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Academic Year 2012/2013
Corso
di Laurea Magistrale in Internazionalizzazione
delle
Relazioni Commerciali |
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Course Syllabus |
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Course Title |
International Industrial Economics
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Course hours |
Thursday and Friday.
11.00-14.00 |
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Teacher |
Prof. Antonio D’Agata |
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e-mail |
adagata@unict.it |
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Office hours |
Thursday, 10.00-11.00 |
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Brief course description |
To convey the general
economic principles underlying strategic decisions of firms.
Particular attention is paid to the international dimension of firms’
strategy. |
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Learning outcomes |
At the end of the course
the student are expected to have an understanding of the basic
principles underlying firms’ strategy aimed to creating and
maintaining a competitive edge in general and, specifically, within an
international context. |
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Course outline |
Module 1.
Foundations of Economics of Strategy
Module 2.
The Economics of Competitive Advantage
Module 3.
Competitive Advantage in a Globalised World |
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Teaching methods |
The course will be
delivered by means of lectures and discussion of case studies. |
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Reading list |
Module 1.
1. G. Saloner, A. Shepard
and J. Podolny, Strategic Management, J. Wiey & S., New York,
2001, Chapters 1,2,3,4,5.
2. R. Hamermesh, K.D.
Gordon, J.P.Reed Crown and Cork and Seal Company, Inc,. Harvard
Business School, Case Study, rev 1987 (Product number
378024-PDF-ENG,
available at:
http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/access/16140518
Coursepack: International Industrial Economics 2012-2013, Antonio
D’Agata).
Module 2.
3. G. Saloner, A. Shepard
and J. Podolny, Strategic Management, J. Wiey & S., New York,
2001, Chapters 6,7,8,9,10.
4. P. Ghemawat, J.W.
Rivkin, Creating competitive advantage, Background notes,
Harvard Business School (Product number: 798062-PDF-ENG
available at:
http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/access/16140518
Coursepack: International Industrial Economics 2012-2013, Antonio
D’Agata).
5. C.A.Bartlett, U.S.
Rangan, Caterpillar Tractor Co; Harvard Business School, Case
Study, Rev. 1988 (product number
385276-PDF-ENG,
available at:
http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/access/16140518
Coursepack: International
Industrial Economics 2012-2013, Antonio D’Agata)
Module 3.
6. G. Saloner, A. Shepard
and J. Podolny, Strategic Management, J. Wiey & S., New York,
2001, Chapters 11,12.
7. M. Peng & K. Meyer,
International Business, Cengage Learning, Singapore 2011, Chapter
5.
8. P. Ghemawat,
Redefining Global Strategy, Harvard Business School Press, 2007,
Chapters 1-6. (available at
http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/access/16140518
Coursepack: International Industrial Economics 2012-2013, Antonio
D’Agata)
Suggested additional
readings (optional):
- M.E. Porter, “What is
Strategy?” Harvard Business Review, November-December 1996, pp.
61-78.
- G.B. Richardson, “The
Organisation of Industry”, Economic Journal, vol. 82, 1972, pp.
883-896.
- P. Ghemawat, Winning
the Globalization Game 2nd Ed. Harvard Business Review,
2008.
- D. Sull, Closing the
gap between strategy and execution, MIT Sloan Management Review,
Summer 2007, pp. 30-39.
- K. Eisenhardt and D.
Sull, Strategy as simple rules, Harvard Business Review,
January 2001, pp. 2-11.
- D. Sull, and K.
Eisenhardt, Simple rules for a complex world, Harvard Business
Review, September 2012, pp. 3-8. |
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Assesment method |
Written exam. |
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Notes |
The students are assumed
to know elementary microeconomic theory, with particular reference to
the theory of firm and of markets. |
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Academic Year 2011/2012
Corso
di Laurea Magistrale in Internazionalizzazione
delle
Relazioni Commerciali |
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Course Syllabus |
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Course Title |
International Industrial Economics
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Course hours |
Monday, Tuesday,Wednesday.
10.00-12.00 |
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Teacher |
Prof. Antonio D’Agata |
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e-mail |
adagata@unict.it |
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Office hours |
Monday, 12.00-13.00 |
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Brief course description |
To convey the general
economic principles underlying strategic decisions of firms.
Particular attention is paid to the international dimension of firms’
strategy. |
|
Learning outcomes |
At the end of the course
the student are expected to have an understanding of the basic
principles underlying firms’ strategy aimed to creating and
maintaining a competitive edge in general and, specifically, within an
international context. |
|
Course outline |
Module 1.
Foundations of Economics of Strategy
Module 2.
The Economics of Competitive Advantage
Module 3.
Competitive Advantage in a Globalised World |
|
Teaching methods |
The course will be
delivered by means of lectures and discussion of case studies. |
|
Reading list |
Module 1.
- D. Besanko, D. Dranove,
M. Shanley, S. Schaefer, Economics of Strategy, J. Wiley & S.,
New York, 5th Ed., 2010, Chapters 2,3, 5, 6 (only pp.
162-171), 8.
- - R. Hamermesh, K.D.
Gordon, J.P.Reed Crown and Cork and Seal Company, Inc,. Harvard
Business School, Case Study, rev 1987 (Product number
378024-PDF-ENG,
available at:
http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu).
Module 2.
- D. Besanko, D. Dranove,
M. Shanley, S. Schaefer, Economics of Strategy, J. Wiley & S.,
New York, 5th Ed., 2010, Chapters 12, 13, 14, 15.
- P. Ghemawat, J.W.
Rivkin, Creating competitive advantage, Background notes,
Harvard Business School (Product number: 798062-PDF-ENG
available at:
http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu).
- R. Hamermesh, K.D.
Gordon, J.P.Reed Crown and Cork and Seal Company, Inc,. Harvard
Business School, case Study Rev 1987 (Product number
378024-PDF-ENG,
available at:
http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu).
- C.A.Bartlett, U.S.
Rangan, Caterpillar Tractor Co; Harvard Business School, Case Study,
Rev. 1988 (product number
385276-PDF-ENG,
available at:
http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu.)
Module 3.
Besanko, D. Dranove, M.
Shanley, S. Schaefer, Economics of Strategy, J. Wiley & S., New
York, 5th Ed., 2010, Chapter 4, pp. 109-113.
C.W. L. Hill,
International Business. Competing in a Global Marketplace, Mc-Graw
Hill International, New York, 8th Edition, 2009, Chapters 5
and 6.
D.F. Spulber, Global
Competitive Strategy, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2007,
Chapters 1, 2, 3, 4.
Suggested additional
readings (optional):
- M.E. Porter, “What is
Strategy?” Harvard Business Review, November-December 1996, pp.
61-78.
- G.B. Richardson, “The
Organisation of Industry”, Economic Journal, vol. 82, 1972, pp.
883-896.
- Ghemawat, P.
Redefining Global Strategy, Harvard Business School Press,
Harvard, 2007,
- Winning the
Globalization Game 2nd Ed. Harvard Business Review,
2008.
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Assesment
method |
Written exam |
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Notes |
The students are assumed
to know elementary microeconomic theory, with particular reference to
the theory of firm and of markets. |
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