For courses in managerial economics.
Teaching students managerial economics through real examples, real businesses, with real-life situations
The Economics of Managerial Decisions teaches students how to make business decisions by blending the qualitative and quantitative aspects of the course. Using examples from different sectors of the economy, the authors present real examples, such as Pizza Hut, to teach the concepts of production and cost, and KV Pharmaceuticals, to talk about monopoly - helping students see how theory is applied in different contexts.

About the Author
Roger D. Blair is the Walter J. Matherly Professor and chair of economics at the University of Florida. He has been a visiting professor at the University of Hawaii and the University of California-Berkeley as well as Visiting Scholar in Residence, Center for the Study of American Business, Washington University. Professor Blair's research centres on antitrust economics and policy. He has published 10 books and 200 journal articles. He has also served as an antitrust consultant to numerous corporations, including Intel, Anheuser-Busch, TracFone, Blue Cross-Blue Shield, Waste Management, Astellas Pharma, and many others.

Mark Rush is a professor of economics at the University of Florida. Prior to teaching at Florida, he was an assistant professor of economics at the University of Pittsburgh. He has spent eight months at the Kansas City Federal Reserve Bank as a Visiting Scholar. Professor Rush has taught MBA classes for many years and has won teaching awards for his classes. He has published in numerous professional journals, including the Journal of Political Economy; the Journal of Monetary Economics; the Journal of Money, Credit, and Banking; the Journal of International Money and Finance; and the Journal of Labor Economics.

Book Information
ISBN 9781292310947
Author Roger Blair
Format Paperback
Page Count 824
Imprint Pearson Education Limited
Publisher Pearson Education Limited
Weight(grams) 1360g
Dimensions(mm) 250mm * 205mm * 26mm