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Managerial economics : applications, strategy, and tactics / James R McGuigan... et al.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Stamford, CT, USA : CENGAGE Learning, [2014]Edition: 13th edDescription: xxiv, 676 p. : illustrations ; 27 cmISBN:
  • 9781285420929
  • 1285420926
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • HD30.22 .M34 2014
Contents:
Preface. About the Authors. PART I: INTRODUCTION. 1. Introduction and Goals of the Firm. 2. Fundamental Economic Concepts. PART II: DEMAND AND FORECASTING. 3. Demand Analysis. 4. Estimating Demand. 4A. Problems in Applying the Linear Regression Model. 5. Business and Economic Forecasting. 6. Managing in the Global Economy. 6A. Foreign Exchange Risk Management. PART III: PRODUCTION AND COST. 7. Production Economics. 7A. Maximization of Production Output Subject to a Cost Constraint. 7B. Production Economics of Renewable and Exhaustible Natural Resources. 8. Cost Analysis. 8A. Long-Run Costs with a Cobb-Douglas Production Function. 9. Applications of Cost Theory. PART IV: PRICING AND OUTPUT DECISIONS: STRATEGY AND TACTICS. 10. Prices, Output, and Strategy: Pure and Monopolistic Competition. 11. Price and Output Determination: Monopoly and Dominant Firms. 12. Price and Output Determination: Oligopoly. 13. Best-Practice Tactics: Game Theory. 13A. Entry Deterrence and Accommodation Games. 14. Pricing Techniques and Analysis. PART V: ORGANIZATIONAL ARCHITECTURE AND REGULATION. 15. Contracting, Governance, and Organizational Form. 15A. Auction Design and Information Economics. 16. Government Regulation. 17. Long-Term Investment Analysis. Appendices. A. The Time Value of Money. B. Tables. C. Differential Calculus Techniques in Management . D. Check Answers to Selected End-of-Chapter Exercises. Glossary. Index. Notes. Web Appendices.
Summary: By illustrating how effective managers apply economic theory and techniques to solve real-world problems, this title helps future business leaders learn to think analytically and make bette
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Judith Thomas Library General Stacks BKS HD 30.22 .M34 2014 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) AUA21194 Available AUA21194

Twelfth edition was published: Mason, Ohio : South-Western CENGAGE Learning, c2011.

Includes index.

Preface. About the Authors. PART I: INTRODUCTION. 1. Introduction and Goals of the Firm. 2. Fundamental Economic Concepts. PART II: DEMAND AND FORECASTING. 3. Demand Analysis. 4. Estimating Demand. 4A. Problems in Applying the Linear Regression Model. 5. Business and Economic Forecasting. 6. Managing in the Global Economy. 6A. Foreign Exchange Risk Management. PART III: PRODUCTION AND COST. 7. Production Economics. 7A. Maximization of Production Output Subject to a Cost Constraint. 7B. Production Economics of Renewable and Exhaustible Natural Resources. 8. Cost Analysis. 8A. Long-Run Costs with a Cobb-Douglas Production Function. 9. Applications of Cost Theory. PART IV: PRICING AND OUTPUT DECISIONS: STRATEGY AND TACTICS. 10. Prices, Output, and Strategy: Pure and Monopolistic Competition. 11. Price and Output Determination: Monopoly and Dominant Firms. 12. Price and Output Determination: Oligopoly. 13. Best-Practice Tactics: Game Theory. 13A. Entry Deterrence and Accommodation Games. 14. Pricing Techniques and Analysis. PART V: ORGANIZATIONAL ARCHITECTURE AND REGULATION. 15. Contracting, Governance, and Organizational Form. 15A. Auction Design and Information Economics. 16. Government Regulation. 17. Long-Term Investment Analysis. Appendices. A. The Time Value of Money. B. Tables. C. Differential Calculus Techniques in Management . D. Check Answers to Selected End-of-Chapter Exercises. Glossary. Index. Notes. Web Appendices.

By illustrating how effective managers apply economic theory and techniques to solve real-world problems, this title helps future business leaders learn to think analytically and make bette