Microeconomics: Case Studies

The Microeconomics Case Studies section explores business decisions, market structures, and consumer behavior. Designed as a quick-reference tool, it reinforces understanding with detailed analyses, key insights, and industry examples. Whether you're studying supply and demand or market failures, this resource connects theory to real challenges.

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A presentation slide titled 'The Recent Demand for Plant-Based Diets' showing a wooden platter with various plant-based meat alternatives on a bed of green lettuce and onion rings, placed on a wooden surface with a white cloth in the background.

A graphical presentation titled 'San Francisco's 2023 Housing Supply Crisis' showing the San Francisco skyline and the Golden Gate Bridge with a visual distortion overlay. The slide discusses how strict regulations, rising costs, and zoning restrictions impact housing availability, prices, and real estate markets, emphasizing the role of government intervention and economic pressures. It includes a section on key concepts like 'Determinants of Supply' and 'Government Response', and indicates the slide's difficulty level as 'Easy' with a three-star rating.
A digital infographic on lithium market growth in electric vehicles, showing lithium batteries, rocks, and a periodic table element for lithium, with text discussing rising demand, supply shortages, and investment in mining and battery innovation.
A Ryanair airplane parked at night with passengers boarding via stairs. The image is part of an infographic discussing the inelastic nature of Ryanair's plane ticket demand, featuring concepts like price elasticity of demand and determinants of PED. The infographic also scores the difficulty as easy with a green star.
Close-up of an electric vehicle charging port with a plugged-in charger, surrounded by indicators and icons on a white car, illustrating the concept of the elasticity of supply for electric vehicles in China.
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Inside a greenhouse, rows of strawberry plants with ripe red and green strawberries grow on elevated beds with a wooden frame, under a transparent roof supported by wooden beams.
An airplane seen through a window at an airport terminal, with a reflection and display of information overlayed on the image.
A person holding a smartphone displaying the Uber logo, with a red Uber vehicle in the background on a city street.
Image of a fisherman catching fish with a fishing net at sunset, with the sun low on the horizon and water splashing around. The scene emphasizes fishing in Norway and its environmental impacts.
A cityscape view from the ground looking up at tall office buildings with a large American flag hanging from the front of a historic building, under a clear blue sky sunlight reflecting off the windows.
A computer setup with two monitors, a microphone, keyboard, mouse, and a gaming chair, showing a video game on one monitor and a chat window on the other. The room has a dark ambiance with purple and blue lighting.

Close-up of hands holding wheat grains over a white bag filled with wheat, set in a wheat field. The image is part of an educational slide discussing the impact of fertilizer prices on global wheat supply.
A traveler walking through an airport terminal with large glass windows and airplanes outside, illustrating the airline industry's post-pandemic recovery.
A woman holding a black Chanel handbag, wearing a beige coat, blue striped shirt, and a watch, standing against a stone wall. The image is part of an educational slide discussing the elasticity of a Chanel handbag in the context of microeconomics.
Photograph of a renewable energy farm in Germany showing solar panels and wind turbines during sunset with an orange sky.
An overhead view of a person sitting on a yellow surface using a laptop surrounded by small cardboard boxes, with a presentation slide discussing Amazon's impact on producer surplus in microeconomics.
A glass of soft drink with ice and lemon slices next to a plate with lemon slices on a wooden table, used as an illustration in a report about the impact of indirect taxes on soft drinks in the UK.
Photograph of a hotel pool area with white multi-story hotel building, lounge chairs, and umbrellas at sunset, under clear blue sky.
A presentation slide on McDonald's strategies for maximizing revenue, featuring a photo of a McDonald's restaurant sign with a palm tree in the background. The slide discusses cost management via bulk purchasing, efficient labor, automation, menu optimization, and franchise models, emphasizing balancing short-term costs with long-term growth. It highlights concepts like company-specific strategies and revenue maximization, and rates the difficulty as medium with three out of five stars.
A river with lush green trees on both sides, and a barge or platform with a crane on the water. The background shows a wide expansive sky at sunset. The image is part of an educational slide titled 'Determining the Externalities in the Brazilian Amazon' with a focus on market failure due to deforestation and industrial activities.
A cityscape of Beijing, China, with traditional Chinese buildings in the foreground and a modern skyline in the background, illustrating China's economic development and urbanization.
Close-up of multiple old mobile phones on a black surface, used for illustrating a digital learning slide about demand in microeconomics. The slide discusses Nokia's decline in demand as consumers shift to smartphones from traditional models.

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Image of oil drums with OPEC logo displayed on them, set against a cloudy sky. It illustrates OPEC's role in balancing global oil supply and demand through production quotas to stabilize prices.
A glass of Coca-Cola with ice cubes being filled from a bottle against a white background. The image is part of a presentation slide discussing the elasticity of demand for Coca-Cola in the U.S.
An informational graphic with a photo of wheat and a harvesting machine at the top, titled 'The Elastic Supply of Wheat Post-Ukraine Invasion'. The text discusses how geopolitical events influence wheat supply elasticity. It includes discussion concepts such as 'Price Elasticity of Supply' and 'Determinants of PES', and shows a difficulty rating of 4 stars out of 5, indicating a hard level.
A retail store display of IKEA furniture, including sofas and bedding, with an informational graphic about IKEA's producer surplus in the furniture market, highlighting concepts such as producer surplus, calculating surplus, and efficiency, with a difficulty rating of five stars.
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Image of an oil refinery with tall industrial smokestacks against a partly cloudy sky at sunset. The page header reads "Microeconomics - Topic 8: Market Structures." The title states "British Gas' Natural Monopoly in the Energy Market." The text discusses the UK's historical natural monopoly of British Gas, market reforms, and regulation. Icons for zoom and document are in the top right corner. The concepts discussed include natural monopoly and government response, and the difficulty level is rated five stars, indicated as hard.
Image of a Walmart store exterior with the Walmart logo on the facade. The store is labeled with a pharmacy sign and the building number 275. The scene is set on a clear day with blue sky.
A city skyline with Toronto's CN Tower and other high-rise buildings during dusk, with dark clouds overhead.
A diagram analyzing income distribution in India’s free market, featuring a photo of the Taj Mahal, with a discussion about economic growth and income inequality, and concepts of labor market, capital market, and income inequality, rated as hard difficulty.
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