Managerial Economics

Catalog description

This course examines market behavior and focuses on the actions and reactions of business firms and consumers in a variety of market environments. Different market structures are analyzed, including perfect competition, monopoly and oligopoly. The main objectives of the course are: (i) To master the basic tools of microeconomics: supply and demand, consumer and producer theories, and market structure analysis, (ii) to introduce the analytical foundations for managerial decision-making and the formulation of a firm's competitive strategy, and (iii) to provide a framework for analyzing the role of government in a market economy. This course is for Daytime MBA and Accelerated Daytime MBA students.