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Economic Analysis for Management

By Prof. Vinay Ramani   |   IIT Kanpur
Learners enrolled: 1989   |  Exam registration: 270
ABOUT THE COURSE:

Economic Analysis for Management is a course which focuses on application of microeconomics to business. Microeconomics is the branch of economics which studies individual (consumer or producer) behaviour when faced with a set of constraints. As a manager in a firm, you will have to take decisions on how much of a good to produce, which product lines to keep in operation, what technology to use in producing the good, how much of various inputs to use in producing the good, and crucially, what price to charge for the good. The various models that we will develop in this course will make an attempt to answer the above mentioned decision problems, and will also facilitate in evaluating price intervention policies. We will approach this subject from both a theoretical and applied perspective.

INTENDED AUDIENCE: MBA/MSc (Economics)/MCom

INDUSTRY SUPPORT: Manufacturing, Services, Consulting
Summary
Course Status : Ongoing
Course Type : Core
Language for course content : English
Duration : 12 weeks
Category :
  • Management Studies
  • Economics
  • Economics & Finance
Credit Points : 3
Level : Postgraduate
Start Date : 19 Jan 2026
End Date : 10 Apr 2026
Enrollment Ends : 02 Feb 2026
Exam Registration Ends : 20 Feb 2026
Exam Date : 26 Apr 2026 IST
NCrF Level   : 4.5 — 8.0

Note: This exam date is subject to change based on seat availability. You can check final exam date on your hall ticket.


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Course layout

Week 1:  Introduction to Microeconomics for Managers, Fundamentals of Demand and Supply, Market Equilibrium, Factors affecting Demand and Supply, Comparative Statics

Week 2: Price Elasticity of Demand, Elasticity and Revenue Maximization, Marginal Analysis I

Week 3: Marginal Analysis II

Week 4: Theory of Consumer Behavior I – Preferences, Utility, Indifference Curves, Marginal Rate of Substitution, Budget Constraint

Week 5: Theory of Consumer Behavior II – Optimal Choice, Market Demand curve, Income Effect and Substitution Effect, Two applications of the theory of consumer behavior

Week 6: Producer Theory I – Inputs and Production Function, Law of Diminishing Returns, Marginal Rate of Technical Substitution, Returns to Scale

Week 7: Producer Theory II – Cost Minimization in the Long Run and Short Run, Input Demand curves

Week 8: Producer Theory III – Cost Curves in the Short Run and Long Run, Economies of Scale

Week 9: Market Structure I – Perfect Competition; Short Run supply curve, Long Run supply curve

Week 10: Welfare Analysis in competitive markets

Week 11: Market Structure II – Monopoly and its Regulation, Natural Monopoly, Regulating a natural monopoly

Week 12: Capturing surplus – different types of price discrimination

Books and references

  1. Besanko, D., & Braeutigam, R. (2020). Microeconomics. John Wiley & Sons.
  2. Pindyck, R. S., & Rubinfeld, D. L. (2013). Microeconomics 8th ed.(8th).

Instructor bio

Prof. Vinay Ramani

IIT Kanpur
Prof. Vinay Ramani is an Associate Professor in the Department of Management Sciences at IIT Kanpur. He obtained his doctoral degree in Economics from the University at Buffalo, The State University of New York. His areas of interest include Industrial Organization, Applied Game Theory, Economics-Operations Management interface, and Pricing Strategy.

Course certificate

The course is free to enroll and learn from. But if you want a certificate, you have to register and write the proctored exam conducted by us in person at any of the designated exam centres.
The exam is optional for a fee of Rs 1000/- (Rupees one thousand only).
Date and Time of Exams: April 26, 2026 Morning session 9am to 12 noon; Afternoon Session 2pm to 5pm.
Registration url: Announcements will be made when the registration form is open for registrations.
The online registration form has to be filled and the certification exam fee needs to be paid. More details will be made available when the exam registration form is published. If there are any changes, it will be mentioned then.
Please check the form for more details on the cities where the exams will be held, the conditions you agree to when you fill the form etc.

CRITERIA TO GET A CERTIFICATE

Average assignment score = 25% of average of best 8 assignments out of the total 12 assignments given in the course.
Exam score = 75% of the proctored certification exam score out of 100

Final score = Average assignment score + Exam score

Please note that assignments encompass all types (including quizzes, programming tasks, and essay submissions) available in the specific week.

YOU WILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR A CERTIFICATE ONLY IF AVERAGE ASSIGNMENT SCORE >=10/25 AND EXAM SCORE >= 30/75. If one of the 2 criteria is not met, you will not get the certificate even if the Final score >= 40/100.

Certificate will have your name, photograph and the score in the final exam with the breakup.It will have the logos of NPTEL and IIT Kanpur. It will be e-verifiable at nptel.ac.in/noc.

Only the e-certificate will be made available. Hard copies will not be dispatched.

Once again, thanks for your interest in our online courses and certification. Happy learning.

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