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Economics concepts and application to Ford U.K.
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Economics concepts and application to Ford U.K. Define the concepts of a) price elasticity of demand, b) cross - price elasticity of demand, and c) income elasticity of demand. Explain why an understanding of these concepts would be useful to the car manufacturer Ford UK. Elasticity is the responsiveness of quantity demanded and supplied to changes in price, income or relative pricing. Three concepts of elasticity are Price elasticity of demand, Cross price elasticity of demand and Income elasticity of demand. This is critical for the conduct of many businesses. If for example firms increase their prices by a small amount this could lead to a large fall in quantity demanded and thus would be very bad for the firm. On the other hand if a large increase in price results in only a small reduction in demand then the firm could decide to stay with the increase as it may give an...
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