For one semester MBA Managerial Economics courses
Economics for Managers presents the fundamental ideas of microeconomics
and macroeconomics and integrates them from a managerial decision-making perspective in a
framework that can be used in a single-semester course.
To be competitive in today’s business environment, managers must understand
how economic forces affect their business and the factors that must be considered when
making business decisions. This is the only book that provides business students and MBAs
with a thorough and applied understanding of both micro- and macroeconomic concepts in a
way non-economics majors can understand.
The second edition retains all the same core concepts and straightforward
material on micro- and macroeconomics while incorporating new case material and real-world
examples that relate to today’s managerial student.
Table of Contents
PART 1 MICROECONOMIC ANALYSIS
1 Managers and Economics
2 Demand, Supply, and Equilibrium Prices
3 Demand Elasticities
4 Techniques for Understanding Consumer Demand and Behavior
5 Production and Cost Analysis in the Short Run
6 Production and Cost Analysis in the Long Run
7 Market Structure: Perfect Competition
8 Market Structure: Monopoly and Monopolistic Competition
9 Market Structure: Oligopoly
10 Pricing Strategies for the Firm
PART 2 MACROECONOMIC ANALYSIS
11 Measuring Macroeconomic Activity
12 Spending by Individuals, Firms, and Governments on Real Goods and Services
13 The Role of Money in the Macro Economy
14 The Aggregate Model of the Macro Economy
15 International and Balance of Payments Issues in the Macro Economy
PART 3 INTEGRATION OF THE FRAMEWORKS
16 Combining Micro and Macro Analysis for Managerial Decision Making
SOLUTIONS TO EVEN NUMBERED PROBLEMS
GLOSSARY
INDEX
552 pages, Paperback