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Economics for business / John Sloman and Kevin Hinde.

By: Contributor(s): Publication details: Harrow, England ; New York : Financial Times/Prentice Hall, 2010.Edition: 5th edDescription: xxxiii, 742p. col.; illISBN:
  • 9780273722335 (pbk.)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • HB171.5.S6353 2010
Contents:
The business environment and business economics -- Economics and the world of business -- Business organisations -- The working of competitive markets -- Business in a market environment -- Demand and the consumer -- Demand and the firm -- Products, marketing and advertising -- Costs of production -- Revenue and profit -- Profit maximisation under perfect competition and monopoly -- Profit maximisation under imperfect competition -- An introduction to business strategy -- Alternative theories of the firm -- Growth strategy -- The small-firm sector -- Pricing strategy -- Labour markets, wages, and industrial relations -- Investment and the employment of capital -- Reasons for government intervention in the market -- Government and the firm -- Government and the market -- Globalisation and multinational business -- International trade -- Trading blocs -- The macroeconomic environment of business -- The balance of payments and exchange rates -- Banking, money and interest rates -- Business activity, employment and inflation -- Demand-side policy -- Supply-side policy -- International economic policy.
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The business environment and business economics -- Economics and the world of business -- Business organisations -- The working of competitive markets -- Business in a market environment -- Demand and the consumer -- Demand and the firm -- Products, marketing and advertising -- Costs of production -- Revenue and profit -- Profit maximisation under perfect competition and monopoly -- Profit maximisation under imperfect competition -- An introduction to business strategy -- Alternative theories of the firm -- Growth strategy -- The small-firm sector -- Pricing strategy -- Labour markets, wages, and industrial relations -- Investment and the employment of capital -- Reasons for government intervention in the market -- Government and the firm -- Government and the market -- Globalisation and multinational business -- International trade -- Trading blocs -- The macroeconomic environment of business -- The balance of payments and exchange rates -- Banking, money and interest rates -- Business activity, employment and inflation -- Demand-side policy -- Supply-side policy -- International economic policy.

Part A: Business and Economics;
Part B: Business and Markets;
Part C: Background to demand;
Part D: Background to supply;
Part E: Supply: Short-run profit maximisation;
Part F: Supply: Alternative strategies;
Part G: The firm in the factor market;
Part H: The relationship between government and business;
Part I: Business in the International environment;
Part J:The macroeconomic environment;
Part K: Macroeconomic policy.

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