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El. knyga: Microeconomics for MBAs: The Economic Way of Thinking for Managers

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(University of California, Irvine), (Southern Methodist University, Texas)
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  • Leidėjas: Cambridge University Press
  • Kalba: eng
  • ISBN-13: 9781316653203
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  • Leidėjas: Cambridge University Press
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  • ISBN-13: 9781316653203
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"Almost all (if not all) textbooks used in business students' first course in microeconomics are designed with undergraduate economics majors or first-year PhD students in mind. Accordingly, business students, especially MBA students, are often treated to a course in intermediate microeconomic theory, full of arcane mathematical explanations. The applications in such standard textbooks deal mainly with the impact of social or government policies on markets, with little discussion of how real-world managers can use microeconomics to make better decisions within their firms in response to market forces or how market forces can be expected to affect firms' institutional and financial structures"--

"Now in its third edition, this textbook develops the economic way of thinking through problems that MBA students will find relevant to their career goals. Theory and math is kept as simple as possible and illustrated with real-life scenarios. The textbook package includes online video tutorials on key concepts and complex arguments, and topics likely to be assessed in exams. The distinguished author team has developed this textbook over 20 years of teaching microeconomics to MBA students. Chapters are clearly structured to support learning: Part I of each chapter develops key economic principles. Part II draws on those principles to discuss organizational and incentive issues in management and focuses on solving the 'principal-agent' problem to maximizethe profitability of the firm - lessons that can be applied to problems MBA students will face in the future. Economics and management are treated equally; this unique textbook presents economics as part of the everyday thinking of business people"--

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'In the third edition, McKenzie and Lee extend the economic way of thinking further into how the structure of firms' organization, finance, and pay affect their profitability and, in the process, make a significant contribution to the science of managing people in the firm setting. With updated sections on the housing bubble, its collapse, and the policies that produced it, they offer more coverage on public policy than the traditional managerial economics text and solid explanations of the actual human behavior 'behind the curves'. With behavioral economist's findings infused and analyzed throughout the text, this is a 'must see' for faculty teaching the MBAs.' J. R. Clark, Probasco Chair, University of Tennessee, Chattanooga 'Microeconomics for MBAs conveys fundamental economic principles in a clear, concise and intriguing manner, utilizing the economic way of thinking to examine relevant business issues. It teaches students to think like an economist by focusing on the institutions and rules that structure incentives for decision-making. It is one of the best textbooks for teaching MBAs as it uses many real-life examples to illustrate how economic concepts are useful in explaining everyday life, including business phenomenons.' Claudia Williamson, Mississippi State University 'This text is easily the best in the market. McKenzie and Lee cover the important economic concepts for MBA students to review and learn - with more emphasis on the intuitive, but enough focus on the technical. The text is loaded with applications to business practice. As a result, students find it relevant and enjoyable.' Eric Schansberg, Indiana University Southeast 'People who work in the field of public policy, business, finance, or the non-profit sector often encounter issues and situations involving complex market developments. Many such people often wish that they have had more training in the concepts, analytical framework, and toolkits of economics. This book fills that need. It is geared to the practitioner, providing case studies, examples, and applications, as well as a foundation for making critical public policy and business decisions. The book provides a view from the lens of organization and management, and includes a useful take on behavioral economics.' Walter Park, American University, Washington DC

Daugiau informacijos

A sophisticated yet non-technical introduction to microeconomics for MBA students, now in its third edition.
List of figures xviii
List of tables xxi
Preface xxiii
Video lectures and suggested uses xxxiii
How to use this book in traditional, online, and hybrid courses xxxvi
Book I The market economy, overview and application 1(198)
1 Microeconomics: a way of thinking about business
3(48)
Part A Theory and public policy applications
8(28)
The emergence of a market
8(2)
The economic problem
10(3)
The scope of economics
13(1)
Developing and using economic theories
14(2)
Microeconomics and macroeconomics
16(1)
Private property rights, game theory, and the Prisoner's Dilemma
17(1)
Private property rights and the games economists play
18(1)
Private property rights and the market
19(1)
The emergence of private property rights
20(3)
Game theory: Prisoner's Dilemmas
23(1)
Prisoner's Dilemma solutions: enforcement and trade
24(3)
Communal property rights and the "tragedy of the commons"
27(5)
Voluntary organizations and firms as solutions for "tragedies of the commons"
32(1)
The tragedy of the anticommons
33(3)
Perspective 1 "I, Pencil," by Leonard E. Read
36(4)
Part B Organizational economics and management
40(8)
Managing through incentives
40(1)
Productivity increases
41(1)
The growing importance of incentives
42(1)
The classic Lincoln Electric case study
42(2)
Incentives and managed earnings
44(1)
Why incentives are important
45(3)
Practical lessons for serious business students
48(1)
Further reading online
49(1)
Recommended video lectures
49(1)
The bottom line
49(1)
Review questions
50(1)
2 Principles of rational behavior in society and business
51(46)
Part A Theory and public policy applications
53(15)
Rationality: a basis for exploring human behavior
54(3)
Rational decisions in a constrained environment
57(3)
Maximizing satisfaction; cost—benefit analysis
60(2)
The effects of time and risk on costs and benefits
62(4)
What rational behavior does not mean
66(2)
Perspective 2 The evolutionary foundations of cooperation
68(4)
Part B Organizational economics and management
72(21)
The logic of group behavior in business and elsewhere
72(1)
The common-interest logic of group behavior
72(2)
The economic logic of group behavior
74(9)
Overcoming Prisoner's Dilemmas through tough bosses
83(1)
Take this job and...
84(6)
The role of the residual claimant in abating Prisoner's Dilemmas in large groups
90(3)
Practical lessons for serious business students
93(1)
Further reading online
93(1)
Recommended video lectures
93(1)
The bottom line
94(1)
Review questions
95(2)
3 Competitive product markets and firm decisions
97(52)
Part A Theory and public policy applications
99(27)
The competitive market process
99(3)
Supply and demand: a market model
102(9)
Market equilibrium
111(5)
The efficiency of the competitive market model
116(2)
Nonprice competition
118(6)
Competitive labor markets
124(2)
Perspective 3 Why queues?
126(4)
Part B Organizational economics and management
130(15)
Making worker wages profitable in competitive markets
130(1)
Henry Ford's "overpayment"
130(4)
Overpayments to prevent misuse of firm resources
134(1)
The underpayment and overpayment of workers
135(1)
The overpayment/underpayment connection
136(1)
Mandatory retirement
136(3)
The role of employers' "credible commitments"
139(6)
Practical lessons for serious business students
145(1)
Further reading online
146(1)
Recommended video lectures
146(1)
The bottom line
146(1)
Review questions
147(2)
4 Applications of the economic way of thinking: domestic government and management policies
149(50)
Part A Theory and public policy applications
150(28)
Who pays the tax?
150(3)
Price controls
153(4)
The California drought and the effects of low and controlled water prices on conservation
157(4)
Fringe benefits, incentives, and profits
161(7)
Minimum wages
168(8)
The draft versus the all-volunteer military service
176(2)
Perspective 4 Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs and economists' supply and demand curves, contrasting views on human (and economic) choices
178(7)
Part B Organizational economics and management
185(10)
How honesty can pay in business
186(2)
Game theory, again: games of trust
188(2)
Moral hazards and adverse selection
190(2)
The role of "hostages" in business
192(1)
Firm logos
192(1)
Storefronts and fixtures
193(1)
Firm profitability
193(1)
Creation of competition
193(1)
Joint ownership
194(1)
Guarantees
195(1)
Practical lessons for serious business students
195(1)
Further reading online
196(1)
Recommended video lectures
196(1)
The bottom line
196(1)
Review questions
197(2)
Book II Applications of basic economic theory 199(68)
5 Applications of the economic way of thinking: international economics
201(31)
Part A International trade theory and public policy applications
203(13)
Global economics: international trade
203(1)
Aggregate gains from trade
203(2)
The law of comparative advantage
205(3)
The distributional effects of trade
208(1)
Gains to exporters
209(1)
The effects of trade restrictions
210(1)
Special interests' politics and trade restrictions
211(1)
Protection retaliation and trade wars
212(2)
Interconnections of comparative advantage
214(1)
The Trade Authority Bill 2015
215(1)
Perspective 5 "A PETITION From the Manufacturers of Candles, ... and Generally of Everything Connected with Lighting," by Frederic Bastiat (1801-1850), Sophismes economiques, 1845
216(3)
Part B International finance
219(10)
The process of international monetary exchange
220(1)
The exchange of national currencies
221(2)
Determination of the exchange rate
223(2)
Exchange rates and changes in domestic market conditions
225(2)
Monetary and fiscal policies
227(2)
Practical lessons for serious business students
229(1)
Further reading online
229(1)
Recommended video lectures
230(1)
The bottom line
230(1)
Review questions
230(2)
6 Applications of the economic way of thinking: environmental economics
232(35)
Part A Green economics: external costs and benefits
233(15)
Competitive markets and environmental failures
234(1)
External costs
235(3)
External benefits
238(2)
The pros and cons of government action
240(1)
Methods of reducing externalities
241(4)
Choosing the most efficient remedy for reducing external costs of pollution
245(3)
Perspective 6 Why walking to work can be more polluting than driving to work
248(5)
Part B Organizational economics and management
253(10)
The consequences of "quicksilver capital" for business and government
253(2)
Capital mobility and business competitiveness
255(1)
Capital mobility and government competitiveness
255(3)
Collective agreement problems in averting global-warming Armageddon
258(5)
Practical lessons for serious business students
263(1)
Further reading online
264(1)
Recommended video lectures
264(1)
The bottom line
264(1)
Review questions
265(2)
Book III Demand and production theory 267(136)
7 Consumer choice and demand in traditional and network markets
269(41)
Part A Theory and public policy applications
270(21)
Predicting consumer demand
270(1)
Rational consumption: the concept of marginal utility
271(3)
Changes in price and the law of demand
274(2)
From individual demand to market demand
276(1)
Elasticity: consumers' responsiveness to price changes
277(5)
Applications of the concept of elasticity
282(3)
Determinants of the price elasticity of demand
285(1)
Changes in demand
286(2)
Normal and inferior goods
288(1)
Substitutes and complementary goods
289(1)
Acquisition and transactional utility
290(1)
Objections to demand theory
291(1)
Perspective 7 Common concerns relating to the law of demand
291(6)
Part B Organizational economics and management
297(9)
Pricing strategies and demand characteristics
297(6)
Scarcity, abundance, and economic value
303(1)
Software networks
303(3)
Practical lessons for serious business students
306(1)
Further reading online
307(1)
Recommended video lectures
307(1)
The bottom line
307(1)
Review questions
308(2)
8 Production costs and the theory of the firm
310(50)
Part A Theory and public policy applications
312(13)
Various cost conceptions
312(4)
The special significance of marginal cost
316(4)
The cost-benefit trade-off
320(3)
Price and marginal cost: producing to maximize profits
323(1)
From individual supply to market supply
324(1)
Perspective 8 The last-period problem
325(8)
Part B Organizational economics and management
333(22)
Production costs and firms' size and organizational structure
333(2)
Reasons for firms
335(7)
Changes in organizational costs
342(2)
Overcoming the large-numbers' Prisoner's Dilemma problems
344(2)
Make-or-buy decisions
346(4)
The value of reputation, again
350(1)
The franchise decision
351(4)
Practical lessons for serious business students
355(1)
Further reading online
356(1)
Recommended video lectures
356(1)
The bottom line
357(1)
Review questions
358(2)
9 Production costs in the short run and long run
360(43)
Part A Theory and public policy applications
362(11)
Fixed, variable, and total costs in the short run
362(1)
Marginal and average costs in the short run
363(3)
Marginal and average costs in the long run
366(2)
Long-run average and marginal cost curves
368(1)
Industry differences in average cost
368(3)
Shifts in the average and marginal cost curves
371(1)
The very long run
372(1)
Perspective 9 Myth of the first-mover advantage
373(3)
Part B Organizational economics and management
376(23)
Firms' debt/equity structures and executive incentives
376(2)
Debt and equity as alternative investment vehicles
378(2)
Past failed incentives in the S&L industry
380(3)
Industry maturity and funds misuse
383(2)
Firm maturity and indebtedness
385(1)
The bottom-line consequences of firms' financial structures
385(1)
The emergence of the housing bubble and burst of the early 2000s
386(9)
The bailout and stimulus policy debate, for and against
395(2)
Lessons learned from the housing and economic crisis?
397(2)
Practical lessons for serious business students
399(1)
Further reading online
399(1)
Recommended video lecture
399(1)
The bottom line
400(1)
Review questions
401(2)
Book IV Competitive and monopoly market structures 403(194)
10 Firm production under idealized competitive conditions
405(45)
Part A Theory and public policy applications
406(24)
Pricing and production strategies under four market structures
407(4)
The perfect competitor's production decision
411(3)
Maximizing short-run profits
414(2)
Minimizing short-run losses
416(2)
Producing over the long run
418(3)
Marginal benefit versus marginal cost
421(2)
The efficiency of perfect competition: a critique
423(3)
Price takers and price searchers
426(2)
The perfection in perfect competition?
428(2)
Perspective 10 The "innovator's dilemma"
430(6)
Part B Organizational economics and management
436(9)
Competing cost-effectively through efficient teams
436(1)
Team production
437(4)
Paying teams
441(2)
Experimental evidence on the effectiveness of team pay
443(2)
Practical lessons for serious business students
445(2)
Further reading online
447(1)
Recommended video lectures
447(1)
The bottom line
447(1)
Review questions
448(2)
11 Monopoly power and firm pricing decisions
450(52)
Part A Theory and public policy applications
452(26)
The origins of monopoly
452(2)
The limits of monopoly power
454(4)
Equating marginal cost with marginal revenue
458(3)
The comparative inefficiency of monopoly
461(2)
Monopoly profits
463(2)
Price discrimination
465(5)
Applications of monopoly theory
470(2)
The total cost of monopoly
472(3)
Durable goods monopoly
475(1)
Monopoly in government and inside firms
476(2)
Perspective 11 The QWERTY keyboard: a case of "lock-in"?
478(3)
Part B Organizational economics and management
481(12)
Profits from creative pricing
481(1)
Price discrimination in practice
481(6)
Pricing cartels
487(6)
Practical lessons for serious business students
493(1)
Further reading online
494(1)
Recommended video lectures
494(1)
The bottom line
495(1)
Review questions
496(2)
Appendix: short-run profits and losses
498(3)
The bottom line
501(1)
Review questions
501(1)
12 Firm strategy under imperfectly competitive market conditions
502(47)
Part A Theory and public policy applications
504(22)
Monopolistic competition
505(4)
Oligopoly
509(4)
Cartels: incentives to collude and to cheat
513(2)
Game theory: cartels and the Nash equilibrium
515(3)
The case of the natural monopoly
518(2)
The economics and politics of business regulation
520(6)
Perspective 12 Pedophiles and the regulation of hugging, with Kathryn Shelton
526(7)
Part B Organizational economics and management
533(11)
"Hostile" takeover as a check on managerial monopolies
533(1)
Reasons for takeovers
534(1)
The market for corporate control
534(3)
The efficiency of takeovers
537(6)
Will monopoly profits last into the very long run?
543(1)
Practical lessons for serious business students
544(2)
Further reading online
546(1)
Recommended video lectures
546(1)
The bottom line
546(1)
Review questions
547(2)
13 Competitive and monopsonistic labor markets
549(48)
Part A Theory and public policy applications
551(19)
The demand for and supply of labor
551(6)
Why wage rates differ
557(5)
Overtime pay, an unmitigated benefit for covered workers?
562(1)
Monopsonistic labor markets
563(5)
Employer cartels: monopsony power through collusion
568(1)
Monopsony and the minimum wage
569(1)
Perspective 13 Why professors have tenure and businesspeople don't
570(8)
Part B Organizational economics and management
578(14)
Paying for performance
578(8)
When managers can change the rate of piece-rate pay
586(1)
Two-part pay systems
587(1)
Why incentive pay equals higher pay
588(3)
One-time bonuses versus annual raises
591(1)
Practical lessons for serious business students
592(1)
Further reading online
593(1)
Recommended video lectures
593(1)
The bottom line
594(1)
Review questions
595(2)
Book V Behavioral economics: a challenge to conventional microeconomics 597(79)
14 Challenges of behavioral economists
599(33)
Part A The overall dimensions of the behavioral challenge
600(19)
Prospect theory
604(5)
Dominance and invariance
609(2)
Mental accounting
611(2)
Endowment effect
613(3)
Acquisition and transaction utility
616(1)
The matter of sunk costs
617(2)
Perspective 14 Neuroeconomics, by Paul J. Zak
619(1)
Part B Behavioral finance
620(9)
The efficient-market hypothesis, again
620(1)
Behaviorists' objections to conventional finance theory
621(8)
Further reading online
629(1)
The bottom line
629(1)
Review questions
630(2)
15 Problems with behavioral economics
632(44)
Part A Concerns with basic principles of behavioral economics
633(23)
The perfect rationality caricature
633(7)
Reliance on constrained laboratory studies
640(2)
The human brain's internal inclination to correct errant decisions
642(3)
Ecologically adaptive environments
645(1)
Subjects' overall rationality
646(4)
Errant decisions, entrepreneurs, and market pressures
650(5)
The rational emergence of choice options
655(1)
Perspective 15 NBC's anchor Brian Williams' fall from grace, "false memory," and incentives
656(5)
Part B "Nudges" and their problems
661(12)
Proposed nudges
661(5)
Problems with nudges
666(4)
From nudges to mandates: the slippery slope
670(3)
Further reading online
673(1)
Recommended video lecture
673(1)
The bottom line
673(2)
Review questions
675(1)
Bibliography 676(31)
Index 707
Richard B. McKenzie is the Walter B. Gerken Professor of Enterprise and Society Emeritus in the Paul Merage School of Business at the University of California, Irvine. Dwight R. Lee is a Professor Emeritus at the University of Georgia and Scholar in Residence in the William J. O'Neil Center for Global Markets and Freedom at Southern Methodist University.