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Managerial Economics, 8e

William F. Samuelson ● Stephen G. Marks

Optimal Decisions Using Marginal Analysis


Government and business leaders
should pursue the path to new
programs and policies the way a
climber ascends a formidable
mountain or the way a soldier makes
his way through a mine field: with
very small and very careful steps.

~Anonymous

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Conflict in Fast-Food Franchising

The rapid growth in franchising during the last three


decades can be explained in large part by the mutual
benefits the franchising partners receive.

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A Microchip Manufacturer

Revenue

Cost

Profit

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Marginal Revenue

A Simplifying Fact: Given P = a – bQ,


Then MR = a – 2bQ.

Marginal Cost

Profit Maximization Revisited

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Asking What If

Increased Overhead

Increased Material Costs

Increased Demand

Responding to Exchange Rate


Changes
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Calculus and Optimization Techniques
Maximizing Profit

Marginal Analysis

Differential Calculus

The Second Derivative

MR and MC

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Maximizing Multivariable Functions

Price and Advertising

Constrained Optimization

A Supply Commitment

Profits from Multiple Markets

The Method of Lagrange Multipliers

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