In a survey of nearly 200 senior marketing managers, 71 percent responded that they found a customer satisfaction metric very useful in managing and monitoring their businesses. Here are the top six reasons why customer satisfaction is so important:
1 When the price elasticity of demand for a good is unit (or unitary) elastic (E d = 1), the percentage change in quantity is equal to that in price, so a change in price will not affect total revenue.2  When the price elasticity of demand for a good is relatively elastic d. When the price elasticity of demand for a good is relatively elastic d. 2  When the price elasticity of demand for a good is perfectly elastic (E d is â â), any increase in the price, no matter how small, will cause demand for the good to drop to zero. 3  Hence, when the price is raised, the total revenue falls to zero.
Supply and demand curves express relationships between price and quantity. Equilibrium exists when supply equals demand. The shape of these curves and the equilibrium price affect small and large businesses because revenues are a factor of price and quantity. Although a single business cannot affect the shape of these curves, the combined actions of businesses and consumers affect the supply and demand curves for different industries.