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If you ask an addict why he takes drugs, he is likely to say that he likes, or enjoys them. To someone who has witnessed an addict's behavior that may seem astounding, even impossible, but it's true. In The Essentials of Chemical Dependency, the McAuliffes have examined and isolated the essential factors of addiction-those characteristics which all addictive behaviors have in common. The most amazing characteristic of all is that addiction is a love relationship. Robert and Mary McAuliffe have defined it this way: "Chemical dependency is essentially a committed pathological love relationship...

This new edition of The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Management: Managerial Economics, has been expanded to include new entries alongside the standard terms and concepts in managerial economics.

• Features new entries on the internet, (lock-in, network externalities);
  
• Explores the European Union and its implications for competition policy and merger policy;
  
• Analyses the Microsoft antitrust case, and market microstructure;
  
• Provides a reliable, comprehensive and valuable resource for business practitioners, students,...

The Blackwell Encyclopedic Dictionary of Managerial Economics provides clear, concise, up to the minute and highly informative definitions and explanations covering the whole field of managerial economics. Bringing together specially commissioned and carefully edited entries from an international team, this will become the standard reference for students, researchers, academics and practitioners.