TY - BOOK AU - Sloman,John AU - Garratt,Dean AU - Hinde,Kevin TI - Economics for business SN - 0273709089 U1 - 330 22 PY - 2010/// CY - Harrow, England, New York PB - Financial Times/Pretntice Hall KW - Business KW - Commerce KW - Economics KW - Managerial economics KW - Kinh doanh KW - Kinh tế học KW - Quản lý kinh tế KW - Thương mại N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; The business environment and business economics -- Economics and the world of business -- Business organisations -- The working of competitive markets -- Business in a market environment -- Demand and the consumer -- Demand and the firm -- Products, marketing and advertising -- Costs of production -- Revenue and profit -- Profit maximisation under perfect competition and monopoly -- Profit maximisation under imperfect competition -- An introduction to business strategy -- Alternative theories of the firm -- Growth strategy -- The small-firm sector -- Pricing strategy -- Labour markets, wages, and industrial relations -- Investment and the employment of capital -- Reasons for government intervention in the market -- Government and the firm -- Government and the market -- Globalisation and multinational business -- International trade -- Trading blocs -- The macroeconomic environment of business -- The balance of payments and exchange rates -- Banking, money and interest rates -- Business activity, employment and inflation -- Demand-side policy -- Supply-side policy -- International economic policy ER -