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This fully updated fourth edition explores microeconomic concepts, with a distinctive emphasis on 'the economic way of thinking' and its applicability to sharp managerial thinking, productivity, and good decision-making. It stands apart due to its strong focus on practical and applied knowledge from the business context and its unique structure (Part I of each chapter develops key economic principles; Part II draws on those principles to discuss organizational and incentive issues in management, focusing on solving the 'principal-agent' problem to maximize the profitability of the firm). There are plentiful real-life scenarios and provocative examples in each chapter. Accessible to MBA students, other graduate students and undergraduates, it is ideal as a core text for courses in Managerial Economics. Requiring an understanding of only basic algebra, this new edition is more concise with a wealth of online resources, including additional online chapters and an online appendix with more advanced mathematical applications.
Contents
Preface for teachers; Preface for students; Video lectures and suggested uses; Book I. The Market Economy, Overview and Applications: 1. Microeconomics: a way of thinking about business; 2. Principles of rational behavior in society and business; 3. Competitive product markets and firm decisions; 4. Consumer choice and demand in traditional and network markets; Book II. Producer Theory: 5. Applications of demand and supply to government and management policies; 6. Principles of political economy for public policy and business; Book III. Theory of the Firm, Production, and Costs: 7. Production, costs, and the theory of the firm; 8. Production costs in the short run and long run; Book IV. Competitive and Monopoly Market Structures: 9. Firm production under idealised competitive conditions; 10. Monopoly power and firm pricing decisions; 11. Firm strategy under imperfectly competitive market conditions; 12. Competitive and monopsonistic labor markets; Select bibliography; Index.
