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Foundations of Business Economics redresses this imbalance by focusing on real-life business situations.  \nThe book provides a readable explanation of microeconomic analysis in terms of real business practice. The author looks at the various issues involved, including: the economic way of thinking; the business environment; product markets; factor markets; and general equilibrium. The underlying theme is the way in which markets link together interdependent economic activities, so the discussion begins in an individual bookshop and ends with general equilibrium models of the entire economic system. On the way, attention is paid to markets facing and resolving problems of information.  \nThe book is largely free of mathematics and technical detail and is therefore easily accessible. It will be particularly valuable to those students who are primarily interested in the human side of industry and economic specialists feeling the need to come down to earth from the austere heights of pure theory.  \nHarry Townsend is Emeritus Professor of Economics at Lancaster University. He helped organise the Edwards Seminars in Industrial Administration and has played a key role in establishing business economics as a subject.  \nFOUNDATIONS OF BUSINESS ECONOMICS  \nMarkets and Prices  \nHarry Townsend  \nLondon and New York  \nFirst published 1995  \nby Routledge  \n11 New Fetter Lane, London EC4P 4EE This edition published in the Taylor & Francis e-Library, 2002. Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada by Routledge  \n29 West 35th Street, New York, NY 10001 © 1995 Harry Townsend  \nAll rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilized in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers.  \nBritish Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library  \nLibrary of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book has been requested  \nISBN 0-415-12073-x (hbk)  \nISBN 0-415-12074-8 (pbk) ISBN 0-203-01878-8 Master e-book ISBN ISBN 0-203-20645-2 (Glassbook Format)  \nCONTENTS  \nList of figures viii  \nList of tables x  \nPreface xi  \nPart I Introduction  \n1 THE ECONOMIC WAY OF THINKING 3  \nIntroduction 3  \nSubstituting inputs in production 5  \nSubstituting one product for another 7  \nOpportunity cost 10  \nEconomic cost and accounting cost 13  \nSummary 16  \nMemo 17  \nPart II The business environment  \n2 FIRMS, MARKETS AND INDUSTRIES 21  \nFirms 21  \nMarkets 24  \nIndustries 28  \nSummary 30  \n3 AIMS OF BUSINESS 31  \nIntroduction 31  \nThe meaning of profit maximisation 32  \nForms of organisation 34  \nPressures for profit maximisation 43  \nSummary 45  \nCONTENTS  \nPart III Product markets  \n4 THREE MEANINGS OF COMPETITION 49  \nCompetitive activity 49  \nCompetition as a social process 54  \nCompetitive market structures 55  \nSummary 58  \n5 PURE COMPETITION, PERFECT COMPETITION AND EFFICIENT MARKETS 59  \nIntroduction 59  \nShort-run adjustments and quasi-rents 60  \nLong-run equilibria: supply and economic rent 63  \nPure competition and the London cab trade 68  \nEfficient markets: the Turf and the Stock  \nExchange 72  \nSummary 77  \n6 MONOPOLY AND ECONOMIC WELFARE 79  \nIntroduction 79  \nMonopoly equilibrium 80  \nMonopoly and economic welfare 83  \nPrice discrimination 88  \nSummary 94  \n7 OLIGOPOLY: INTERDEPENDENT DECISIONS 96  \nIntroduction 96  \nSome early theories 97  \nGame theory 100  \nTacit collusion 103  \nOpen collusion: cartels 107  \nCost-plus pricing 111  \nSummary 113  \n8 MARKET PROBLEMS: INFORMATION,  \nEXTERNALITIES AND PROPERTY RIGHTS 115  \nIntroduction 115  \nThe economics of ignorance 116  \nMarkets and the environment 122  \nMarkets a","cbCairmU1NM163iw","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCairmU1NM163iw","pdf",919267,220,"English","# Contents\n## Part I Introduction\n## Part II The business environment\n## Part III Product markets\n## Part IV Factor markets\n## Part V Conclusion","[{\"question\":\"What is the main focus of Foundations of Business Economics?\",\"answer\":\"It focuses on explaining microeconomic analysis in terms of real business practice, linking interdependent market activities through practical problems.\"},{\"question\":\"Which topics are covered across product and factor markets?\",\"answer\":\"The book covers issues in product markets, factor markets, and general equilibrium, including competition, monopoly, information, externalities, and property rights.\"},{\"question\":\"Why does the book remain easy to access for students?\",\"answer\":\"It largely avoids mathematics and technical detail, making the material readable and approachable for learners interested in the human side of industry.\"}]","FOUNDATIONS OF BUSINESS ECONOMICS - 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