Class Industrial Organisation

Every day the entrepreneurs makes decisions in environments of imperfect competition. These are strategic situations in the sense that the results of a company's behaviour depends on its decisions and the reactions of its competitors Industrial organization is the discipline dedicated to the analysis of market structures with strategic environments. The characteristics of the market, the alternatives of behaviour and the expected results are analysed. We finalize with a global discussion of the competitive environment of the economy. We conclude discussing the application of the competition law and discussing the factors that influence the competitiveness of the economy.

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1.The theory of the firm 1.1.The origins of the modern capitalistic firm 1.2.The nature of the firm 1.3.The entrepreneur   2.Market, competition and competitors 2.1.The Market and its definition 2.2.Market structure 2.3.Market structures 2.4.Strategic behavior: and introduction to game theory 2.5.Strategic relation models 3.Strategic position and dynamics 3.1.Industry analyses 3.2.Strategic position and competitive advantage 4.Industrial policy, economics of regulation and competition law 4.1.Basic concepts 4.2.Industrial policy 4.3.Economic regulation  4.4.Competition law  

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