Economics and Business Environment

✍ Scribed by Ad J. Marijs; Wim Hulleman

• Publisher: Noordhoff Uitgevers
• Year: 2018
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 392
• Edition: 5
• Category: Library

✦ Table of Contents

Cover
Title Page
Copyright Page
Preface
Table of contents
Study guide
1 Economics and the business environment
1.1 Economic activity and economics
1.2 Business environment
1.3 Absolute and relative data
Glossary
Part 1 The company in the business sector
2 Markets
2.1 Market, product and the business sector
2.2 Demand
2.3 Supply
2.4 Market price
Glossary
3 Competition
3.1 Intensity of competition and competitiveness
3.2 The structure of the market
3.3 Business conduct and business results (performance)
3.4 The product’s life cycle and industry structure
3.5 Porter’s diamond
Glossary
Part 2 The macroeconomic environment of companies
4 Producing
4.1 Prosperity
4.2 Added value
4.3 Production factors
4.4 The structure of the European economy
Glossary
5 Expenditure
5.1 Consumption
5.2 Investments
5.3 Government expenditure
5.4 Foreign expenditure
5.5 The circular flow of income
Glossary
6 The business cycle and policy
6.1 The business cycle
6.2 Inflation
6.3 The government
6.4 Macroeconomic basis statistics
6.5 Industry and the business cycle
Glossary
Part 3 The monetary environment of companies
7 Money
7.1 The functions of money
7.2 Money supply
7.3 Demand for money
7.4 Monetary policy
Glossary
8 Money and capital markets
8.1 Functions and classification of the money and capital markets
8.2 The money market
8.3 The capital market
8.4 The interest rate structure
8.5 Interest rate risk
Glossary
Part 4 The international environment of companies
9 International economic relations
9.1 International economic trends
9.2 The theory of comparative costs
9.3 Free trade and protectionism
9.4 The balance of payments
9.5 International cooperation
Glossary
10 The foreign exchange market
10.1 Characteristics of the foreign exchange market
10.2 Spot exchange rate
10.3 Exchange rate systems
10.4 Exchange rate policy in the European Union
10.5 Forward exchange rate
10.6 Exchange rate risk
Glossary
11 Country selection and country risk
11.1 Country selection
11.2 Country risk
Glossary
Appendix Questionnaire for the analysis of a foreign market
Answers to Test questions
Credits
Index