Insegnamento a.a. 2013-2014

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EMIT (7 credits - I sem. - OB  |  SECS-P/06)

Course Director:
CLAUDIO PANICO

Course Objectives

By drawing upon the theoretical tools of industrial organization and game theory, this course introduces the basic concepts for analyzing the business strategies available to managers. The course is divided into three parts. The first part is devoted to the monopolist’s choice of the price, quantity, quality, and advertising in different contexts. The second part considers the strategic interaction among firms that operate in imperfectly competitive markets. The third part provides tools and models related to the theory of the firm and to the theory of incentives

Course Content Summary

• Basic tools: microeconomics and game theory.
• Monopolistic markets: price and quantity; quality; advertising.
• Search goods and experience goods.
• Durable goods.
• Price discrimination.
• Networks and standards.
• Research and development.
• Basic oligopoly models.
• Dynamic competition and collusion.
• Theory of the firm.
• Property rights economics.
• The management of innovation.
• The provision of the incentives within the firm.
• Basic tools: microeconomics and game theory.

Detailed Description of Assessment Methods

Non attending students

Written exam

Attending students

Two partial written exams or one final written exam

Textbooks

To be defined

Exam textbooks & Online Articles (check availability at the Library)

Prerequisites

The course is self-contained but a basic knowledge of microeconomics represents a pre-requisite.

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