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Informationen zum Autor Barry P. Keating teaches Non-profit Management, Managerial Economics, and Forecasting to undergraduate and graduate classes at the University of Notre Dame. He conducts business forecasting seminars internationally for corporate professionals. He is also a Heritage Foundation Salvatori Fellow. Maryann O. Keating teaches Principles of Economics, Graduate Survey of Economics, and Public Finance at Indiana University South Bend. They have three adult children and live in South Bend, Indiana. Klappentext Microeconomics for Public Managers presents a rigorous non-mathematical introduction to the study of microeconomics for managers of non-profit institutions. This unique text is designed for students who intend to work at philanthropic organizations, universities, various levels of government, and other non-profit entities. Topics covered in this text are selected specifically for their relevance to the non-profit sector. This enables the key issues to be covered in greater depth than standard microeconomics textbooks and appropriate case studies and cost-benefit analysis to be extensively utilized. With problem sets and end-of-chapter questions, this textbook provides a pertinent and accessible introduction for students. Zusammenfassung Nonprofit firms and public institutions are both like and unlike private for-profit firms; this book concentrates on using economic analysis to understand the ways in which NFP enterprises make decisions about which goods and services to provide! how they allocate resources to provide them! and how they decide to whom they should be made available. Inhaltsverzeichnis Organizational Alternatives Part I: Institutional Setting Chapter 1. Managerial Economics in Public and Nonprofit Administration: An Overview Chapter 2. Characteristics of the Government and Private Nonprofit Sectors Part II: Consumer Theory and Public Goods Chapter 3. Demand and Supply Chapter 4. Estimating Client Choice Chapter 5. Market Failure and Public Choice Part III: Production Theory and Public Administration Chapter 6. Production and Costs Chapter 7. Market Structure in Government and Nonprofit Industries Chapter 8. Selecting the Right Niche and Setting Client Fees Chapter 9. Strategic Goals: If Not Profit! What? Part IV: Input Markets and Cost-Benefit Analysis Chapter 10. Employing Labor and Capital Chapter 11. Cost-Benefit Analysis Index ...
