TY - BOOK AU - Ferguson, Paul R AU - TI - Business economics : : the application of economic theory SN - 0333542460 U1 - 330.1 FER PY - 1995/// CY - Houndmills PB - Macmillan, KW - Managerial economics KW - Microeconomics KW - Economics KW - Business mathematics N1 - Includes references; Introduction - Firms and Markets - The Organisation of the Firm - Operations and Costs - The Costs of Support Activities - Cost Identification - Financial Control - Investment - Demand - Competition and Monopoly - Oligopoly - Corporate Strategy - Government and the Firm - Competition Policy - The Natural Environment - Case Study: The Airline Industry - Appendices: Ethical Considerations - Regression - Empirical Cost Functions - Investment Appraisal and the Preferences of Shareholders - The Cost of Capital ER -