Definition of supply-driven in US English:
supply-driven
adjectivesəˈplaɪˌdrɪvənsəˈplīˌdrivən
Economics Motivated or propelled by the aspect of the economy concerned with the production and distribution of goods and services.
the industry's metamorphosis from a supply-driven market to one driven by demand will happen quickly
a supply-driven increase in the price of oil
Example sentencesExamples
- His thesis is that higher education is supply-driven, over-regulated, and insufficiently responsive to the demands of its students.
- It is based on a traditional top-down supply-driven approach that provides little or no voice to the farmer.
- The industry's metamorphosis from a supply-driven market to a more dynamic one driven by demand will happen more quickly and erratically than we expect.
- The projection models seem to be more demand-driven than supply-driven in general.
- The market is transitioning from what has historically been a supply-driven industry.
- In the supply-driven scholarly publication market of the 1960s, historians began looking for other outlets.
- Indigenous housing policy over the past decade has been dominated by supply-driven programs.
- Political tensions will lead to a significant supply-driven price shock.
- In the energy sector, carbon taxes and supply-driven increases in the price of natural gas are driving electricity companies to turn to wind.
- The economics from a developer's perspective remain overwhelmingly in favour of sprawl, and may explain why the supply-driven housing production system ignores new markets.