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Week 2 Lecture Slides COMM1100 As of 2023 - 02 - 20 Modified
Week 2 Lecture Slides COMM1100 As of 2023 - 02 - 20 Modified
Week 2 Lecture Slides COMM1100 As of 2023 - 02 - 20 Modified
Decision making
Lecturer:
Professor Andreas Ortmann
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Intro to Decision Surplus
making,
Stakeholders Employee Stakeholder
Business Decision measure & Legal rights of Competitor
Supply & welfare, and & Supplier Decisions
Making stakeholders Relations The role of Regarding Manages
Stakeholders Demand market power Customer Flexibility Relations
in decision Decisions government in
and & imperfect Relations Week Decisions Complexity in
making business
CR competition Decisions Business Decision
Making
ASSESSMENTS
• The following slides draw heavily on the ICL materials for this
week. In a sense they are a review of what we cover in the
ICL. If you have trouble following, then you should take it as a
signal that you did not study the ICL materials well enough!
Consumer demand (Joe’s for slices of banana bread)
Market demand (Joe’s and Sara’s … )
The responsiveness of market demand
The responsiveness of market demand
“Movement on” vs “shift of” market demand
• To discuss elasticity of a demand
curve we analyze how we move on
it.
• To discuss shifts of a demand curve
we look at shift parameters such as
“income”, “cross-price effects”, or
“preferences”, etc. See ICL
materials …
• Top graph shows normal good
• Bottom graph shows inferior good
Firm supply (Jasmine’s for slices of banana bread)
Firm supply
Market supply (Jasmine’s and Rafael’s … )
“Movement on” vs “shift of” market supply
• To discuss shifts of a supply curve
we look at shift parameters such as
“technology”, “input prices”, or
“seller’s expectation”, etc. See ICL
materials …
• Top graph shows downward shift
• Bottom graph shows upward shift
• Decision Making
• Equilibrium Analysis
• Practice opportunity cost and comparative
advantage.
Next week
We focus on
Course email:
COMM1100@unsw.edu.au