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Managerial Economics and Organizational Architecture

ISBN: 9780073523019 | 0073523011

Edition: 4th
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Irwin
Pub. Date: 5/9/2006

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Summary Table of Contents

With two distinct objectives, this text' s approach to managerial economics takes models from recent economics research and applies the research to the internal structure of a firm. After teaching basic applied economics, the authors look inside the firm and apply this analysis to management decision making. Authors Brickley, Smith, and Zimmerman contend that organizational architecture consists of three aspects of corporate organization: the assignment of decision rights within the company; methods of rewarding individuals; the structure of sy... MORE

Part 1: Basic Concepts

Chapter 1 Introduction

Chapter 2 Economists View of Behavior

Chapter 3 Markets, Organizations, and the Role of Knowledge

Part 2: Managerial Economics

Chapter 4 Demand

Chapter 5 Production and Cost

Chapter 6 Market Structure

Chapter 7 Pricing with Market Power

Chapter 8 Economics of Strategy: Creating and Capturing Value

Chapter 9 Economics of Strategy: Game Theory

Chapter 10 Incentive Conflicts... MORE and Contracts

Part 3: Designing Organizational Architecture

Chapter 11 Organizational Architecture

Chapter 12 Decision Rights: The Level of Empowerment

Chapter 13 Decision Rights: Bundling Tasks into Jobs and Subunits

Chapter 14 Attracting and Retaining Qualified Employees

Chapter 15 Incentive Compensation

Chapter 16 Individual Performance Evaluation

Chapter 17 Divisional Performance Evaluation

Capstone Case Study on Organizational Architecture: Arthur Anderson LLP

Part 4: Applications of Organizational Architecture

Chapter 18 Corporate Governance

Chapter 19 Vertical Integration and Outsourcing

Chapter 20 Leadership: Motivating Change within Organizations

Chapter 21 Understanding the Business Environment: The Economics of Regulation

Chapter 22 Ethics and Organizational Architecture

Chapter 23 Organizational Architecture and the Process of Management Innovation