The expansion of Asia's television industry has been so rapid that demand has far outstripped the supply of material.
And with no fixed supply of raw material, unlike stocks or bonds, bets could be almost limitless.
Nobody made buffalo-hide shoes, and there was a ready supply of raw material: Ranchers slaughtered about 14, 000 bison each year to meet the growing demand for low-cholesterol meat.
The growth of the solar industry has been limited by the supply of the polysilicon material used to make solar panels.
For 3, once nylon had been discovered and proven useful, the race was on, given the supply of cheap oil (the main raw material) post WWII, from the Arabian Gulf.
But the spread between the price of the raw material and the price of the finished good is a function of the supply of ethylene-making capacity and the demand for ethylene.
Output of services includes services of transport, communications, trade, material supply housing, public utilities, culture, health care, bank service etc.
Such reconstructions required considerable detective work as well as informed flights of fancy on the part of the re-composers in order to supply material which, in the original fragments, is ambiguous or altogether missing.
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Therefore suppliers, processors, distributors and retailers need to step up their control and visibility across the supply chains, tracking products from raw material to the point of consumption.
And despite the fact that electricity is in short supply and that there is fear because of the security situation, our material situation has improved a lot.
Furthermore, protected areas supply a range of ecosystem services to societies such as clean water, wild food and genetic material.
Councillors in Leeds and neighbouring Kirklees warned they had less than two days' supply of salt left, while private salt firm Grittit has brought in security guards after 75 tonnes of material was taken from its depots nationwide.
"Although inflation seemed likely to remain above the 2 percent target over the next two years, the degree of slack in the economy, and the likely positive response of supply capacity to increased demand, meant that higher output growth would not necessarily lead to any material additional inflationary pressure, " those backing another stimulus argued, according to the minutes.
"The integrity of our supply chain is vital and we are working closely with our customers to try to establish the source of the contaminating material, " the company said.
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