Managerial economics : economic tools for today's decision makers /
Paul G. Keat, Philip K.Y. Young, Stephen E. Erfle.
- Seventh edition, Global edition.
- Harlow, Essex : Pearson Education, [2014]
- 619 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Text on lining papers. Previous edition: 2009.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- The firm and its goals -- Supply and demand -- Demand elasticity -- Demand estimation and forecasting -- The theory and estimation of production -- The theory and estimation of cost -- Pricing and output decisions: perfect competition and monopoly -- Pricing and output decisions: monopolistic competition and oligopoly -- Special pricing practices -- Game theory and asymmetric information -- Capital budgeting and risk -- The multinational corporation in a global setting -- Government and industry: challenges and opportunities for today's manager -- The global soft drink industry.
For upper-level undergraduate and first-year MBA courses in managerial and applied economics. This Global Edition has been edited to include enhancements making it more relevant to students outside the United States This text will excite readers by providing a more linear progression, while proving the consistency and relevance of microeconomic theory.