Agricultural economics and management /

By: Casavant, KenContributor(s): Infanger, Craig L | Bridges, Deborah EMaterial type: TextTextPublication details: Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Prentice Hall, c1999Description: xii, 434 p. : illISBN: 9780136601845; 0136601847Subject(s): Agriculture | Farm managementDDC classification: 630.68
Contents:
Ch. 1. Management, Economics, and Decision Making: An Introduction -- Ch. 2. Physical Production Relationships -- Ch. 3. Cost Relationships in Production -- Ch. 4. Management Decisions: How Much to Produce? -- Ch. 5. Management Decisions: How to Produce? -- Ch. 6. Management Decisions: What to Produce? -- Ch. 7. Utility Maximization and Consumer Demand Theory -- Ch. 8. Supply and Demand (As Decision-Making Tools) -- Ch. 9. Market Price Determination -- Ch. 10. Competitive Decision Making -- Ch. 11. Noncompetitive Decision Making -- Ch. 12. Time, Risk, and Uncertainy in Management Decisions -- Ch. 13. Marketing Activities and Management Decisions -- Ch. 14. Government in Agriculture: Impacts on Decisions.
Summary: Utilizing a practical, applied approach to economic analysis, Agricultural Economics and Management is divided into three parts in a systematic presentation of concepts and tools, applications, and the new management environment. The text draws heavily from basic microeconomics theory and emphasizes the changing business, political, and social environments, including those international in nature.
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Includes index.

Ch. 1. Management, Economics, and Decision Making: An Introduction --
Ch. 2. Physical Production Relationships --
Ch. 3. Cost Relationships in Production --
Ch. 4. Management Decisions: How Much to Produce? --
Ch. 5. Management Decisions: How to Produce? --
Ch. 6. Management Decisions: What to Produce? --
Ch. 7. Utility Maximization and Consumer Demand Theory --
Ch. 8. Supply and Demand (As Decision-Making Tools) --
Ch. 9. Market Price Determination --
Ch. 10. Competitive Decision Making --
Ch. 11. Noncompetitive Decision Making --
Ch. 12. Time, Risk, and Uncertainy in Management Decisions --
Ch. 13. Marketing Activities and Management Decisions --
Ch. 14. Government in Agriculture: Impacts on Decisions.

Utilizing a practical, applied approach to economic analysis, Agricultural Economics and Management is divided into three parts in a systematic presentation of concepts and tools, applications, and the new management environment. The text draws heavily from basic microeconomics theory and emphasizes the changing business, political, and social environments, including those international in nature.

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