ECONOMICS OF ORGANIZATION

Adriana BARONE ECONOMICS OF ORGANIZATION

0212100039
DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS AND STATISTICS
EQF6
BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
2024/2025

OBBLIGATORIO
YEAR OF COURSE 3
YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2016
SPRING SEMESTER
CFUHOURSACTIVITY
1060LESSONS
ExamDate
BARONE16/12/2024 - 09:30
BARONE16/12/2024 - 09:30
Objectives

MAIN AIM OF THE COURSE IS TO PROVIDE STUDENTS KNOWLEDGE ON ECONOMIC REASONS OF THE EXISTENCE OF THE FIRM AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO THE MARKET, ON STRATEGIC FIRM'S BEHAVIOUR IN IMPERFECT MARKETS AND ON THE ROLE OF STRATEGIC POSITION.

KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING

STUDENTS WILL ACQUIRE ANALITICAL TOOLS USEFUL FOR UNDERSTANDING ECONOMIC REASONS FOR THE EXISTENCE OF THE FIRM AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO THE MARKET, STRATEGIC FIRM'S BEHAVIOUR IN IMPERFECT MARKETS AND THE ROLE OF STRATEGIC POSITION.

APPLYING KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING

STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO APPLY MICROECONOMIC PRINCIPLES AND MODELS IN ORDER TO DESCRIBE REAL WORLD PHENOMENA CONCERNING THE EXISTENCE OF THE FIRM, THE STRATEGIC FIRM'S BEHAVIOUR ABOUT LEVEL OF OUTPUT, PRICE OR INVESTMENT IN R&D AND THE STRATEGIC POSITION.

MAKING JUDGEMENTS

STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO ASSESS THE ASPECTS THAT AFFECT THE FIRM'S DECISION TO MAKE OR TO BUY AND ASSESS THE FIRM'S STRATEGIES RELEVANT IN IMPERFECT MARKETS.

COMMUNICATION SKILLS

STUDENTS WILL ACQUIRE A LANGUAGE WHICH WILL ALLOW THEM TO EXPOSE APPROPRIATELY THE TOPICS OBJECT OF THE COURSE.

LEARNING SKILLS

STUDENTS WILL ACQUIRE THE ABILITY TO SEARCH IN AN AUTONOMOUS AND CRITICAL WAY THE INFORMATION RELEVANT FOR THE ANALYSIS AND SEARCH FOR THE SOLUTION OF THE PROBLEMS CONSIDERED.
Prerequisites

KNOWLEDGE OF THE MICROECONOMIC PRINCIPLES AND MODELS.

Contents

INTRODUCTION:STRATEGY AND ECONOMICS(4H).

BASIC MICROECONOMIC PRINCIPLES(4H).

A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE OF MICROECONOMIC PRINCIPLES(2H).

THE HORIZONTAL BOUNDARIES OF THE FIRM(6H).

THE VERTICAL BOUNDARIES OF THE FIRM(6H).

VERTICAL INTEGRATION(6H).

COMPETITORS AND COMPETITION(6H).

ENTRY AND EXIT FROM THE MARKET(6H).

INDUSTRY ANALYSIS(4H).

STRATEGIC POSITION FOR COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE(4H) .
Teaching Methods

LECTURES(48H), EXERCISES(10H),SEMINARS(2H)

Verification of learning

THE ACHIEVEMENT OF THE OBJECTIVES OF THE COURSE IS CERTIFICATED THROUGH A SUCCESSFUL EXAM, GRADED ON A BASE OF 30 WITH A MINIMUM OF 18/30.

THE EXAM IS MADE OF A (WRITTEN) TEST AND AN ORAL TEST.

THE (WRITTEN) TEST IS MADE OF 24 MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS(24 POINTS), 1 EXERCISE (MAX 3 POINTS) AND 1 OPEN QUESTION (MAX 3 POINTS) TO BE ANSWERED/SOLVED IN AN HOUR AND A HALF.

THE ORAL TEST LASTS ABOUT 20 MINUTES AND IS BASED ON QUESTIONS AND DISCUSSION ON THE THEORETICAL AND METHODOLOGICAL CONTENTS OF THE COURSE PROGRAM(ECONOMIC REASONS OF THE EXISTENCE OF THE FIRM AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO THE MARKET AND ON STRATEGIC FIRM BEHAVIOUR IN IMPERFECT MARKETS).

THE PURPOSE OF THIS TEST IS TO ASCERTAIN THE LEVEL OF KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING, AS WELL AS TO TEST THE UNDERSTANDING USING THE APPROPRIATE TERMINOLOGY AND THE ABILITY TO ORGANIZE THE DISCUSSION ON THE THEORETICAL SUBJECTS.

Texts

BESANKO D.,DRANOVE D.,SHANLEY M.,SHAEFER S.-ECONOMICS OF STRATEGY,JOHN WILEY AND SONS,2013.


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