INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATION AND BUSINESS HISTORY

The course will be organised in two parts (A and B).

PART A will cover the following chapters of the “Economics of Strategy”, by Besanko, Dranove, Shanley and Shaefer, Wiley, 7th edition:
Primer - Basic Principles
Chapter 2 - The Horizontal Boundaries of the Firm
Chapter 3 - The Vertical Boundaries of the Firm Industry
Chapter 5 - Competitors and Competition
Chapter 8 - Industry Analysis
Chapter 9 - Strategic Positioning for Competitive Advantage
Chapter 10 - Information and Value Creation
Chapter 12 - Performance Measurement and Incentives
Chapter 13 - Strategy and Structure
Chapter 14 - Environment, Power, and Culture
and other lectures that will be available on the moodle web page of the course.


PART B
The historical talks will be based on topics concerning the evolution of firms and their organization from the pre-industrial era to end of the twentieth century.