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Essential Economics for Business
Numerous case studies and examples throughout the text illustrate how economics can be used to understand specific business problems or aspects of the business environment, from economics growth and the state of the economy to levels of business investment, interest rates, employment issues, the prices that firms charge and the profits they make, corporate social responsibility, the rise of online shopping and Brexit.
Publisher's acknowledgments
Part A INTRODUCTION
1 Business and the economic environment
Part B MARKETS, DEMAND AND SUPPLY
2 The working of competitive markets
3 Demand and the consumer
4 Supply decisions in a perfectly competitive market
Part C THE MICROECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT OF BUSINESS
5 Pricing and output decisions in imperfectly competitive markets
6 Business growth and strategy
7 Multinational corporations and business strategy in a global economy
8 Labour and employment
9 Government, the firm and the market
Part D THE MACROECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT OF BUSINESS
10 The economy and business activity
11 National macroeconomic policy
12 The global trading environment
13 The global financial environment
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