2 comments about Sports Economics (2nd Edition).

1. Ok, i ordered this book during class on a tuesday. When i woke up on friday morning. I went to the mail center, and it was sitting there. It shipped from California, and im in Florida. I find this to be amazing. Its like he flew it down himself to get it to me. The book was in brand new condition, as advertised.



2. The textbook was shipped quickly and was in perfect condition. The price was extremely reasonable and fair compared to others selling the same book. I would recommend this seller for future purchases as well.

5 comments about Economics, Organization and Management.

1. Bluntly, this is the best university text in economics written in the 1990s. This may also be the best university text in useful economics ever written. You will learn a great deal about getting incentives right, about corporate governance, and about the labor market for managers. Its only flaw is that it overlooks the fact that the tools it teaches, and the arguments it lays out, can be used to formulate a powerful critique of government as well as of the modern corporation.



2. This book is probably the first textbook on economics of organization. Since published in 1992, it has been widely used in classes. The main framework of the book lies in the conception of the firm as a system of incentive/coordination to allocate efficiently resources. So this book is an extension of neoclassical approach to the area of organization, though such concepts like bounded rationality and transaction cost are incorporated deeply into the architecture of the book. Unlike usual textbooks, this book has the overarching coherence with theoretical depth over various subjects like centralized/decentralized organization, moral hazard, rent, ownership, human resource management, investment, corporate governance. Such consistency is possible for its theoretical position: neoclassical approach. In that stance, the actor is motivated in its rational calculation, in other word incentive, although it¡¯s bounded in terms of information. How to organize such actor into an organization is the problem of coordination in the theory of the firm. Such an approach was widely adopted in the 1980s. But these days, resources/capabilities approach and evolutionary economics dominate the discourse on the firm. Capabilities, resources, dynamic capabilities, organizational learning, routine, tacit knowledge, knowledge creation, those are buzzwords to date. If you are to be specialized in the theory of the firm, this book should be read. But if not, I recommend Besanko, Dranove, and Shanley¡¯s ¡®Economics of Strategy¡¯. It takes trendy approach and that, it explains each subject with live examples from business world.



3. Paul Milgrom and John Roberts are big name professors at Stanford. You know they are big name because on the cover of the book their names are bigger than the title. That's sort of the definition, right?
   
   Seriously, this is a very fine book. Even though it is a dozen years old and much has happened in the theories of organization, compensation, and incentives, the information in this book remains valuable. The book has 17 chapters organized in 7 parts. They are:
   
   1)Does Organization Matter
   2)Coordination: Markets and Management
   3)Motivation: Contracts, Information, and Incentives
   4)Efficient Incentives: Contracts and Ownership
   5)Employment: Contracts, Compensation, and Careers
   6)Finance: Investments, Capital Structure, and Corporate Control
   7)The Design and Dynamics of Organization
   
   I think that presenting these business topics as topics in economics is very helpful in developing the right habits of thinking. While the book is not heavy in mathematics, it does present the relevant formulas and does not shy away from serious discussions of economics. In this way it is a very practical and applied text.
   
   While this book has been and should continue to be used in classes, I hope it gets a larger audience in the general readership interested in business and economics. It really is that interesting and well written.



4. While I really love this book (have studied it in detail from cover to cover) it tries to do too much.
   
   It covers the CAPM model for example, but doesn't go into enough detail so that a reader can really get a good grasp of the model. Also, it shies away from using proper mathematical analysis of some models (as with many other American textbooks) which will give a naive reader a false sense of security.
   
   Otherwise a great book, it's breadth and readability is excellent - would love an update sometime :)



5. The book delivered by Amazon.com looks like a photocopied book, not a printed one. Paper quality is the worst. It's totally incompatible with the US$ 140 price.
   
   It should be out-of-print or something and then Prentice-Hall found it cheaper to photocopy and bind it, rather then issuing a new edition. Amazon.com should let customers know this in advance.
   
   The book content is great as the other reviewers have said, but I'm about to see a book with worse print quality than the one Amazon sent me.
   
   I wish I have bought a used book, printed 15 years ago, for US$ 40.

3 comments about Modern Competitive Analysis.

1. An excellent MBA-level textbook introduction to the principles of competitive strategy, with clear explanations and definitions of basic concepts.  Especially good if you feel like you need a better grounding in business-level strategy.



2. Excellent textbook on competitive strategy using an economics approach. The first edition complemented my business and economics studies at grad school. Includes a chapter on regulatory (public policy) impacts on business; a topic usually missing from strategy texts. Shows how a 'bill becomes a law' from the business/market perspective !



3. Excellent introduction to the field. Will get your basics sound. Worth every penny I spent on the book.
   
   Just buy it!

No comments about Microeconomics (6th Edition).

1 comments about Microeconomics Study Guide.

1. The service was amazingly fast and the book was in great shape. I really recommend this seller!!!!!

No comments about Principles of Microeconomics.

No comments about Principles of Microeconomics.

3 comments about Microeconomics + DiscoverEcon Online with Paul Solman Videos.

1. McConnell's approach is very comprehensive. The application of economic models is very useful for instruction to Filipino undergraduate students of economics courses.



2. This book is clear and easy to use, though at times the examples were not very beneficial. It also did not seem as though there were a clear order to the ideas presented in each chapter.
   
   I did, however, gain a relatively thourough knowledge of microeconomics from using this book and overall I found the chapters easy to read and understand.
   
   I cannot comment on the DiscoverEcon Online or the videos as I did not have enough time in order to explore either of these additional resources.



3. I ordered my book like a week before school started. The seller never send it to me. They did refund me, but i was mad cause i wasted all that time thinking she was actually going to send it.

1 comments about Principles of Microeconomics + DiscoverEcon code card.

1. i needed this book for class. its easy to read. incase you're self-daignosed ADD like me, there are comics on each page to keep you interested. the book is one of my fav's

1 comments about Handbook of Entrepreneurship Research: An Interdisciplinary Survey and Introduction (International Handbook Series on Entrepreneurship).

1. I'm a doctoral student doing a dissertation on entrepreneurship and could finally afford the paperback version. I would have liked to have this book in my entrepreneurship seminar as it gives you a good grip on entrepreneurship subjects and a very thorough list of references to start from.
   It's a book to have on your bookshelves if you have any interest in entrepreneurship(along with the Cambridge one which is unfortunately way too expensive for now).