TY - BOOK AU - Davies,Howard TI - Managerial economics: an analysis of business issues SN - 0273646281 9780273646280 AV - HD30.22.D375 PY - 2001/// CY - Harlow PB - Prentice N1 - Includes index; Contents: The Definition and scope of managerial economics -- Business objectives and basic models of the firm -- The Nature of the firm -- Ownership and control, diversification and mergers -- The Multinational enterprise -- Consumer behaviour -- Demand and elasticity -- Estimating and forecasting demand -- Production and the determination of cost -- Models of market structure -- The Five forces approach to competitive structure -- Risk and uncertainty -- Game theory and its applications -- Pricing in theory -- Pricing in practice, transfer pricing and pricing for public enterprice -- Non-price competition and the marketing mix -- Investment decisions and the cost of capital -- Economics and business strategy -- Network economics and the information sector -- Competition and competition policy -- The Economics of regulated industries ER -