CHRISTOPHER R THOMAS,
University of South Florida S CHARLES MAURICE,
Texas A&M Univeristy
ISBN: 0070601607 Copyright year: 2005
What's New
Christopher Thomas has continued the text's tradition of continual improvement
edition to edition. The Eighth Edition boasts several improvements, including:
Text Reorganized and Streamlined: the 8th Edition is significantly
reorganized and streamlined to cover the necessary material in just 15 chapters
instead of 18 in the previous edition. No critical topic has been omitted
and students are now freer to focus on the most important topics and discussions.
Chapters 14 and 15 Combined: Former Chapters 14 and 15
are now combined into one chapter (13) so it is now possible to cover oligopoly
in one chapter. This condensed coverage allows instructors to cover the material
more completely in a shorter amount of time.
New and Expanded Topic Coverage: In response to reviewer
feedback, the Eighth Edition offers new and enhanced topic coverage: facilitating
practices in oligopoly, long-run and short-run expansion path analysis, cost-plus
pricing techniques, and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act
Many All-New Illustrations and Problems: The Eighth Edition
has 25 percent new Illustrations and a number of new or revised Technical
and Applied Problems to match new coverage and reorganization. These help
reinforce concepts in the text and prepare students for exam day.