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What is “Economics”?
BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
DECISION PROBLEMS
MANAGERIAL ECONOMICS :
INTEGRATION OF ECONOMIC
THEORY AND
METHODOLOGY WITH TOOLS
AND TECHNICS BORROWED
FROM OTHER DECIPLINES
OPTIMAL SOLUTIONS TO
BUSINESS PROBLEMS
Introduction to Managerial Economics -- Prof. V. Chandra Sekhara Rao
Consumer’s equilibrium :
Cardinal Utility:
Giffens paradox
Thorsten Veblen's “ Doctrine of conspicuous consumption
Price expectations
Introduction to Managerial Economics -- Prof. V. Chandra Sekhara Rao
Price Elasticity :
Measurement of elasticity :
Point and Arc elasticity
Elasticity when demand is linear
Determinants of elasticity :
(1) Number and closeness of its substitutes,
(2) the commodity’s importance in buyers’ budgets,
(3) the number of its uses.
Other Elasticity Concepts
Income elasticity
Cross elasticity
Introduction to Managerial Economics -- Prof. V. Chandra Sekhara Rao
2. Theory of production :
Input – Output relation
Cost function :
Short run cost functions
Fixed Cost
Variable Cost
AFC
AVC
AC
MC
Long run cost functions
LAC
LMC
Introduction to Managerial Economics -- Prof. V. Chandra Sekhara Rao
5. Profit Management :
Concept of Profit
Profit Theories
Cost-volume-profit Analysis
6. Investment Decisions: