http://www.amazon.com/Markets-Managers-Managerial-Economics-Finance-ebook/dp/B00MPJC5OI/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1416447199&sr=8-2&keywords=market+for+managers&pebp=1416447205183Book Description Publication Date: August 12, 2014
Offering a broad overview of the many ways in which Managerial Economics affects decision making, this book provides the key tools that managers need to think like economists. With a readable style it brings to life the major contributions in economics, and some of the most important debates. It offers readers the chance to understand how markets really work, and how they fail. Most importantly, it shows you how to utilise markets on a day to day basis.

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Editorial ReviewsFrom the Inside FlapMarkets for Managers helps managers to see markets in a new light, to appreciate how they operate, and to reflect on their results. This important resource shows not only how markets operate but why they are remarkable complishments of human interaction. Written in a highly accessible style, Markets for Managers incorporates a diverse and applied perspective in economics and deals in a comprehensive manner with micro- and macroeconomics from a global perspective. Written by Prof. Anthony J. Evans, the book brings to life the major contributions in economics, and some of the most important debates surrounding the topic. This valuable resource offers an understanding of how markets work in the real world, and includes insights on how they fail. Most importantly, Markets for Managers contains information on how managers can employ markets as a management tool – both in terms of internalising the insights into their everyday routines, and in terms of adopting processes that can be applied across the organisation. Evans shows how markets generate social prosperity and how managers can use markets – and the principles on which they rest – to generate value.The book covers the key foundations of economic analysis and shows how to apply them to specific concepts such as economic value added, price discrimination, and valuebased pricing. Markets for Managers encompasses the bigger economic picture and includes biographies of famous economists, refers to the seminal books and articles, and highlights the key moments in economic history. Evans offers examples of market failure, such as monopolies, asymmetric information and behavioural anomalies, and explains why these failures can in fact strengthen the case for markets.Managers, financial professionals, and researchers will find Markets for Managers to be a substantial yet approachable guide that fills in some of the holes, and stretches out a broad and serious look at the discipline of economics.

From the Back CoverPraise for Markets for Managers“It could redefine how politicians and senior executives understand the reality of market processes.”
—Steve Baker MP, Treasury Select Committee“Pitched at exactly the right level and covers exactly the right material to enable business executives to set themselves apart from the crowd by understanding how markets work.”
—Philip Booth, Editorial and Programme Director, Institute of Economic Affairs“Full of excellent examples and a pleasure to read.”
—Nicolai J. Foss, Professor of Strategy and Organization, Copenhagen Business School“An excellent overview of the key debates in economic theory and leaves the reader enlightened, rather than frustrated. Highly recommended.”
—Allister Heath, Deputy Editor, The Telegraph“Students will appreciate the clear and compelling examples, effective technical exposition, and useful summaries. A very effective text!”
—Peter G. Klein, University of Missouri“Evans successfully distils some of the wisdom of the wiser economists and debunks some of the more bizarre claims of other parts of the economics profession.”
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—Sam Bowman, Research Director, Adam Smith Institute“I am confident this book will become a favourite read among our current students and alumni.”
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