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Wednesday, May 20, 2009

MBA - Managerial Economics 24

The last 15 minutes of a Q&A session of the MBA Course at Prince Sultan University. The last session in a series of 24 videos, all available on Google Video.


MBA - Managerial Economics 23

Game Theory. Product differentiation; Degree of competition in the industry; Barriers to entry; Degree of competitiveness; Excess/Shortage of capacity; ease and ability to expand capacity; Market Power and sources of market power; Pricing Power; Pricing Decision; Cost, profit margins, and overall profitability; oligopoly-like behavior - price leading and price following


MBA - Managerial Economics 22

Long run cost and production. Isoquant curves. Marginal rate of technical substitution. Isocost curves. Optimal combination of inputs. Cost optimization. Expansion path. Returns to scale; economies of scale; economies of scope


MBA - Managerial Economics 21

Short-run costs. Production Function, technical efficiency, economic efficiency, short run vs. long-run, fixed and variable costs, average and marginal costs, product costs.


MBA - Managerial Economics 20

Demand estimation and forecasting. Direct methods - consumer interviews, market studies, market experiments, field studies. demand function specification - linear and log-linear functional form. Time Series Forecasts. Seasonality and Dummy Variables. General Warnings.


MBA - Managerial Economics 19

Consumer theory, consumer behavior, utility, utility maximization, basic assumptions, consumer preferences, completeness, indifference curves, indifference maps, budget lines, optimal consumption bundle.


MBA - Managerial Economics 18

Hypothesis Testing, confidence, t-test, p-values, Type I error, Type II error.


MBA - Managerial Economics 17

Continues with the basics of Regression Analysis, parameters, estimation, etc.


MBA - Managerial Economics 16

A review of elementary statistical concepts related to regression analysis.


MBA - Managerial Economics 15

Constrained Optimization. Multiple Constraints. Binding and non-binding constraints. Multiple choice variables. Corner Solutions.


MBA - Managerial Economics 14

Unconstrained Optimization. Optimal Solution. Marginal benefit and marginal cost; marginal analysis. Tangency.


MBA - Managerial Economics 13

Introduction to Optimal Decisions. Optimization, maximization, minimization; optimal solution, constrained and unconstrained optimization. Choice variables.


MBA - Managerial Economics 12

Discussion of current macroeconomic problems in Saudi Arabia, Riyal peg to the dollar, growing foreign reserves, monetary inflation and price inflation, appropriate monetary and fiscal policy, and other global economic and financial issues


MBA - Managerial Economics 11

Elasticty of demand, part 2. Income Elasticity




MBA - Managerial Economics 10

Elasticity of Demand.


MBA - Managerial Economics 09

Equilibrium - where demand meets supply


MBA - Managerial Economics 08

Supply. Factors affecting supply.


MBA - Managerial Economics 07

Demand. Factors affecting demand.


MBA - Managerial Economics 06

Answers questions about the falling prices of gold, oil, and commodities; the stability of the Swiss Franc and Japanese yen; the role of derivatives in the current financial/economic crisis.


MBA - Managerial Economics 05

Covers the second half of the first chapter of the textbook "Managerial Economics" by Maurice & Thomas.


MBA - Managerial Economics 04

Covers the first half of the first chapter of the textbook "Managerial Economics" by Maurice & Thomas.


MBA - Managerial Economics 03

Lecture 3 from an MBA course in Managerial Economics.


MBA - Managerial Economics 02

Lecture 2 of MBA course in Managerial Economics at Prince Sultan University. Discusses some fallacies and myths on global issues related to the U.S dollar, US economy, gold, oil, and other important and current global economic issues.


MBA - Managerial Economics 01

MBA Course in Managerial Economics at Prince Sultan University. Lecture 1 covers introductory overview to economics - choice, economic decisions, scarcity, trade-offs, opprtunity cost, marginal analysis, efficiency, resources, utility, modeling.