Foundations of Business Economics - Harry Townsend

Foundations of Business Economics

Markets and Prices

(Autor)

Buch | Softcover
224 Seiten
1995
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-415-12074-6 (ISBN)
34,90 inkl. MwSt
Foundations of Business Economics provides a readable explanation of microeconomic analysis in terms of real business practice. The author looks at how markets link together economic activities and provides general equilibrium models.
Foundatioins of Business Economics explains microeconomic analysis in terms of real business situations. The underlying theme of the book is the way in which markets link together interdependent activities and how they confront and solve problems of information. The book covers a wide range of issues, including

*The economic way of thinking
*The Business environment
*Product markets
*Market failure
*Factor markets
*General equilibrium

Theory is developed carefully but with a light touch and mathematics kept to a minimum, making the book easily accessible. It will be particularly valuable for those students whose interests lie on the human side of industry. explanation of microeconomic analysis in terms of real business practice. The author examines the way markets link together interdependent economic activities and provides general equilibrium models of the entire economic system.

Harry Townsend is Emeritus Professor of Economics at Lancaster University. He helped organise the Edwards Seminars in Industrial Administration and has played a key role in establishing business economics as a subject.

Part I Introduction 1 THE ECONOMIC WAY OF THINKING Part II The business environment 2 FIRMS, MARKETS AND INDUSTRIES 3 AIMS OF BUSINESS Part III Product markets 4 THREE MEANINGS OF COMPETITION 5 PURE COMPETITION, PERFECT COMPETITION AND EFFICIENT MARKETS 6 MONOPOLY AND ECONOMIC WELFARE 7 OLIGOPOLY: INTERDEPENDENT DECISIONS 8 MARKET PROBLEMS: INFORMATION, EXTERNALITIES AND PROPERTY RIGHTS 9 MARGINAL PRODUCTIVITY AND FACTOR DEMAND 10 SUPPLY, SUPPLY AND DEMAND, AND RESTRICTED COMPETITION 11 MARKET COMPLICATIONS: INFORMATION, CO-OPERATION AND CONFLICT Part V Conclusion 12 APPROACHES TO GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM

Erscheint lt. Verlag 11.5.1995
Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Maße 138 x 216 mm
Gewicht 453 g
Themenwelt Wirtschaft Allgemeines / Lexika
Wirtschaft Volkswirtschaftslehre Mikroökonomie
ISBN-10 0-415-12074-8 / 0415120748
ISBN-13 978-0-415-12074-6 / 9780415120746
Zustand Neuware
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