Economics for Business

The selective, thematic, policy oriented approach of Economics for Business, combined with its strong emphasis on market structures, monetary policy and interest rates, business fluctuations and globalisation, makes it especially suitable for MBA and other executive programmes, as well as for post-experience conversion courses. Economics for Business focuses on three essential branches of modern economics: competition and the market system; macroeconomics and the economics of openness and globalisation, including the analysis of international trade, foreign investment and exchange rates. The book has a very strong business focus and has been used in the UK on many MBA courses as well as short, often one semester post experience executive courses. It has also proved popular for undergraduate business economics courses. The book examines economics from a business perspective and is selective in its coverage, focusing on setting out the big picture and including topics on the basis that they throw light on issues relevant to business. It has a strong policy perspective.Economic issues are analysed in a policy context, which helps students see the relevance of economics to business decisions. The book adopts a modern approach to macroeconomics, as appropriate for business students, and pays special attention to globalisation, trade liberalisation, economic integration and exchange rates.

ISBN 0273683985   DEWEY edition DC22 ISBN13 9780273683988 (What's this?)   Pages 642 Publisher Pearson Education Limited   Weight (grammes) 1064 Imprint Financial Times Prentice Hall   Published in Harlow Format Paperback   Previous ISBN 9780133712469 Publication date 25 Mar 2004   Height (mm) 246 Non-book description illustrations, bibliographies , index   Width (mm) 189 Library of Congress HD30.22   Academic level Tertiary education DEWEY 330.024658

		List of boxes
		Preface to the third edition
		Acknowledgements
1		The economic policy consensus		1
2		What makes nations grow?		13
Pt. I		The market system and competition		43
3		The market system in action		47
4		Market demand and the pricing decision		72
5		The firm in a competitive market		95
6		The economics of market power		125
7		Competition policy, privatisation and regulation		155
8		Government intervention and the market system		180
9		Business and the environment		206
10		Hiring labour and the investment decision		227
Pt. II		The macroeconomic framework		243
11		Aggregate supply, aggregate demand and the price level		246
12		Price stability and central banks		276
13		Understanding interest rates and monetary policy		305
14		Unemployment and the labour market		336
15		Fiscal policy, budget deficits and government debt		370
16		Business fluctuations and forecasting		401
Pt. III		The global economy		421
17		Foreign trade : patterns and policy		424
18		Capital flows and foreign investment		462
19		Labour migration		488
20		The balance of payments : what it is and why it matters		501
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