For courses in managerial economics.
Teaching students managerial economics through real examples, real businesses, with real-life situations
The Economics of Managerial Decisions teaches students how to make business decisions by blending the qualitative and quantitative aspects of the course. Using examples from different sectors of the economy, the authors present real examples, such as Pizza Hut, to teach the concepts of production and cost, and KV Pharmaceuticals, to talk about monopoly - helping students see how theory is applied in different contexts.
1. Managerial Economics and Decision Making
2. Demand and Supply
3. Measuring and Using Demand
4. Production and Costs
5. Perfect Competition
6. Monopoly and Monopolistic Competition
7. Cartels and Oligopoly
8. Game Theory and Oligopoly
9. A Manager's Guide to Antitrust Policy
10. Advanced Pricing Decisions
11. Decisions About Vertical Integration and Distribution
12. Decisions About Production, Products, and Location
13. Marketing Decisions: Advertising and Promotion
14. Business Decisions Under Uncertainty
15. Managerial Decisions About Information
16. Using Present Value to Make Multi-Period Managerial Decisions
