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Economics for Business John Sloman

Economics for Business By John Sloman

Economics for Business by John Sloman

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Engage your students with core economic principles and demonstrate how they apply to real-life businesses.

Economics for Business, 9th edition, is the ideal textbook for business students taking an introductory course in economics. Clear, engaging, and packed with useful features, it introduces the key principles of economics in a business context.

Economics for Business Summary

Economics for Business by John Sloman

Develop an understanding of economics applied to the world of business.

Economics for Business, 9th Edition is the ideal textbook for students studying Economics as part of a Business Studies degree or diploma. Clear, engaging, and packed with useful features, the text introduces the key principles of economics, illustrating how they can be used to understand real business problems and aspects of the business environment.

The new, thoroughly updated edition reflects recent events that have shaken the business world. These include the Covid-19 pandemic, Brexit, and rampant inflation caused first by supply-chain problems after global lockdowns and then by the surge in energy and food prices following the invasion of Ukraine.

Each chapter includes topical examples, news stories, and case studies from real businesses to explain and illustrate key economic concepts, as well as activities, questions, and useful summaries to help you check your understanding.

Access the free student website which accompanies this book for additional learning support, including animated explainers of key economic models, extra case studies and answers to in-text questions.

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About John Sloman

John Sloman was Director of the Economics Network from its foundation in 1999 until 2012. He is now Visiting Fellow at the University of Bristol where the Network is based, as well as Visiting Professor at the University of the West of England, Bristol.

Dean Garratt is a Senior Teaching Fellow at Aston Business School and an Associate of the Economics Network. Dean was also an academic assessor for the Government Economic Service and a tutor on HM Treasury's Graduate Development Programme.

Jon Guest is a National Teaching Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and a Senior Teaching Fellow at Aston Business School. Jon is also a Senior Associate of the Economics Network, a Teaching Associate at Warwick Business School and an Academic Assessor for the Government Economic Service.

Elizabeth Jones is a Professor of Economics and Director of Undergraduate Studies in the Department of Economics at the University of Warwick. Elizabeth is also a lecturer on HM Treasury's Graduate Development Programme and teaches Economics for non-economists courses across various government departments.

Discover more on our Sloman Economics news site.

Table of Contents

About the authors Preface Publisher's acknowledgements Part A BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS
  1. The business environment and business economics
  2. Economics and the world of business
  3. Business organisations
Part B BUSINESS AND MARKETS
  1. The working of competitive markets
  2. Business in a market environment
Part C BACKGROUND TO DEMAND
  1. Demand and the consumer
  2. Behavioural economics of the consumer
  3. Firms and the consumer
Part D BACKGROUND TO SUPPLY
  1. Costs of production
  2. Revenue and profit
Part E SUPPLY: SHORT-RUN DECISION MAKING BY FIRMS
  1. Profit maximisation under perfect competition and monopoly
  2. Profit maximisation under imperfect competition
  3. Alternative theories of the firm
Part F SUPPLY: ALTERNATIVE STRATEGIES
  1. An introduction to business strategy
  2. Growth strategy
  3. The small-firm sector
  4. Pricing strategy
Part G THE FIRM IN THE FACTOR MARKET
  1. Labour markets, wages and industrial relations
  2. Investment and the employment of capital
Part H THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN GOVERNMENT AND BUSINESS
  1. Reasons for government intervention in the market
  2. Government and the firm
  3. Government and the market
Part I BUSINESS IN THE INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENT
  1. Globalisation and multinational business
  2. International trade
  3. Trading blocs
Part J THE MACROECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT
  1. The macroeconomic environment of business
  2. The balance of payments and exchange rates
  3. The financial system, money and interest rates
  4. Business activity, unemployment and inflation
Part K MACROECONOMIC POLICY
  1. Demand-side policy
  2. Supply-side policy
  3. International economic policy
Web appendix Key ideas Glossary Index

Additional information

GOR013644399
9781292440118
1292440112
Economics for Business by John Sloman
John Sloman
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Pearson Education Limited
2023-03-13
768
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