Applied economics /

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Changes i-n the economic structure -- Theory of the firm -- Financial reports as a source of corporate information -- Firm objectives and firm behaviour -- Entrepreneurship and small/medium-sized enterprises (SMES) -- Mergers and acquisitions in the rowth of the firm -- Oligopoly -- The multinational corporation -- Privatization and deregulation -- Beyond markets : critical approaches to microeconomics -- Environmental, regional and social economics -- The economics of the environment -- Transport -- Health economics -- Distribution of income and wealth -- Trade unions, wages, and collective bargaining -- Corporate social and ethical responsibility -- Macroeconomics -- Consumption and saving -- Investment -- Public expenditure -- Taxation -- Money and monetary policy -- Financial institutions and markets -- Inflation -- Unemployment -- International economics -- Globalization -- Exchange rates and trade performance -- Free trade, regional trading blocs, and protectionism -- The European Union -- The bric economies : Brazil, Russia, India, and China -- Growth and development -- Managing the global economy : post +credit crunch+ -- A guide to sources.