of a particular commodity in
response to a change in the price of another         Advertising Elasticity of demand is useful in
related commodity”.                                  the following cases.
       Percentage Change inDemand of given good ( A) 1. To know the stage of product in the
 EC =
       Percentage Change in Pr ice of Re lated Good ( B )    market
                                                          2. To know the effect of advertising in
       ∆Q A
                                                             terms of time
        QA                                                3. To know the advertising by rivals or
 EC =
       ∆PB                                                   competitors
        PB
       ∆Q A     P                                    IMPORTANCE OF ELASTICITY OF
 EC =       × B                                      DEMAND:
        QA     ∆PB
Where,                                               •                      Useful      to      the
EC= Cross elasticity of demand                            Businessmen
ΔQA= Change in demand of given good
                                                     •                      Useful      to      the
QA= Demand of a given good
                                                          Government and Finance Minister
ΔPB=Change in price of related good
PB= Price of a related good                          •                      Useful to International
                                                          Trade


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•                         Useful for Planning of             Long term forecasting refers to the
    the business activities                          forecasts prepared for long period during which
•                         Useful to the consumers    the firm’s scale of operations or the production
•                         Useful to Trade unions     capacity may be expanded or reduced.

       DEMAND FORECASTING                            5. Short term forecasting:
       A forecasting is a prediction or                      Short-term forecasting normally related
estimation of future situation under given           to a period not more than a year. Short term
conditions.                                          forecasting relate to the day-to-day information.
                                                     In the short term forecasting a firm is primarily
Demand Forecasting:                                  concerned with the optimum utilization of its
        Demand forecasting means expectation         existing production capacity
about the future course of the market demand
for product. Demand forecasting is essentially       Importance of Demand Forecasting:
reasonable judgment of future probabilities of
the future demand. It cannot be 100% precise.        •   For planning and Production analysis
                                                     •   Sales Forecasting
Demand Estimation:                                   •   Control of Business
        Demand estimation tries to find our
                                                     •   Inventory Control
expectation present sales level, given the present
state of demand determinants.                        •   Long term Investment Programmes
                                                     •   Maintain Stability
Types of Demand Forecasting:                         •   Helpful for Planners and Policy Makers
Various types of demand forecasting are as
follows                                              •   For planning and Production analysis:
    1. Passive forecasts                                 Demand forecasting is essential before
    2. Active forecasts                              starting any production activity. It is dependent
    3. micro forecasting                             on accurate demand forecasting.
    4. Long term Forecasting
    5. Short term Forecasting                        •   Sales Forecasting:
1. Passive Forecasting:                                  Sales forecasting is dependent on the
        Here prediction about future is based on     demand forecasting. Advertisement pattern of
                                                     the firm should be based on sales forecasting.
the assumption that the firm does not change the
course of its action.
                                                     •   Control of Business:
2. Active Forecasting:                                   The business firm may have to prepare the
                                                     budget of cost and revenue occurring in future.
        Forecasting is done assuming that, it will
                                                     The future accurate estimation of cost and
be changes in the actions by the firm.               revenues is based on the demand forecasting.

3. Micro Forecasting:                                •   Inventory Control:
       When individual business firm forecast            The business form can have a better control
the demand for their products, it is known as        on raw materials, semi- finished goods, finished
micro level forecasting.                             goods, spare parts etc., for future requirements
                                                     of the firm with the help of demand forecasting.
4. Long term forecasting:
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 •   Long term Investment Programmes:                   The methods employed should be able to
     The growth rate and long term investment        produce meaning results quickly.
 planning of the firm can be estimated with the
 help of demand forecasting. For planning and        • Maintenance Should be Up to Date :
 Production analysis                                    The forecast should be capable of being
                                                     maintained on an up-to-date basis
 •   Maintain Stability:
                                                        Approaches to Forecasting:
    Production and employment growth rates
 can be stable through demand forecasting.              •   Identify and clearly state the objectives of
                                                            forecasting. The objective may be short-
 •   Helpful for Planners and Policy Makers:
                                                            term or long-term
 Demand forecasting can be greatly used by
                                                        •   Select Appropriate method of forecasting
 planners and policy makers in making optimum
 allocation of scare resources.                         •   Identify the variables affecting the demand
                                                            for the product and express them in
 Requisites of a Good Forecasting Methods:                  appropriate forms
                                                        •   Gather all relevant date o represent the
     •   Accuracy
                                                            variable.
     •   Simple and Easy to Compute
                                                        •   It may be made either in terms of physical
     •   Economy
                                                            units or in terms of rupees of sales volume
     •   Availability
                                                        •   It may be in terms of product group or
     •   Maintenance Should be Up to Date
                                                            individual products
• Accuracy:                                             •   It may be annual basis or moth wise or
   It is necessary to check the accuracy of past            week wise on the basis of past records
 forecast against future performance and of
 present forecast against past performance.


• Simple and Easy to Compute:
    Management must be able to understand and
have confidence in the methods used for
forecasting.


• Economy:
Costs must be weighted against the benefits of the
forecast to the operation of the business.

• Availability:

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     Demand Forecasting Methods                  different opinions on them. This process
                                                 is repeated again and again unless a
    I. Intentions of Customer                    common view point is emerged.
    1. Survey Method:
                                                 IV. Test Market:
    Under this method the consumers are                 This method is used for estimating
    contacted personally to disclose their       demand of new products of estimating
    future purchase plans. This can be done      sales potential of existing products in
    by two ways                                  new geographical areas. In this method a
    1. Census method                             test area is selected which truly represent
    2. Sample Method                             the market. The product is launched in
                                                 this area exactly in the manner in which
•          Census method:                        it is intended to be launched in the
       Under this method all consumers           market. If the product is found successful
are contacted to know their preferences          in the test area then the sales are taken as
for the products in future. The interviews       a basis for estimating sales in the market
are conducted either orally or through           as a whole.
questionnaire. With the help of census
method the probable demand of all                2. Market Experimentation Method:
consumers is summed up.
                                                        This method involves giving a sum
•            Sample method:                      of money to each consumer with which
    In this method a sample of consumers         he is asked to shop around in a simulated
is selected for interview. The sample may        market. Consumer behavior is studied by
be random or stratified sampling. This           varying prices, quantity, packing,
method is easy, less costly and highly           advertisement, colour etc.
useful.
                                                 3. Based on Fast Trends:
II. Collective Opinion Method:
       Under this method opinion of the          • Fitting a Trend Linear of Trend
sales men taken for demand forecasting.             Forecasting Method:
The sales men can know the pulse of the             Under this method actual dales data is
consumer and they can give correct               drawn on a chart and estimating by
information about the likely demand for          observation where the trend line lies.
the products.                                    That line can be extended further towards
                                                 a future period and the corresponding
III. Delphi Technique:                           sales graph can be read from the graph.
       Opinions and views are taken from
experts     coming     from     different        • Least Square Method
backgrounds. Under this method experts              This method uses statistical data to
are asked the likely demand for a                find the trend line which best fits the
particular product. The experts may give
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available data. The following regression
equation is used
   S= a. T+b                                     5. Statistical Method:
Where
   S= Sales                                      •       Naïve Method:
   a, b = Past Data Calculation                  It is based on the past data of information
     T = The year for which forecast is          available     for    example      Historical
   required                                      Observation of sales

• Time Series Analysis:                          •     Regression Analysis:
    This method attempts to build                   This is a statistical technique by
seasonal and cyclical variation into the         which the demand is forecasted with the
estimating equation                              help of certain independent variables.
                                                 There are two types of regression
  S=a+b+c+d                                      analysis
Where
     a= Trend                                        a. Simple
     b= Season                                       b. Multiple
     c= Cycle                                        Simple regression analysis is used
     a, b, c, d= Constant calculated             when the quantity demanded is taken as a
     from past data.                             function of a single independent variable.
                                                 Multiple regression analysis is used to
• Moving Average Method:                         estimate demand as a function of two or
   This method is based on past sales            more independent variables that varies
data and it is used for short term               simultaneously.
forecasting and it is based on assumption
that the future is the average of past           6. Judgmental Approach:
performance                                            If the management is unable to use
                                                 any of the above method they have to
4. Economic Barometer:                           make their own judgment in forecasting
                                                 the demand
       This method forecasts the future
based on the occurrence of present               These are the        demand     forecasting
events, first we have to see whether their       techniques .
exists a relationship between the demand
for a commodity or product and certain
economic       indicator.   The     above
relationship can be established through
the method of least square. E.g. demand
for tractors depends on the farmer’s
income or agricultural income.

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                   III unit                      time with a given state of technology,
PRODUCTION ANALYSIS                              managerial ability etc.
       Production in Economics means
creation of goods and services which have
exchange value. In other words, it implies
creation of utilities. Production is an
organized activity of transforming input into
outputs to satisfy the demand for the
commodities and services of the company.

       Inputs refers to the all those things
which a firm buts and employs to produce a
particular product. Output means the
quantity of goods in the finished form
produced by the firm for selling. Production
analysis deal with physical production and       Production function enables production
supply side of the market.                       manager to understand how better he can
                                                 make use of technology to its greatest
                                                 potential

                                                 Definition for Production function:
                                                        “The production function is the name
Definition for Production:                       given to the relationship between the rates of
According to the Parkinson:                      productive services and the rates of output
                                                 of the product.”
      “Production is the organized activity                            -------> Stigler
of transformation resources into finished
products in the form of goods and services”.            “Production function is that function
                                                 which defines the maximum amount of
Production Function:                             output that can be produced with a given set
                                                 of inputs”.
       Production function expresses a                            -------> Michael R Baye.
functional or technical relationship between
physical inputs and physical outputs of a        Production Function:
firm at any particular time period. The
output is thus a function of inputs.                    It can be expressed in an allegorical
Production is the result of combination of       equation:
factors of production land, labor, capital and
organization. The factors used for                  ∫
                                                 Q = ( a, b, c, d ...........n)

production are called “inputs”. The              Where
production we get is called “output”. The        Q stands for the quantity of output
production functions show the maximum            a, b, c, d…..n are the various inputs.
rates of output that can be obtained from
different combinations of inputs in a given             Each form has its own production
                                                 function depending on the technical
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knowledge and managerial ability. An                • When inputs are specified in physical
improvement in the technical knowledge or             units, production function helps to
managerial ability will bring about a new             estimate the level of production
production function.                                • With the help of iso-quants,
                                                      production function explains the
       Here output is the function of inputs,         difference combinations of inputs
the output becomes the dependent variable             which will yield the same level of
and inputs are the independent variables.             output.
Production function has to be expressed in a        • Production function indicates the
precise mathematical equation i.e.                    manner in which the firm can
                                                      substitute one input for another
       Y = a + bx
                                                      without altering the total output
       It is showing the there is constant          • When prices are taken into
relationship between application of input (x)         consideration,      the      production
and the amount of output(Y).                          function helps to select the least
                                                      combination of inputs for desired
       The production function may be fixed           output
production function are variable production         • It considers two types of input-
function. In fixed production function each           output relationship namely
level of output requires a unique
combination of inputs. On the other hand a          1. Law of variable proportion and
variable production proportion production           2. Law of returns to scale.
function is one which the same level of
output may be produced by two or more               • It helps us to under stand the laws of
combinations of inputs.                               returns in production

Assumptions:                                            COBB- DOUGLAS
   • The production function is related to           PRODUCTION FUNCTION
     a particular period of time
   • There is no change in technology                Production function of the linear
   • The producer is using the best              homogenous type is invented by Jnut
     technique available                         Wicksell and first tested by C.W. Cobb and
   • The factors of production are               P.H. Douglas in 1928. This famous
     divisible                                   statistical production function is known as
   • Production can be fitted to a short run     Codd- Dougles production function.
     or to long run.                             Originally the function is applied on the
   • Utilization of inputs at maximum            empirical     study    of    the   American
     level of efficiency.                        manufacturing industry. Cobb-Dougles
                                                 production function takes the following
                                                 mathematical form
                                                                Y =( A K α L1−α )

Importance of production function:
                                                    Where,
                                                    Y= Output
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    K= Capital                                                   ISO QUANTS
    L= Labour
                                                          “Iso” means equal; “quants” means
    A, α = Positive Constant
                                                   quantity. It means the quantities throughout
                                                   a given isoquant are equal. Isoquants are
Assumptions:                                       also called isoproduct curves. It shows
                                                   various combinations of two input factors
•       It assumes that output is the function
                                                   such as capital and labour, which yield the
    of two factors, i.e. capital and labour        same level of output.
•       It is a linear homogenous production              The production functions like this
    function of the first degree                   when only two inputs are there for
•       There are constant returns to scale        production.
•       All inputs are homogenous                                    Q =∫( L, K )
•       There is perfect competition               This function has three variables
•       There is no change in technology           Q= output of commodity,
                                                   L= Labour and
Criticism:                                         K=Capital
                                                          For a given value of Q, there will be
•              Cobb-Douglas          production    alternative combinations of L and K. these
    function is criticized because it shows        combinations of L and K will vary with
    constant returns to scale. But constant        variation in Q. Generally both labour and
    returns to scale are not actuality. Industry   capital are necessary for the production of
    is either subject to increasing returns or     commodity; there are substitutes to each
    dimishing returns.                             other. Thus, for any given level of output, no
•             No entrepreneur will like to         entrepreneur will need to hirer both labour
                                                   and capital but he would have an option to
    increase the inputs in order to have
                                                   employ any one combination of these
    constant returns only. His aim will be to
                                                   factors, out of several possible combinations
    get increasing returns and not constant
    returns
                                                    Q=2      Q=5        Q=9     Q=12       Q=14
•              This function as applied to         K   L    K    L     K   L    K      L   K   L
    each firm may not give the same result as      1   2    2    2     3   2    4      2   5   20
    that of the industry.                              0         0         0           0
•              It based on the assumption that
                                                   2   1    3    1     4   1    5      1   6   17
    factors of production are substitutable            2         4         3           5
    and excludes complementarity of factors.       3   8    4    1     5   1    6      1   7   15
    But     in     the    short    run    non-                   0         0           2
    complementarity of factors is possible.        4   6    5    7     6   8    7      1   8   13
    Therefore, it applies more to the long-run
    than to the short-run                                                              0
                                                   5   4    6    5     7   6    8      8   9   11
                                                   6   3    7    4     8   5    9      7   1   10
                                                                                           0
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       In the above table all those              substitutes. One input factor can be
combinations of labour and capital which         substituted by other input factor in a
yield the same output. In our example the        diminishing marginal rate. If the input
farmer could employ 1 tractor and 20 labour,     factors were perfect substitutes, the
2 tractors and 12 labour… 6 tractors 3           isoquants would be a falling straight line.
labour to manufacture 2 Quintals of output.
If he aims at producing 5 quintals of output,    3. Don’t intersect:
the alternative input combinations open to              Two isoproducts do not intersect with
him are 2 tractors and 20 labour, 3 tractors     each other, it is because, and each of these
and 14 labour and so on.                         denotes a particular level of output. If the
                                                 manufacturer wants to operate at higher
       If we plot these alternative input        level of output, he has to switch over to
combinations for a given output and assume       another isoquants with higher level of output
a continuous variation in the possible           and vice verse
combination of labour and capital, we can
draw a curve called isoquants for various        4. Do not touch axes:
output levels of table are shown in the figure          The isoquants touches neither X-axis
                                                 not Y-axis, as both inputs are required to
                                                 produce a given product

                                                              Types of Isoquants
                                                     Depending upon the degrees of
                                                 substitutability of inputs, there are four types
                                                 of Iso-quants.

                                                     •   Linear Isoquants
                                                     •   Input-Output Isoquants
          Features of Isoquants:
                                                     •   Kinked Isoquants
   1.   Downwards Slopping                           •   Smooth Isoquants
   2.   Convex to Origin
   3.   Do not intersect                         Explanation of those
   4.   Do not touch axes
                                                 •       Linear Isoquants:
1. Downward sloping:                             It represents perfect substitutability of
    Isoquants are downwards sloping curves       factors of production.
because, if one input increases, the other one
reduces. There is no question of increase in
both the inputs to yield a given output. A
degree of substitution is assumed between
the factors of production

2.Convex to Origin:
   Isoquants are convex to the origin. It is
because the input factors are not perfect        •       Input-output Isoquants:

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If the factors of production are strict          level of production. If the given level of
complementaries and hence show zero              production changes, the total cost changes
substitutability, we derive this isoquants       and thus the isocost curve moves upwards.
                                                 And vice versa.

                                                        In the following figure three
                                                 downwards sloping straight line cost curves
                                                 each costing Rs.1.0 lakh, Rs. 1.5 lakh and
                                                 Rs. 2.0lakh for the output levels of 20,000,
                                                 30,000 and 40,000 units. Isocosts farther
                                                 from the origin, for given input costs, are
                                                 associated with higher costs. Any change in
                                                 input prices changes the slope of isocost
•      Kinked Isoquants:                         lines
If the factors of production show limited
substitutability we find this type of isoquant




                                                       Marginal Rate of Technical
•      Smooth Convex Isoquants:                              Substitution
This      form        assumes       continuous          The marginal rate of technical
substitutability of factors of production        substitution refers to the rate at which one
                                                 input factor is substituted with other to attain
                                                 a given level of output. In other words, the
                                                 lesser units of one input must be
                                                 compensated by increasing amopunt of
                                                 another input to produce the same level of
                                                 output. In the following table presents the
                                                 ratio of MRTS between teh two input
                                                 factors, say capital and labour. 5 units of
                                                 decrease in labout are compensated by an
                                                 increase in 1 unit of capital, resulting in a
                  Iso Costs                      MRTS of 5:1.
       Isocosts refers to that cost curve that
represents the combination of inputs that        Combi     inputs Units
                                                 nations                           MRTS
will cost the producer the same amount of                    K      L
money. In other words, each isocost denotes        A         1     20                  -
a particular level of total cost for a given       B         2     15                 5:1

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 C        3       11           4:1
 D        4        8           3:1
 E        5        6           2:1
 F        6        5           1:1




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Least Cost Combination Of Inputs
                                                        Graphically we can determine the
       The isocosts curve indicates the          least cost input combination or the
alternative combinations of various factors      maximum output for given cost, first we
of production which can produce a given          have to draw iso-quant map and than iso-
output. Of these, an entrepreneur would like     costs map. Later we have superimpose the
to choose the combination of input factors,      iso-quants map and the iso-costs map as
which costs him the least.                       shown in figure.

       To explain this how he can determine
the least cost combination for a given
output. We need the prices of the factors of
production. Let the price of labour (L) be
Rs.6 per unit and price of capital (K) Rs.9
per unit. Assume that any amount of labour
and capital can be bought at these respective
fixed prices.

       Let our farmer wants to produce a
certain amount of paddy. Assume that the
farmer has certain cost combination. There
are two ways to determine the least cost                As per the above figure the desired
combination of input for given output.           quantity of output can be produced at a least
                                                 cost Rs.99 by having 6 units of capital and 7
       In the following example there are six    units of labour. It is known by the point E
alternative combinations of labour and           where the isoquant curve is just tangent to
capital to produce the given production, say     the iso-cost curve. At any other point of iso-
9 quintals. The cost of each of these            quant the total cost is more than Rs.99.
combinations will be as follows                  similarly for a given cost, an entrepreneur
                                                 can select the best combination of two
Com      inputs   Units                          inputs which will give the maximum output
                                  Cost           by way of selecting that iso-quant curve
binati
           K         L            Rs.            which is just tangent to a given iso-cost
 ons
  1        3        20      3*9 + 20*6=147       curve.
  2        4        13      4*9 + 13*6=105
  3        5        10      5*9 + 10*6=105
  4        6        8       6*9 + 8*6=102
  5        7        6      7*9 + 6 * 6=99
  6        8        5      8*9 + 5* 6=102

       From the above table we can find the
combination of 5 represents the least cost for
producing the desired production. The least
total cost producing various other quantities
can be determined in a similar way.
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  • 1. MEFA NOTES UNIT-I INTRODUCTION 3. Economics as Science of Scarcity Knowledge of economics is helpful to Here there are two important definitions to be managers, engineers etc. it is helpful to engineer considered. in determining several issues such as how much 1. According to Lionel Robbins, quantity is to be supplied issues such as how “Economics is a science which studies much quantity is to be supplied, produced and human behavior as a relationship what should be the price of the product, should between unlimited wants, and scarce the produce be made internally or bought from resources which have alternative uses”. the outside market, how much quantity is to be 2. According to J.M.Keynes, “Economics produced in order to earn certain profit etc. is the study of administration of scare resources and how the level of income Managerial economics provides us a and employment will be determined in basic insight into seeking solution for several the country”. managerial problems. Economics influences the technical decisions of any industry by using the techniques such as demand analysis, elasticity Introduction to Economics of demand, demand forecasting, break-even analysis, production function, capital budgeting Economics is the science related to the etc. production, distribution and consumption of Kinds of Economics: wealth or the material welfare of mankind, political economy, economic questions, affairs 1. Micro Economics or aspects. Various economists defined economics in different ways. In general, Micro Economics is also called “Theory economics can be defined as a social science of Firm”. Micro economics is that branch of which deals with human behavior, how he uses economics which is concerned with the analysis limited income to satisfy the unlimited wants. of the behavior of the individual units or The definitions of economics can be variables such as individual demand or the price broadly classified into three different categories. of the product. 1. Economics is Defined as Science of Wealth Micro economics basically deals with Adam smith (the father of economics) individual decision making ad the problem of defined economics as a science of wealth. resource allocation. It is concerned with According to him “economics is concerned with applications such as Law of Demand, Price an inquiry into the nature and causes of wealth Theory etc. of nations”. He has given primary importance to wealth and 2. Macro Economics secondary importance to mankind. Macro economics is that branch of 2. Economics as Science of Human Welfare economics which deals with the aggregate behavior of the economy, as a whole it makes a According to Alfred Marshall study of the economic systems in general. E.g. “economics is on one side a study of wealth and National income, Total saving, Total on the other and more important side a part of Consumption, Unemployment, Economic study of man”. Growth rate. He has given primary importance to making and secondary importance to wealth N. DURGA CHAITANYA PRASAD M.Com, M.B.A. (SITE) 1
  • 2. MEFA NOTES *Difference between Micro and Macro Definitions: Economics S.N Micro Macro “Managerial Economics is the use of economic 1. It is study of the It is study of the modes of thought to analyse business behavior of the behavior of the situations”. Mc Nair and Meriam. individual firms or units economy as a whole. “Managerial Economics is the economics 2. It is individualistic. It is aggregate. applied in decision-making”. Haynes, Mote and Paul 3. It is concerned with the It is concerned behavior of the micro with the behavior “Managerial Economics is the application of variable such as of macro economic theory and methodology to business individual demand, variables such as administration practice” supply. National Income, Brigham and Pappas National Output, Total Savings. “Managerial Economics is a price theory in the service of business executives” 4. Its scope is limited. Its scope is vast. Watson. 5. It deals with the data of It deals with the Based on the above definitions the common individual firm. data of total view regarding managerial economics is as industry. follows 1. Managerial Economics is concerned Managerial Economics-Meaning with decision making of economics nature. Economics is concerned with the 2. Managerial economics is goal oriented. problem of allocation of scare resources among 3. Managerial Economics facilitates competing wants. Those economics principles, forward planning. concepts methods, tools and techniques that can 4. Managerial economics provides link be applied practically to solve the problems of between traditional economics and Business Management is known as managerial decision science. economics. 5. Managerial Economics directs the utilization of scarce resources in a goal oriented manner. Economics Managerial Economics, Solutions to Principles, Application of Economics business Concepts, Tools and to solve the problems of business management problems/ managers Nature of Managerial Economics: Techniques • Micro Economics in Nature • Normative Economics • Application Oriented • Macro Economics Decision making problems of Business Management • Evaluation of each alternative • Assumptions Therefore, Managerial Economics is a part of Economics and it is concerned with business Micro Economics in Nature: practice for the purpose of facilitating decision making. Micro Economics studies about the individual firm. It studies how an individual N. DURGA CHAITANYA PRASAD M.Com, M.B.A. (SITE) 2
  • 3. MEFA NOTES firm can use scarce resource to produce more • The theory of managerial economics is output with minimum cost and maximum profit. based mainly on the theory of firm Normative Economics: • Managerial economics is both conceptual and materialistic Managerial Economics tells a business • Managerial economics is concerned with firm to do certain things which will benefit them managerial decision making and not to do certain things which leads to • Managerial economics takes the help of losses. Therefore managerial economics is other sources to make optimum use of normative economics because it prescribes scarce resources Application Oriented: • Managerial economics is goal oriented in its approach Managerial Economics tries to solve • Managerial economics is micro- some complicated business problems. Decision economics in character as it concentrated making skills can be improved by applying only on the study of the firm and not on some principles and concepts. the working of the economy. Macro Economics in Nature: Scope of Managerial Economics: Managerial Economics gives an The following topics comes under the scope of opportunity to evaluate each alternative managerial economics. depending on its cost and profit. There is a scope that the managerial economist can decide • Demand analyse and Forecasting on the best alternative to maximize the profits • Cost Analysis for the firm. • Production Analysis • Pricing Policies Evaluation of each alternative: • Profit Management • Capital management Managerial economics gives an opportunity to evaluate each alternative depending on its cost and profit. There is a • Demand analyse and Forecasting: scope that the managerial economist can decide on the best alternative to maximize the profits A business firm convert raw material for the firm. into finished products and these products are sold in the market, Hence the firm has to Assumptions: estimate and forecast the demand before starting production. A forecast of future Managerial Economics is based on demand is essential. The firm will prepare certain assumptions and the assumptions are not production schedule on the basis of demand valid universally. Therefore, if there is a change forecast. in assumption, the theory may not hold good. • Cost Analysis: Chief Characteristics of Managerial Economics Every business firm wants to reduce cost. A study of economic costs, and their estimates are • Managerial Economics is the study of useful for management decisions. Estimation of the allocation of the scarce resources cost is essential for decision making. An available to a firm among the activities element of cost uncertainty exists, as all the of that unit to maximize profit. factors determining cost are not always known N. DURGA CHAITANYA PRASAD M.Com, M.B.A. (SITE) 3
  • 4. MEFA NOTES or controllable. Cost control is essential for • Product Decisions pricing policies. • Pricing Decisions • Quantity Decision and • Technological Decisions • Production Analysis: • Product Decisions: Production analysis refers to the physical terms while cost analysis refers to monetary terms. These decision are related to the what Production analysis deals with different products the firm will produce and offer for sale production functions and their managerial uses. and decision may be related to additions of a product or deleting the existing product. It also • Pricing Policies: includes the style, packing and size of the product. Pricing is an important area of managerial economics. Price is the basic thing for the • Pricing Decisions: revenue of a firm, and the success of the price decisions taken by it These decisions are related to fixing a price for the products manufactured. If the price is • Profit Management: very high the firm may not be able to sell its products. Even if the price is low, the consumers The primary aim of any firm is to maximize think it is an inferior product. profits. Their exists an uncertainty in the estimation of profits, because of differences in • Quantity Decisions: the costs and revenues, and the effects of its internal and external factors. Therefore, profit These decisions are related to how much to management is the difficult area in managerial be manufactured. The production depends economics. normally in anticipation of demand. • Capital management: • Technological Decisions: Capital Management implies planning It is concerned with the method to be acquisition, disposition and control of capital. adopted in manufacturing a product. One should see whether a change in technology will benefit Decision Making in Managerial the business firm or not. Economics The managers face a number of Hence, there may be more problems to problems in day to day management of the firm. be faced while planning for the future. It may He has to find the solutions to these problems. relate to production, pricing, capital and raw material. The resources are scarce but they have Decision making is the process of alternative uses. choosing one best alternative from a list of alternative. A manager has to weigh merits and Decision making is very important demerits of each action, He has to select the best because it is related to uncertain. Managerial alternative with the limited resources. The economics understand these decision making decisions made must take the business firm in problems and guides us in a purposeful the right direction. There are different types of direction. decisions to be taken, among them the most important are N. DURGA CHAITANYA PRASAD M.Com, M.B.A. (SITE) 4
  • 5. MEFA NOTES Importance or Usefulness or Significance or • Managerial Application of Managerial Economics Economics and Operation Research Operation research is an activity carried 1. Managerial economics provides a out by functional specialist within the firm to help number of tools and techniques to build the manager to do his job of solving decision models and with the help of these making problems, while managerial economist is models the managers can handle the real purely an academic subject which seeks to life situations. understand and anal7yse decision making 2. Managerial economics provides most of problems of business. the concepts that are needed for the analysis of business problems. • Managerial 3. it is helpful in making decisions such as Economics and Mathematics (a). What should be the product mix? Mathematics provides us a set of tools (b). Which is the best production which helps in the derivation and exposition of technique? economics analysis. Mathematics is closely linked (c) What should be the level of output to managerial economics. It tries to estimate and and price for the product? produce the relevant economics factors for decision (d). How to make investment decisions? making and forward planning. The branches of 4. The managerial economics helps us to mathematics which are generally used by a understand the economic behavior of managerial economist are geometry, Algebra and individuals calculus. 5. The managerial economics helps us to explain the working of economic system • Managerial economics and Stastics 6. Managerial economics helps to assess the Statistics is widely used by managerial performance of the economy economics. Managerial economics aims at 7. Managerial economics provides a good quantifying the past economic activity to predict its knowledge about cause and effect of future. Probability, correlation, interpolation are various economic phenomena the concepts used by managerial economics to 8. Managerial economics suggest how to solve certain problems. The concept of statistics improve the growth rates in developed helps in decision making. economies • Managerial economics and Accounting Relation with other subjects: Managerial economics is closely related • Managerial Economics and Traditional with accounting which is concerned with financial Economics operations of a business firm. Accounting information is one of the principle sources of data The relationship between managerial used by managerial economist for his decision economics and traditional economics is very much purpose. like the relation of engineering to physics and medicine to biology. Traditional economics • Managerial economics and psychology provide certain concepts, methods and principles Consumer psychology is the basis on which which can be applied to solve the problems of managerial economist acts upon. We always business management. The both deal with the assume that the behavior of the consumer is allocation of scarce resource in an optimum way. always rational, which is reality is not so. A managerial economist must know about Psychology contributes towards understanding the traditional economics in order to understand the behavioral implications, attitudes and motivations principles of managerial economics. of each of the microeconomics variables such as N. DURGA CHAITANYA PRASAD M.Com, M.B.A. (SITE) 5
  • 6. MEFA NOTES consumer, supplier, investors, workers or an employee. N. DURGA CHAITANYA PRASAD M.Com, M.B.A. (SITE) 6
  • 7. MEFA NOTES Functions of Managerial Economist has to obtain statistical data on national income, price level and tax policies The managerial economist has to gather • He should identify new business economics data, analyse all crucial information opportunities about the business environment. He may have to • He should build micro and macro make a continuous assessment of the impact of economic models to solve specific changing technology. In the Indian context a problems managerial economist is expected to perform the Responsibilities: following functions. 1. Macro-forecasting for demand and • Sales forecasting supply • Industrial market research 2. Production planning at micro, macro • Economic analysis of competing levels. companies 3. Capacity planning and product-mix- determination. • Pricing problems of industry 4. Economic feasibility of new production • Capital projects process • Production programmers 5. Assistance in preparation of overall • Security analysis and forecast development plan • advice on trade and public relations 6. preparation of periodical economic • advice on primary commodities reports • advice on foreign exchange 7. Keeping management information at • Economic analysis on agriculture. various national and international developments on economic matters • Analysis of underdeveloped economies 8. Preparing briefs, speeches, articles and • environmental forecasting papers for top management The important characteristics he needs to have are Role of Managerial Economist: i) Economic intelligence The managerial economist plays a very ii) Participating in public debates important role in an organization • The objective of a managerial economist plays a very important role in an organization • The managerial economist must try to maximize profits on their invested capital • Managerial economist must make an accurate forecast as possible, because forecast depends on future which is uncertain. • he should advise the management on domestic and global economic issues • The managerial economist has to maintain contact with data sources. He N. DURGA CHAITANYA PRASAD M.Com, M.B.A. (SITE) 7
  • 8. MEFA NOTES DEMAND ANALYSIS In the above table or schedule when the price of the product is Rs.5, its demand is only 1000 units. But when the price has fallen to Introduction: Rs.1, demand for the product has gone up to Demand is the basis for the starting of 5000 units. This shows that a fall in the price any business, as the product decision and deals to extension of demand. Similarly when amount of product to be produced would be we take Rs. 1 price, the demand for the product decided only on the basis of the demand is 5000 units, when the price started rising up to prevailing in the market i.e. depending on the Rs.5 the demand for the product has fallen to market survey and demand forecast. Demand 1000 units. This shows that a rise in price leads only decides indirectly the amount of factors of to contraction of demand. production to be employed in the organization i.e. money, men, material, machinery and management required. Without proper demand analysis, if production activity is undertaken the business firm may suffer huge losses. Demand: Meaning Demand for a product refers to 1. Desire of an individual for a product 2. Ability to pay for the product 3. Willingness to pay for the product. If there is ability and willingness but no This can be shown with the help of diagram, desire then it is nor a demand. Similarly, DD=Demand Curve without willingness if there is desire and ability, On X-axis the quantity of a product demanded is then also it is not a demand. represented. On Y-axis the price of the product is represented. DD represents the demand curve. Law of demand: It slopes downwards from left to right as price According to law of demand there is an increases, demand is decreasing. As price inverse relationship or a negative relationship decreases demand curve moves away from the between the price of a product and its demand. point of origin. The law may be stated as follows “when the price falls, demand extends, price rises demand Demand curve falls, other things, remaining constant. If we show the demand schedule graphically, we get a demand curve. The Explanation of law of Demand demand curve shows the maximum quantities Demand schedule per unit of time that consumers will take at Price in Rs. Quantity Demanded various prices. (units) Assumptions of Law of Demand: 5 1000 4 2000 The assumptions underlying the Law of 3 3000 Demand are: 2 4000 1 5000 • No change in Consumer Income • No change in Consumer Preference Demand schedule is the table showing • No change in the Tastes and Fashions the prices per unit of the commodity and the • No change in the Price Related Product amount demanded per period of time. • No change in the population • No change in the Govt. Policy N. DURGA CHAITANYA PRASAD M.Com, M.B.A. (SITE) 8
  • 9. MEFA NOTES • No change in Weather Conditions Hence all these assumptions are kept as constant. • No change in Consumer Income If the income of the consumer increases, Demand Function inspite of increase in the price of the goods The demand function for a commodity the demand will increase. Similarly if the describes the relationship between quantities of income decreases, inspite of decrease in the the commodity which consumers demand price the demand will decrease. during a specific period and the factors which influence its demand. Mathematically, demand • No change in Consumer Preference function can be expressed as follows If the consumer have a specific preference of the product or he likes the Dx = ∫(Y , Px , Ps , P , T , E p , N , D, u , a ) c product or he likes the product very much Where He purchases the product if it is costlier also. D = Quantity demanded for the product x Y = Consumer’s income • No change in the Tastes and Fashions Px = Price of good x If fashion of the product is outdated, the Ps = Price of substitute of x demand will decrease even if it is offered at Pc = Price of complements of x a lower price T = Measure of consumer tastes and preferences Ep = Consumer’s expectations above future • No change in the Price Related Product prices. If the price of the related product N = No of customers decreases, demand tends to decrease for the D = Distribution of consumers other similar products also. u = Other determinants of the demand for x a = advertisement • No change in the population ∫ = Unspecified Function If the population goes on increasing the demand tends to decrease even though the Why demand curve slopes downwards: price increases. On the other hand if the The law of demand states that, other population decreases demand tends to things remaining the same, an individual decline even though the price is low consumer will but more units of a commodity at a lower price and less of that commodity at a • No change in the Govt. Policy higher price. Generally, the demand curve The change in the government policies slopes downwards from left to right. Some of and political situation will influence the the reasons for this are demand for the product. • Income effect • A commodity is utilized more when it • No change in Weather Conditions become cheaper In summer season the demand for fans, • Substitution effect air coolers, air-condition is increasing • Multiple use of product considerably irrespective of changes in the price. • Income effect: • No expectation of future price changes. The income of a consumer affects the • No change in the range of foods demand of the product. If the income is fixed available to customers. i.e. there is no change in income, but there is a change in the prices of the products, then it will N. DURGA CHAITANYA PRASAD M.Com, M.B.A. (SITE) 9
  • 10. MEFA NOTES affect the demand and the curve slope hand if the income decreases the demand will downwards. decrease • A commodity is utilized more when it 3. Tastes, Habits and Preferences of the become cheaper: Consumer: If the price of the product falls, the Demand for many goods depends upon the existing buyers purchase more and some new tastes, habits and preference of the consumer. consumers enter the market E.g.: Demand for several goods like ice-cream, chocolates, beverages depends on the taste of • Substitution effect: the individual A fall in the price of a product, while the prices of its substitutes remain unchanged will 4. Relative Price of Substitute Goods and make it attractive to the buyers who will now Complement Goods: purchase more and vice versa. The demand for a product is also affected by the changes in price of the related by • Multiple use of product: the changes in prices of the related goods. Some products can be used for multiple Related goods can be of two types purpose. A fall in the price of steel, iron etc., 1. Substitutes which can replace each other in will increase demand considerably. use E.g.: Tea, Coffee and bournvita are substitutes. FACTORS INFLUENCING THE DEMAND 2. Complementary goods are those which are FOR A PRODUCT jointly demanded E.g.: Tea, Sugar and milk are complementary 1. Price of the Product goods. 2. Income of the Consumers 3. Tastes, Habits and Preference of the 5. Consumer Expectation: Consumer A consumer expectation about the future 4. Relative price of Substitute Goods and changes in the price of a given product may also Complement Goods affect its demand. When the consumer expects 5. Consumer Expectation the prices to fall in the future he tends to but less 6. Population and vice versa. 7. Climate and Weather 8. Advertisement effect 6. Population: Increase in population increases demand 1. Price of the Product: for necessaries of life. Decrease in population The most important factor affecting will also affect the demand for different amount demanded is the price of the product. products. The amount of product demanded at a particular 7. Climate and Weather: price is called as price demand. Normally a The climates of areas woolen clothes are large quantity is demanded at a lower price but demanded. On a rainy day, ice-cream is not not at a higher price. Not only the existing price much demanded. but also the expected changes in price will affect demand. 8. Advertisement Effect: In modern times the consumer 2. Income of the Consumer: preference can be changed by advertisement and When consumer’s income increases the sales propaganda. Demand for may products like toothpaste, soaps, washing powder etc., is demand will increase significantly. On the other partially caused by the advertisement affect. N. DURGA CHAITANYA PRASAD M.Com, M.B.A. (SITE) 10
  • 11. MEFA NOTES In Exhibitions and functions, the social habit, place or situation, force people to purchase Exceptions Or Limitation To the Law goods at higher prices of Demand 1. Giffen Goods/ Inferior Goods Individual Demand Schedule and 2. Veblen Goods Market Demand Schedule 3. Consumer Expectation 4. Consumer Psychological Bias Consider the following table 5. Necessaries Price Goods Demanded by Total 6. Impulse Buying Rs. individual Demand 7. X in Y in Z in in units • Giffen Goods/ Inferior Goods: units units units Robert Giffen, British economist observed that 100 10 5 2 17 when the price of the product is decreasing the 95 20 10 5 35 demand for the product is decreasing. These 90 30 12 10 52 Products are called as inferior goods or Giffen 85 40 15 14 69 goods. 80 50 20 20 90 Similarly, when the price of the product is increasing the demand is also increasing. In the above table Mr. X is demanding Such types of products are called superior goods. 10 units at Rs. 100 and 50 units at Rs 80, this demand is called individual demand. Individual • Veblen Goods or Prestige Goods demand refers to goods demanded by a single American economist, Veblen explained individual. The table showing at different prices that, there are certain goods which are different units were demanded by Mr. X that is purchased by the consumer not because they called individual demand schedule. really need those goods but they purchase goods because of status symbol i.e., to maintains status Market demand refers to total demand in the society. Prestige goods are those which made by all the individuals in the market. In the consumers will purchase even though they are above table total demand is 17 units at Rs. 100 costlier. and 90 units at Rs. 80. The table representing different prices, different units were demanded • Consumer Expectations: by all the individuals that is called market Whenever the consumer expects a demand schedule further fall in the price in future he will not purchase the products or goods immediately, when price decreases, demand tends to decline. ------ Similarly when the consumer expects a further increase in the price for the future he will but the products immediately • Necessaries: The demand almost remains constant irrespective of the price changes concerned to these goods as people tend to adjust their consumption on other goods as they feel these are most necessary products. • Impulse buying: N. DURGA CHAITANYA PRASAD M.Com, M.B.A. (SITE) 11
  • 12. MEFA NOTES Types of Demand E.g. The demand for sugar is loosely tied up 1. Demand for Consumer Goods and with the demand for drinks Producer Goods 2. Durable Goods and Perishable Goods • Industry Demand and Company Demand Demand : 3. Derived Demand and Autonomous Demand Industry is a group of firms producing or 4. Industry Demand and Company Demand manufacturing the same or similar product. 5. Short run Demand and Long run Demand Company is an individual business unit or 6. New demand and Replacement Demand business firm 7. Total Market Demand and Segment When goods are demanded which are produced Market Demand or manufactured by a particular company, that demand is called company’s demand. • Demand for consumer goods and producer goods: E.g. Demand made for Maruti cars produced by When Goods are demanded by consumer for Maruti Udyog Ltd. the direct satisfaction of their wants, they are called demand for consumer goods. When goods are demanded which are E.g. Food items, Readymade clothes etc. produced or manufactured by a particular When goods are demanded by producer industry that demand is called industry demand. for production of other goods including E.g. Total demand for cars produced by consumer goods, they are called demand for automobile industry. producers’ goods. • Short run Demand and Long Run E.g. Machines, tools, Equipment etc. Demand • Durable goods and Perishable goods Short run demand refers to that demand demand which changes immediately due to reaction in Perishable goods are those which can’t price changes and income fluctuation etc. consumed only once, while durable goods are those goods which can be used more than once Long run demand refers to that demand over a period of time. which does not react immediately due to price change. It will take some time for change in • Derived Demand and Autonomous demand Demand • New Demand and Replacement Demand When the demand for a product is tied to the : purchase of some parent product. Its demand is New demand refers to the demand for the Called derived demand. new products and it is the addition to the E.g. Demand for cement depends upon existing stock. In replacement demand, the item demand for construction industry. is purchased to maintain the asset in good condition. The demand for cars is new demand When goods are demanded and the demand for spare parts is replacement independently for the direct satisfaction of the demand consumer wants, it is called autonomous demand. • Total market Demand and Segment Market demand N. DURGA CHAITANYA PRASAD M.Com, M.B.A. (SITE) 12
  • 13. MEFA NOTES Take the E.g of the consumption of sugar in (Q2 − Q1 ) a given region. The total demand for sugar in Q1 the region is the total market demand. The Ep = ( P2 − P1 ) demand for sugar from the sweet-making P1 industry from this region is the segment market demand. UNIT-II ∆Q ELASTICITY OF DEMAND Q = 1 Elasticity of Demand is the measure of the ( ∆P) degree of change in the amount demanded of the P1 commodity in response to a given change in price of the commodity, price of some related ∆Q P1 goods or change in consumer income. = × ∆P Q1 There are four important kinds of elasticity Where of demand. Q1= Quantity demanded before price change 1. Price elasticity of demand Q2= Quantity demanded after price change 2. Income elasticity of demand P1= Price charged before price change 3. Cross elasticity of demand P2= Price changed after price change 4. advertising and promotional elasticity of demand Higher the elasticity of demand, greater will be Price Elasticity of Demand: the percentage change in quantity demanded every percentage change in price. Meaning: Elastic Demand and Inelastic Demand Price elasticity of demand measures the When a small change in price may bring about a responsiveness of demand to changes in price. big change in demand then it represents elastic The price elasticity of demand for a commodity demand is the rate at which quantity bought changes as What ever may be the changes in price if the price changes. It is denoted by (Ep) the demand remains more or less constant then it represents inelastic demand. Pr oportionat echange in the quantity demanded Ep = Pr oportionate change in price or Types of Price Elastic of demand Change inquantity demanded Types of Price Elastic of demand are generally classified into five categories. Quantity demanded Ep = • Perfect Elastic Change in Pr ice demand Pr ice • Perfect inelastic demand • Unit elasticity demand • Relative/Compara tive Elasticity of demand • Relative/ Comparative Inelasticity of demand Perfect Elasticity of Demand (Ep=∞): N. DURGA CHAITANYA PRASAD M.Com, M.B.A. (SITE) 13
  • 14. MEFA NOTES As there is no change in the demand and price it It is one in which a small change in price is called as unitary demand. will cause a large change in amount demanded. A small rise in price reduces the demand to zero. A small decrease in price leads to a big expansion in demand. The figure shows that the quantity In the above figure the quantity demanded demanded increases OX0 to OX1, as there is a increases from OX to OX1 from OX1 to OX2 decrease in price from OP0 to OP1. The amount even though there is no change in price. The of increase in the quantity demanded is equal to price is fixed at OP. the amount of fall in the price. Perfect Inelastic Demand(Ep=0): Relative Elastic Demand(E>1): This is one which shows that whatever the change in price may be the amount demanded remains same. The demand is said to be relatively elastic when the change in demand is more than the change in price. The figure shows that the quantity demanded increases from OX0 to OX1 as there is a decrease in price from OP 0 to OP1. The amount of the increase in the quantity demanded is greater than the amount of decrease in the price. In the above figure it is shown that there is no change in the quantity demanded even though the price is changing (increase or decrease). Even though there is an increase in price from OP0 to OP1 to OP2 there is no change in demand. Relative Inelastic Demand(E<1): Unit Elasticity of Demand(Ep=1): In this type of demand a given When the change in demand is less than percentage change in price leads to exactly the the change in price, then the demand is said to same percentage change in amount demanded. be inelastic. N. DURGA CHAITANYA PRASAD M.Com, M.B.A. (SITE) 14
  • 15. MEFA NOTES High income group people are less affected by [rice changes than low income groups people. Demand for high priced and quality goods in inelastic for high income groups whereas the same is elastic for low income people 4. Variety of Use: A commodity having a variety of uses has a comparatively inelastic demand. On the other hand, demand is elastic for a commodity having a limited use In the figure the demand increases from OX0 to OX1 as there is a decrease in the price 5. Proportion of income spent on the commodity from OP0 to OP1. The amount of increase in the If the consumer spends less percentage quantity demanded is lesser than the amount of on a commodity, then demand will be inelastic decreases in the price. e.g. salt, match box. On the other hand if consumer spends large proportion of his income Factors Determine Price elasticity of on a commodity, then the demand will be elastic Demand The price of elasticity of demand depends on the 6. Durability following factors: When a commodity is durable e.g. furniture, toothbrush etc, one is likely to use the 1. Nature of goods commodity for a longer period having high 2. Availability of substitutes price, then higher is its elasticity of demand. 3. Income level 4. Variety of uses 7. Time Period: 5. Proportion of income spent on the commodity 6. Durability of a commodity Demand of a commodity always has a 7. Possibility of postponement reference to a specific period. Generally demand 8. Time period is inelastic during short period and elastic during the long period. 1. Nature of goods: Goods may be classified into three Importance of Price Elasticity of groups. They are necessaries, comforts and Demand luxuries. The demand for necessaries like salt, The concept of elasticity of demand is of much food grains, clothes etc is inelastic like salt, food practical importance. Given the fact that the grains, clothes etc is inelastic where as demand actions of any enterprise are oriented towards for comforts and luxuries like television improving its overall profitability. Here the vehicles etc is elastic concept of elasticity plays crucial role. It measures the proportionate change in sales and 2. Availability of Substitutes: hence in profit. Price elasticity of demand is A commodity having a number of highly useful in the following cases. substitutes has relatively elastic demand 1. Price Fixation of a Product whereas a commodity have less or without 2. Decision Regarding to Price Changes substitutes is relatively inelastic demand. 3. Price discrimination 4. Taxation Policy 3. Income level: N. DURGA CHAITANYA PRASAD M.Com, M.B.A. (SITE) 15
  • 16. MEFA NOTES Income Elasticity of Demand The income of consumer too greatly affects the demand for a commodity. Given the price, if the consumers have a higher income, they can buy more products. Thus at higher incomes or increase income levels the demand will be high and at lower income demand for the commodity will be lower. When the income of the consumer increases, the demand for quality products increases, while that of poor quality goods decreases. Income demand curve called Engel curve is left to right upward for superiors goods and downward for inferior goods. N. DURGA CHAITANYA PRASAD M.Com, M.B.A. (SITE) 16
  • 17. MEFA NOTES INCOME DEMAND (ENGEL) SCHEDULE ∆Q Income (Rs.) Demand for Demand for Q ∆Q I = = × Superior goods Inferior goods ∆I Q ∆I 1000 1 6 I 2000 2 5 Where 3000 3 4 Ei = Income elasticity of demand 4000 4 3 ΔQ= Change in quantity demand 5000 5 2 Q = Quantity demanded 6000 6 1 ΔI = Change in income As income of the consumer increases from Rs. I = Income 3,000 to 4,000 quantity demanded increases to 3 INCOME ELASTICITY OF to 4 units for superior goods. Where as for DEMAND TYPES: inferior goods demand reduced from 4 to 3 units Income elasticity of demand is classified under presented in the figure. three heads 1. Zero Income Elasticity of Demand 2. Negative Income Elasticity of Demand 3. Positive Income Elasticity of Demand 1. Zero Income Elasticity of Demand This refers to the situation where a given increase in consumers’ income does not result in any change of the quantity demanded. E.g. Essential goods like salt, milk etc. 2. Negative Income Elasticity of Demand This refers to that situation where given increase 2. INCOME ELASTICITY OF in the consumers’ income is followed by an DEMAND actual fall in the quantity demanded for the The income elasticity is defined as a ratio of commodity. E.g inferior goods percentage or proportional change in the quantity demanded to the percentage change in income. It measures the degree of responsiveness in quantity demanded due to change in income. Percentage change in quantity demand Ei = Percentage change in income N. DURGA CHAITANYA PRASAD M.Com, M.B.A. (SITE) 17
  • 18. MEFA NOTES 3. Positive Income Elasticity of Demand Note: Cross elasticity of demand in case This refers to situation where a given increase in of Substitutes is positive and in case of consumer’s income is lead to an increase in complements is negative. quantities demanded. Cross Elasticity of demand is useful in the following cases. This may be further classified into Unitary 1. To fix product pricing and changes in income elasticity of demand (Ei=1), income pricing of the product elasticity of demand greater than unity (Ei>1) 2. To estimate the Effect of Competitors’ and income elasticity of demand less than unity Pricing Decisions (Ei<1). The following diagram is explaining it. 4. Advertising or Promotional Elasticity of Demand: Advertising elasticity of demand refers to percentage or proportionate change in sales in response to percentage change in advertisement expenditure. It is denoted by EA % / Pr oportionatechange in Sales EA = % / Pr oportionatechange in advertisement exp enditu ∆S S − S1 EA = ,EA = 2 Use of Income elasticity of Demand ∆A A2 − A1 1. For Demand forecasting In the present competitive world 2. For Product line Planning advertising occupied an important place, it 3. Advertisement Planning consists of audio visual activities to increase the demand for a product. Advertising elasticity of 3. Cross Elasticity of Demand: demand is a measure to understand how far the Cross Elasticity of Demand may be defined as demand for a product will be influenced by “The proportionate change in the quantity advertisement and other promotional activities. demanded of a particular commodity in response to a change in the price of another Advertising Elasticity of demand is useful in related commodity”. the following cases. Percentage Change inDemand of given good ( A) 1. To know the stage of product in the EC = Percentage Change in Pr ice of Re lated Good ( B ) market 2. To know the effect of advertising in ∆Q A terms of time QA 3. To know the advertising by rivals or EC = ∆PB competitors PB ∆Q A P IMPORTANCE OF ELASTICITY OF EC = × B DEMAND: QA ∆PB Where, • Useful to the EC= Cross elasticity of demand Businessmen ΔQA= Change in demand of given good • Useful to the QA= Demand of a given good Government and Finance Minister ΔPB=Change in price of related good PB= Price of a related good • Useful to International Trade N. DURGA CHAITANYA PRASAD M.Com, M.B.A. (SITE) 18
  • 19. MEFA NOTES • Useful for Planning of Long term forecasting refers to the the business activities forecasts prepared for long period during which • Useful to the consumers the firm’s scale of operations or the production • Useful to Trade unions capacity may be expanded or reduced. DEMAND FORECASTING 5. Short term forecasting: A forecasting is a prediction or Short-term forecasting normally related estimation of future situation under given to a period not more than a year. Short term conditions. forecasting relate to the day-to-day information. In the short term forecasting a firm is primarily Demand Forecasting: concerned with the optimum utilization of its Demand forecasting means expectation existing production capacity about the future course of the market demand for product. Demand forecasting is essentially Importance of Demand Forecasting: reasonable judgment of future probabilities of the future demand. It cannot be 100% precise. • For planning and Production analysis • Sales Forecasting Demand Estimation: • Control of Business Demand estimation tries to find our • Inventory Control expectation present sales level, given the present state of demand determinants. • Long term Investment Programmes • Maintain Stability Types of Demand Forecasting: • Helpful for Planners and Policy Makers Various types of demand forecasting are as follows • For planning and Production analysis: 1. Passive forecasts Demand forecasting is essential before 2. Active forecasts starting any production activity. It is dependent 3. micro forecasting on accurate demand forecasting. 4. Long term Forecasting 5. Short term Forecasting • Sales Forecasting: 1. Passive Forecasting: Sales forecasting is dependent on the Here prediction about future is based on demand forecasting. Advertisement pattern of the firm should be based on sales forecasting. the assumption that the firm does not change the course of its action. • Control of Business: 2. Active Forecasting: The business firm may have to prepare the budget of cost and revenue occurring in future. Forecasting is done assuming that, it will The future accurate estimation of cost and be changes in the actions by the firm. revenues is based on the demand forecasting. 3. Micro Forecasting: • Inventory Control: When individual business firm forecast The business form can have a better control the demand for their products, it is known as on raw materials, semi- finished goods, finished micro level forecasting. goods, spare parts etc., for future requirements of the firm with the help of demand forecasting. 4. Long term forecasting: N. DURGA CHAITANYA PRASAD M.Com, M.B.A. (SITE) 19
  • 20. MEFA NOTES • Long term Investment Programmes: The methods employed should be able to The growth rate and long term investment produce meaning results quickly. planning of the firm can be estimated with the help of demand forecasting. For planning and • Maintenance Should be Up to Date : Production analysis The forecast should be capable of being maintained on an up-to-date basis • Maintain Stability: Approaches to Forecasting: Production and employment growth rates can be stable through demand forecasting. • Identify and clearly state the objectives of forecasting. The objective may be short- • Helpful for Planners and Policy Makers: term or long-term Demand forecasting can be greatly used by • Select Appropriate method of forecasting planners and policy makers in making optimum allocation of scare resources. • Identify the variables affecting the demand for the product and express them in Requisites of a Good Forecasting Methods: appropriate forms • Gather all relevant date o represent the • Accuracy variable. • Simple and Easy to Compute • It may be made either in terms of physical • Economy units or in terms of rupees of sales volume • Availability • It may be in terms of product group or • Maintenance Should be Up to Date individual products • Accuracy: • It may be annual basis or moth wise or It is necessary to check the accuracy of past week wise on the basis of past records forecast against future performance and of present forecast against past performance. • Simple and Easy to Compute: Management must be able to understand and have confidence in the methods used for forecasting. • Economy: Costs must be weighted against the benefits of the forecast to the operation of the business. • Availability: N. DURGA CHAITANYA PRASAD M.Com, M.B.A. (SITE) 20
  • 21. MEFA NOTES Demand Forecasting Methods different opinions on them. This process is repeated again and again unless a I. Intentions of Customer common view point is emerged. 1. Survey Method: IV. Test Market: Under this method the consumers are This method is used for estimating contacted personally to disclose their demand of new products of estimating future purchase plans. This can be done sales potential of existing products in by two ways new geographical areas. In this method a 1. Census method test area is selected which truly represent 2. Sample Method the market. The product is launched in this area exactly in the manner in which • Census method: it is intended to be launched in the Under this method all consumers market. If the product is found successful are contacted to know their preferences in the test area then the sales are taken as for the products in future. The interviews a basis for estimating sales in the market are conducted either orally or through as a whole. questionnaire. With the help of census method the probable demand of all 2. Market Experimentation Method: consumers is summed up. This method involves giving a sum • Sample method: of money to each consumer with which In this method a sample of consumers he is asked to shop around in a simulated is selected for interview. The sample may market. Consumer behavior is studied by be random or stratified sampling. This varying prices, quantity, packing, method is easy, less costly and highly advertisement, colour etc. useful. 3. Based on Fast Trends: II. Collective Opinion Method: Under this method opinion of the • Fitting a Trend Linear of Trend sales men taken for demand forecasting. Forecasting Method: The sales men can know the pulse of the Under this method actual dales data is consumer and they can give correct drawn on a chart and estimating by information about the likely demand for observation where the trend line lies. the products. That line can be extended further towards a future period and the corresponding III. Delphi Technique: sales graph can be read from the graph. Opinions and views are taken from experts coming from different • Least Square Method backgrounds. Under this method experts This method uses statistical data to are asked the likely demand for a find the trend line which best fits the particular product. The experts may give N. DURGA CHAITANYA PRASAD M.Com, M.B.A. (SITE) 21
  • 22. MEFA NOTES available data. The following regression equation is used S= a. T+b 5. Statistical Method: Where S= Sales • Naïve Method: a, b = Past Data Calculation It is based on the past data of information T = The year for which forecast is available for example Historical required Observation of sales • Time Series Analysis: • Regression Analysis: This method attempts to build This is a statistical technique by seasonal and cyclical variation into the which the demand is forecasted with the estimating equation help of certain independent variables. There are two types of regression S=a+b+c+d analysis Where a= Trend a. Simple b= Season b. Multiple c= Cycle Simple regression analysis is used a, b, c, d= Constant calculated when the quantity demanded is taken as a from past data. function of a single independent variable. Multiple regression analysis is used to • Moving Average Method: estimate demand as a function of two or This method is based on past sales more independent variables that varies data and it is used for short term simultaneously. forecasting and it is based on assumption that the future is the average of past 6. Judgmental Approach: performance If the management is unable to use any of the above method they have to 4. Economic Barometer: make their own judgment in forecasting the demand This method forecasts the future based on the occurrence of present These are the demand forecasting events, first we have to see whether their techniques . exists a relationship between the demand for a commodity or product and certain economic indicator. The above relationship can be established through the method of least square. E.g. demand for tractors depends on the farmer’s income or agricultural income. N. DURGA CHAITANYA PRASAD M.Com, M.B.A. (SITE) 22
  • 23. MEFA NOTES III unit time with a given state of technology, PRODUCTION ANALYSIS managerial ability etc. Production in Economics means creation of goods and services which have exchange value. In other words, it implies creation of utilities. Production is an organized activity of transforming input into outputs to satisfy the demand for the commodities and services of the company. Inputs refers to the all those things which a firm buts and employs to produce a particular product. Output means the quantity of goods in the finished form produced by the firm for selling. Production analysis deal with physical production and Production function enables production supply side of the market. manager to understand how better he can make use of technology to its greatest potential Definition for Production function: “The production function is the name Definition for Production: given to the relationship between the rates of According to the Parkinson: productive services and the rates of output of the product.” “Production is the organized activity -------> Stigler of transformation resources into finished products in the form of goods and services”. “Production function is that function which defines the maximum amount of Production Function: output that can be produced with a given set of inputs”. Production function expresses a -------> Michael R Baye. functional or technical relationship between physical inputs and physical outputs of a Production Function: firm at any particular time period. The output is thus a function of inputs. It can be expressed in an allegorical Production is the result of combination of equation: factors of production land, labor, capital and organization. The factors used for ∫ Q = ( a, b, c, d ...........n) production are called “inputs”. The Where production we get is called “output”. The Q stands for the quantity of output production functions show the maximum a, b, c, d…..n are the various inputs. rates of output that can be obtained from different combinations of inputs in a given Each form has its own production function depending on the technical N. DURGA CHAITANYA PRASAD M.Com, M.B.A. (SITE) 23
  • 24. MEFA NOTES knowledge and managerial ability. An • When inputs are specified in physical improvement in the technical knowledge or units, production function helps to managerial ability will bring about a new estimate the level of production production function. • With the help of iso-quants, production function explains the Here output is the function of inputs, difference combinations of inputs the output becomes the dependent variable which will yield the same level of and inputs are the independent variables. output. Production function has to be expressed in a • Production function indicates the precise mathematical equation i.e. manner in which the firm can substitute one input for another Y = a + bx without altering the total output It is showing the there is constant • When prices are taken into relationship between application of input (x) consideration, the production and the amount of output(Y). function helps to select the least combination of inputs for desired The production function may be fixed output production function are variable production • It considers two types of input- function. In fixed production function each output relationship namely level of output requires a unique combination of inputs. On the other hand a 1. Law of variable proportion and variable production proportion production 2. Law of returns to scale. function is one which the same level of output may be produced by two or more • It helps us to under stand the laws of combinations of inputs. returns in production Assumptions: COBB- DOUGLAS • The production function is related to PRODUCTION FUNCTION a particular period of time • There is no change in technology Production function of the linear • The producer is using the best homogenous type is invented by Jnut technique available Wicksell and first tested by C.W. Cobb and • The factors of production are P.H. Douglas in 1928. This famous divisible statistical production function is known as • Production can be fitted to a short run Codd- Dougles production function. or to long run. Originally the function is applied on the • Utilization of inputs at maximum empirical study of the American level of efficiency. manufacturing industry. Cobb-Dougles production function takes the following mathematical form Y =( A K α L1−α ) Importance of production function: Where, Y= Output N. DURGA CHAITANYA PRASAD M.Com, M.B.A. (SITE) 24
  • 25. MEFA NOTES K= Capital ISO QUANTS L= Labour “Iso” means equal; “quants” means A, α = Positive Constant quantity. It means the quantities throughout a given isoquant are equal. Isoquants are Assumptions: also called isoproduct curves. It shows various combinations of two input factors • It assumes that output is the function such as capital and labour, which yield the of two factors, i.e. capital and labour same level of output. • It is a linear homogenous production The production functions like this function of the first degree when only two inputs are there for • There are constant returns to scale production. • All inputs are homogenous Q =∫( L, K ) • There is perfect competition This function has three variables • There is no change in technology Q= output of commodity, L= Labour and Criticism: K=Capital For a given value of Q, there will be • Cobb-Douglas production alternative combinations of L and K. these function is criticized because it shows combinations of L and K will vary with constant returns to scale. But constant variation in Q. Generally both labour and returns to scale are not actuality. Industry capital are necessary for the production of is either subject to increasing returns or commodity; there are substitutes to each dimishing returns. other. Thus, for any given level of output, no • No entrepreneur will like to entrepreneur will need to hirer both labour and capital but he would have an option to increase the inputs in order to have employ any one combination of these constant returns only. His aim will be to factors, out of several possible combinations get increasing returns and not constant returns Q=2 Q=5 Q=9 Q=12 Q=14 • This function as applied to K L K L K L K L K L each firm may not give the same result as 1 2 2 2 3 2 4 2 5 20 that of the industry. 0 0 0 0 • It based on the assumption that 2 1 3 1 4 1 5 1 6 17 factors of production are substitutable 2 4 3 5 and excludes complementarity of factors. 3 8 4 1 5 1 6 1 7 15 But in the short run non- 0 0 2 complementarity of factors is possible. 4 6 5 7 6 8 7 1 8 13 Therefore, it applies more to the long-run than to the short-run 0 5 4 6 5 7 6 8 8 9 11 6 3 7 4 8 5 9 7 1 10 0 N. DURGA CHAITANYA PRASAD M.Com, M.B.A. (SITE) 25
  • 26. MEFA NOTES In the above table all those substitutes. One input factor can be combinations of labour and capital which substituted by other input factor in a yield the same output. In our example the diminishing marginal rate. If the input farmer could employ 1 tractor and 20 labour, factors were perfect substitutes, the 2 tractors and 12 labour… 6 tractors 3 isoquants would be a falling straight line. labour to manufacture 2 Quintals of output. If he aims at producing 5 quintals of output, 3. Don’t intersect: the alternative input combinations open to Two isoproducts do not intersect with him are 2 tractors and 20 labour, 3 tractors each other, it is because, and each of these and 14 labour and so on. denotes a particular level of output. If the manufacturer wants to operate at higher If we plot these alternative input level of output, he has to switch over to combinations for a given output and assume another isoquants with higher level of output a continuous variation in the possible and vice verse combination of labour and capital, we can draw a curve called isoquants for various 4. Do not touch axes: output levels of table are shown in the figure The isoquants touches neither X-axis not Y-axis, as both inputs are required to produce a given product Types of Isoquants Depending upon the degrees of substitutability of inputs, there are four types of Iso-quants. • Linear Isoquants • Input-Output Isoquants Features of Isoquants: • Kinked Isoquants 1. Downwards Slopping • Smooth Isoquants 2. Convex to Origin 3. Do not intersect Explanation of those 4. Do not touch axes • Linear Isoquants: 1. Downward sloping: It represents perfect substitutability of Isoquants are downwards sloping curves factors of production. because, if one input increases, the other one reduces. There is no question of increase in both the inputs to yield a given output. A degree of substitution is assumed between the factors of production 2.Convex to Origin: Isoquants are convex to the origin. It is because the input factors are not perfect • Input-output Isoquants: N. DURGA CHAITANYA PRASAD M.Com, M.B.A. (SITE) 26
  • 27. MEFA NOTES If the factors of production are strict level of production. If the given level of complementaries and hence show zero production changes, the total cost changes substitutability, we derive this isoquants and thus the isocost curve moves upwards. And vice versa. In the following figure three downwards sloping straight line cost curves each costing Rs.1.0 lakh, Rs. 1.5 lakh and Rs. 2.0lakh for the output levels of 20,000, 30,000 and 40,000 units. Isocosts farther from the origin, for given input costs, are associated with higher costs. Any change in input prices changes the slope of isocost • Kinked Isoquants: lines If the factors of production show limited substitutability we find this type of isoquant Marginal Rate of Technical • Smooth Convex Isoquants: Substitution This form assumes continuous The marginal rate of technical substitutability of factors of production substitution refers to the rate at which one input factor is substituted with other to attain a given level of output. In other words, the lesser units of one input must be compensated by increasing amopunt of another input to produce the same level of output. In the following table presents the ratio of MRTS between teh two input factors, say capital and labour. 5 units of decrease in labout are compensated by an increase in 1 unit of capital, resulting in a Iso Costs MRTS of 5:1. Isocosts refers to that cost curve that represents the combination of inputs that Combi inputs Units nations MRTS will cost the producer the same amount of K L money. In other words, each isocost denotes A 1 20 - a particular level of total cost for a given B 2 15 5:1 N. DURGA CHAITANYA PRASAD M.Com, M.B.A. (SITE) 27
  • 28. MEFA NOTES C 3 11 4:1 D 4 8 3:1 E 5 6 2:1 F 6 5 1:1 N. DURGA CHAITANYA PRASAD M.Com, M.B.A. (SITE) 28
  • 29. MEFA NOTES Least Cost Combination Of Inputs Graphically we can determine the The isocosts curve indicates the least cost input combination or the alternative combinations of various factors maximum output for given cost, first we of production which can produce a given have to draw iso-quant map and than iso- output. Of these, an entrepreneur would like costs map. Later we have superimpose the to choose the combination of input factors, iso-quants map and the iso-costs map as which costs him the least. shown in figure. To explain this how he can determine the least cost combination for a given output. We need the prices of the factors of production. Let the price of labour (L) be Rs.6 per unit and price of capital (K) Rs.9 per unit. Assume that any amount of labour and capital can be bought at these respective fixed prices. Let our farmer wants to produce a certain amount of paddy. Assume that the farmer has certain cost combination. There are two ways to determine the least cost As per the above figure the desired combination of input for given output. quantity of output can be produced at a least cost Rs.99 by having 6 units of capital and 7 In the following example there are six units of labour. It is known by the point E alternative combinations of labour and where the isoquant curve is just tangent to capital to produce the given production, say the iso-cost curve. At any other point of iso- 9 quintals. The cost of each of these quant the total cost is more than Rs.99. combinations will be as follows similarly for a given cost, an entrepreneur can select the best combination of two Com inputs Units inputs which will give the maximum output Cost by way of selecting that iso-quant curve binati K L Rs. which is just tangent to a given iso-cost ons 1 3 20 3*9 + 20*6=147 curve. 2 4 13 4*9 + 13*6=105 3 5 10 5*9 + 10*6=105 4 6 8 6*9 + 8*6=102 5 7 6 7*9 + 6 * 6=99 6 8 5 8*9 + 5* 6=102 From the above table we can find the combination of 5 represents the least cost for producing the desired production. The least total cost producing various other quantities can be determined in a similar way. N. DURGA CHAITANYA PRASAD M.Com, M.B.A. (SITE) 29