Analysis of industrial development considering market theories, economic organization, and evolution of local context: Structures, strategies, and performance, feed-backs at the individual and collective level; industrial policies, antitrust, local industrial development policies
POSSIBLE A NEW EDITION
J. Lipczynski, J. Wilson, J. Goddard, Economia industriale, Roma, Milano-Torino 2009; reading list
Learning Objectives
Capacities of personal and analytical assessment on: relations between oligopolistic competition, business strategies, industrial and competition policies, policies of local industrial development
Prerequisites
Undergraduate Microeconomics
Teaching Methods
Lectures, exercises, seminars
Type of Assessment
Oral examination (preliminary written answers). Presentations on case-studies and written exams on part of the programme for students attending the classes
Course program
Economic theories of the firm, oligopolistic competition and collusion, market concentration and abuse of dominant position, pricing strategies, product differentiation, barriers to entry, investments in R&D, mergers and acquisitions, industrial and antitrust policies; policies of local industrial development