Business Economics Author:David Brewster This is a short introductory text providing a comprehensive account of how economics explains and analyses the functions and operations of firms in a modern industrial society. It discusses the concepts needed to understand the behaviour of firms. The text is concerned essentially with the decision-making processes of firms - it discusses the na... more »ture of their decisions, what determines them and their effects. Comparisons are made wherever possible between the behaviour and policies of companies in the UK and the activities of similar firms in the rest of Europe, the US and Japan. This text is a more practical option to Moschandreas, which is very theoretical.« less