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Course, academic year 2013/2014
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Industrial Organisation - JEM075
Title: Industrial Organisation
Guaranteed by: Institute of Economic Studies (23-IES)
Faculty: Faculty of Social Sciences
Actual: from 2013
Semester: winter
E-Credits: 5
Examination process: winter s.:
Hours per week, examination: winter s.:2/0, Ex [HT]
Capacity: unknown / unknown (unknown)
Min. number of students: unlimited
4EU+: no
Virtual mobility / capacity: no
State of the course: not taught
Language: English
Teaching methods: full-time
Teaching methods: full-time
Additional information: http://www.tegze.cz
Note: course can be enrolled in outside the study plan
enabled for web enrollment
priority enrollment if the course is part of the study plan
Guarantor: Mgr. Ing. Miroslav Zajíček, M.A., Ph.D.
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Annotation -
Last update: doc. RNDr. Miron Tegze, CSc. (12.09.2006)
Course deals with certain aspects of firm’s behavior which are quite different than what would be expected when using the basic properties and theories. Such a behavior frequently depends on the structure and properties of a given market or industry. Methods and models for such cases are studied together with examples.
Literature - Czech
Last update: doc. RNDr. Miron Tegze, CSc. (12.09.2006)

Literatura:

Jean Tirole: The Theory of Industrial Organization.

Andreu Mas-Colell, Michael D.Whinston, & Jerry R.Green, “Microeconomic Theory”,

Oxford University Press, NY (1995) - Part 2.

Handbook of Industrial Organization, R.Schmalensee & R.Willig (ed.), Elsevier (1989)

P.Milgrom, J.Roberts: Economics, Organization and Management, Prentice Hall (1992)

FM.Scherer, D.Ross: Industrial Mkt. Structure and Economic Performance, Houghton-

Mifflin Co. (1990)

D.Kreps: A Course in Microeconomic Theory, Princeton University Press (1990)

RM.Baye: Managerial Economics and Business Strategy, Irwin (1996)

H.Hotelling: Stability in Competition, Econ. Journal (1929)

Syllabus -
Last update: doc. RNDr. Miron Tegze, CSc. (12.09.2006)

Course Outline in Short:

1. Introduction – “Advanced and Applied Micro”, Market Failures.

2. Market Power, Product Differentiation - Whether (and How) to Get it.

3. Spatial and Location Competition.

4. Vertical and Horizontal Market Structures.

5. Tacit Collusion - and How to Reach It.

6. Network Externalities, Standardization and Compatibility.

7. Competition versus Market Power.

8. Time Factor in Market Relations.

9. Legal Framework and it’s Consequences.

10. Basic Concepts of Contract Theory, Strategic Alliances, Mergers.

11. Managing Dealer’s Prices and Exclusive Territory.

12. Investment to Strategic Development of New Technologies.

 
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