ABSTRACT

Now in its sixth edition, Ivan Png's Managerial Economics has been extensively revised with

  • an introductory chapter emphasizing decision-making and behavioral biases,
  • intensive application to current business and economic issues including technology, globalization, and pandemics,
  • a closing chapter highlighting business responses to climate change,
  • a streamlined presentation focusing on the economics that managers need to know.

As always, the text presents the key concepts of microeconomics intuitively, without sophisticated mathematics. Throughout, it emphasizes actual management applications.

The new sixth edition is updated with fresh up-to-date vignettes and discussion questions from all over the world and enhanced with detailed instructor supplements. It is an ideal text for any course focusing on the practical application of microeconomic principles to management.

The book provides truly useful economics for managers. In the words of one professor, "I can use your book for serious conversation with adult students."

chapter Chapter 1|18 pages

Introduction to managerial economics

part I|101 pages

Competitive markets

chapter Chapter 2|24 pages

Demand

chapter Chapter 3|21 pages

Elasticity

chapter Chapter 4|27 pages

Supply

chapter Chapter 5|25 pages

Market equilibrium

part II|101 pages

Market power

chapter Chapter 6|24 pages

Costs

chapter Chapter 7|25 pages

Monopoly

chapter Chapter 8|24 pages

Pricing

chapter Chapter 9|25 pages

Strategic thinking

part III|94 pages

Imperfect markets

chapter Chapter 10|22 pages

Externalities

chapter Chapter 11|22 pages

Asymmetric information

chapter Chapter 12|23 pages

Incentives and organization

chapter Chapter 13|24 pages

Regulation