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AKTU MBA NOTES

KMB102/KMBN102 Managerial Economics

UNIT 1 (Basic Concepts and Principles)

Definition and Nature of Economics

Scope of Economics

Micro Economics and Macro Economics

Managerial Economics and its Relevance in Business Decisions

Fundamental Principles of Managerial Economics: Incremental Principle, Marginal Principle, Opportunity Cost Principle, Discounting Principle, Concept of Time Perspective

Equi-Marginal Principle

Utility Analysis

Cardinal Utility and Ordinal Utility

UNIT 2 (Demand and Supply Analysis)

Theory of Demand

Types of Demand

Determinants of Demand

Demand Schedule

Demand Curve

Law of Demand

Exceptions to the Law of Demand

Shift in Demand Curve

Elasticity of Demand and its Measurement: Price Elasticity, Income Elasticity, Arc Elasticity, Cross Elasticity of Demand, Advertising Elasticity of Demand

Uses of Elasticity of Demand for Managerial Decision Making

Demand Forecasting: Significance and Methods

Supply Elasticity: Analysis and its uses for managerial decision making

Price of a Product under Demand and Supply Forces

UNIT 3 (Production and cost Analysis)

Product concepts and Analysis

Production Function and It’s Types

Laws of Production

Laws of Diminishing Returns

Laws of Returns to Scale

Cost Concept and Analysis: Costs, Types of costs

Cost output Relationship in the short-run

Cost output Relationship in the Long-run

Estimation of Revenue

Average Revenue

Marginal Revenue

UNIT 4 (Market structures)

Perfect and Imperfect Market Structures

Perfect Competition, Features, Determination of Price under Perfect Competition

Monopoly, Features, Pricing under Monopoly

Price Discrimination

Monopolistic: Features, Pricing under Monopolistic Competition

Production Differentiation

Oligopoly: Features

Kinked Demand Curve

Cartels

Price Leadership

UNIT 5 (National Income)

National Income Concepts

Various Methods of Measurement of National Income

Circular flows in 2 Sector, 3 Sector, 4 Sector economics

Inflation: Types and Causes

Business Cycle and its Phases