TY - BOOK AU - Keat,Paul G. AU - Young,Philip K.Y. AU - Erfle,Stephen E. TI - Managerial economics: economic tools for today's decision makers SN - 0273791931 AV - HD30.22 .K39 2013 U1 - 338.5024/658 23 PY - 2013/// CY - Boston PB - Pearson KW - Managerial economics N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction -- The firm and its goals -- Supply and demand -- Demand elasticity -- Demand estimation and forecasting -- The theory and estimation of production -- The theory and estimation of cost -- Pricing and output decisions: perfect competition and monopoly -- Pricing and output decisions: monopolistic competition and oligopoly -- Special pricing practices -- Game theory and asymmetric information -- Capital budgeting and risk -- The multinational corporation in a global setting -- Government and industry: challenges and opportunities for today's manager -- The global soft drink industry ER -