University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Managerial Economics and Business Analysis Specialization
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Managerial Economics and Business Analysis Specialization

Unravel Economics to Drive Business Decisions. Learners will be able to use economic logic and statistical analysis to make complex decisions that consider microeconomic factors, macroeconomic indicators, and central bank policies to obtain a competitive advantage in their professional practices and personal lives.

Fataneh Taghaboni-Dutta, Ph.D., PMP, CSM, CSPO
Larry DeBrock
Rustom Manouchehri Irani

Instructors: Fataneh Taghaboni-Dutta, Ph.D., PMP, CSM, CSPO

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Specialization - 6 course series

Firm Level Economics: Consumer and Producer Behavior

Course 117 hours4.8 (2,431 ratings)

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Category: Statistical Inference
Category: Statistical Analysis
Category: Statistical Hypothesis Testing

Firm Level Economics: Markets and Allocations

Course 218 hours4.8 (1,062 ratings)

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Skills you'll gain

Category: Externality
Category: Economics
Category: Game Theory
Category: Market (Economics)

Exploring and Producing Data for Business Decision Making

Course 323 hours4.8 (1,010 ratings)

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Category: Financial Regulation
Category: Banking
Category: Financial Systems
Category: Macroeconomics
Category: Financial Technology (FinTech)

Inferential and Predictive Statistics for Business

Course 419 hours4.8 (856 ratings)

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Category: Economics
Category: Consumer Behaviour
Category: Supply And Demand
Category: Cost

Banking and Financial Institutions

Course 515 hours4.7 (198 ratings)

What you'll learn

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Category: Inflation
Category: Interest Rate
Category: Macroeconomics
Category: Central Bank Policy
Category: Financial Market
Category: Interest Rates

Central Banks and Monetary Policy

Course 616 hours4.6 (72 ratings)

What you'll learn

Skills you'll gain

Category: Data Analysis
Category: Microsoft Excel
Category: Statistical Analysis
Category: Normal Distribution

Instructors

Fataneh Taghaboni-Dutta, Ph.D., PMP, CSM, CSPO
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
7 Courses68,003 learners
Larry DeBrock
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
2 Courses102,916 learners
Rustom Manouchehri Irani
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
1 Course23,905 learners

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