Economics of Markets and Organizations

Studiegidsnummer	6012B0214Y
Studielast	6 (168 hours)
Voertaal	English
Periode(n)	Sem. 1 Sem. 2 Zie ook
Onderwijsinstituut	College of Economics and Business
Docent(en)	dr. T. Buser (coördinator)
Inlichtingen	dr. T. Buser Valckenierstraat 65/67 kamer JK2.47 +31 20 5254312
Onderdeel van	Bachelor's in Economics and Business Exchange programme of the Faculty of Economics and Business (ACEB)
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Leerdoelen

Upon completion of this course students:

• understand how the business environment (technology, competition in input and output markets, competition policy, and so forth) drives a firms' choice of strategy;
• understand how strategy and the business environment affect a firms' choice of organisational design;
• know the basic principles governing European competition law.

Inhoud

This course focuses on topics that we believe are most relevant to managers. More in particular, we will discuss the strategic functioning of (mostly commercial) organisations, and the relations between the internal organisation and management. The following topics will be covered in this course:

• characteristics of a market (market concentration, market power, type of competition, entry barriers);
• strategic decisions by firms with respect to quantity, price, collusion, vertical integration, and advertising;
• evaluation of market performance, performance of the firm, and individual worker performance;
• organisational design (incentive conflicts and contracts, performance compensation, and make / buy / cooperate decisions);
• European competition law (merger control, cartels, abuse of a dominant position).

Aanmelden

Please go to https://www.sis.uva.nl

Werkvorm

Three hours lecture and three hours working group.

Onderwijstijden

Please go to http://rooster.uva.nl

Studiemateriaal

Onderstal, S. (2014). Economics of Organizations and Markets. Pearson, Amsterdam. ISBN: 9789043030410. (c. €55).

Toetsvorm

The final grade consists of:

• a midterm exam in week 4 consisting of multiple choice questions. This exam counts for 30% of the final grade;
• a final exam consisting of multiple choice questions. The final exam tests the entire course material. This exam counts for 70% of the final grade;
• bonus assignments: students can earn a full bonus point by handing in two homework assignments in groups of three or four students. Students receive the bonus point if the average grade of the two assignments is at least 5.5. This is a bonus on top of the final grade resulting from the midterm and final exams;
• the resit tests the entire course material. The results from the two exam and the bonus point do not count for the resit.

Toetsdata

Please go to http://rooster.uva.nl and http://www.student.uva.nl/feb-academicyear.

Opmerkingen

Details about the homework assignments will be published on https://blackboard.ic.uva.nl. Note that you can only hand in homework assignments in groups of three or four students. If you do not manage to form a group of three or four students, please inform the teacher of your tutorial: he or she will include you in a group.