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Managerial Economics for the Service Industries
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In this article, the authors discuss the role and importance of the service industry in terms of the functions and limits of the market, and the costs in the service industries in their strategic context.Abstract:
Size and importance of the service industries The functions and limits of the market Demand - introduction: market and firm's demand The firm, why it exists its goals Costs in the service industries The investment decision Costs in their strategic context Monopolistic competition Oligopoly The regulation of oligopoly Deregulation and competition in the transport industries Health services and the market for healthread more
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