Economics and the Business Environment
3rd Edition
Published on 24. January 2011
Book
Mixed media product
386 pages
978-0-273-73486-4 (ISBN)
Description
Economics and the Business Environment' presents the essential principles of microeconomics and macroeconomics applied to the world of business while also looking at wider, topical business issues, such as business strategy, corporate social responsibility, ethics and the state of the global environment in which we live.
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Edition
3rd edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Harlow
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Pearson Education Limited
Target group
College/higher education
Illustrations
Illustrations, color
Dimensions
Height: 265 mm
Width: 194 mm
Thickness: 19 mm
Weight
930 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-273-73486-4 (9780273734864)
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Persons
John Sloman is Director of the Economics Network the economics subject centre of the Higher Education Academy based at the University of Bristol. He is the author of several best-selling textbooks in economics used by students across the world, and also published by Pearson Education.
Elizabeth Jones is a Teaching Fellow in Economics and her teaching interests include the economics of education, health care and poverty issues. She delivers the core first year modules in Economics at the University of Exeter, as well as teaching the Economics of Social Policy.
Elizabeth Jones is a Teaching Fellow in Economics and her teaching interests include the economics of education, health care and poverty issues. She delivers the core first year modules in Economics at the University of Exeter, as well as teaching the Economics of Social Policy.
Content
Guided tour
Preface
Custom publishing
Acknowledgements
Part A - Introduction
Chapter 1: Business and the economic environment
Part B - Markets, demand and supply
Chapter 2: The working of competitive markets
Chapter 3: Demand and the consumer
Chapter 4: Supply decisions in a perfectly competitive market
Part C - The microeconomic environment of business
Chapter 5: Pricing and output decisions in imperfectly competitive markets
Chapter 6: Business growth and strategy
Chapter 7: Multinational corporations and business strategy in a global economy
Chapter 8: Labour and employment
Chapter 9: Government, the firm and the market
Part D - The macroeconomic environment of business
Chapter 10: The economy and business activity
Chapter 11: National macroeconomic policy
Chapter 12: The global trading environment
Chapter 13: The global financial environment
Web appendix
Key ideas
Glossary
Index
Preface
Custom publishing
Acknowledgements
Part A - Introduction
Chapter 1: Business and the economic environment
Part B - Markets, demand and supply
Chapter 2: The working of competitive markets
Chapter 3: Demand and the consumer
Chapter 4: Supply decisions in a perfectly competitive market
Part C - The microeconomic environment of business
Chapter 5: Pricing and output decisions in imperfectly competitive markets
Chapter 6: Business growth and strategy
Chapter 7: Multinational corporations and business strategy in a global economy
Chapter 8: Labour and employment
Chapter 9: Government, the firm and the market
Part D - The macroeconomic environment of business
Chapter 10: The economy and business activity
Chapter 11: National macroeconomic policy
Chapter 12: The global trading environment
Chapter 13: The global financial environment
Web appendix
Key ideas
Glossary
Index