I unfortunately appear to have deleted the amended schedule that reflected changes as the term progressed, e.g., a field trip to Devil’s Backbone. This is thus only an approximation of what transpired in 2012.
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Week Day Date |
General Topic |
Text |
Details |
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Week I |
Fri |
7-Sep |
Introduction: Hotelling |
Miller Lite |
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Mon |
10-Sep |
Strategy-Structure-Performance |
SM:Ch1 TT:Ch1 |
industries and issues |
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Wed |
12-Sep |
Competitive Foundations |
SM:Ch2 |
CS + PS as a metric; Lerner Index |
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Fri |
14-Sep |
Monopoly model |
SM:Ch2 |
MR=MC |
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Week II |
Mon |
17-Sep |
Monopoly: innovative? pushy? |
SM:Ch2,14 |
R&D and advertising |
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Wed |
19-Sep |
Monopoly & regulation |
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utilities |
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Fri |
21-Sep |
Market Structure |
TT:Ch2,3 |
beer: the rise of A-B ==> paper topics due |
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Week III |
Mon |
24-Sep |
Market Structure (I) |
SM:Ch9 |
economies of scale |
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Wed |
26-Sep |
Market Structure (II) |
SM:Ch9 |
TT:Ch4,5 product differentiation |
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Fri |
28-Sep |
Oligopoly (I) |
SM:Ch3 |
Bertrand ==> MT #1 due |
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Week IV |
Mon |
1-Oct |
Oligopoly (II) |
Cournot: 2 firms |
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Wed |
3-Oct |
Oligopoly (III) |
extensions: n firms, sequential entry |
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Fri |
5-Oct |
Collusion (I) |
SM:Ch6 |
price wars ==> bibliography due |
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Week V |
Mon |
8-Oct |
Collusion (II) |
overlapping markets |
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Wed |
10-Oct |
Auto Industry |
Cosgrove |
Guest Speaker |
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evening |
?? dinner at ?? |
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?? Canton in BV ?? |
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Fri |
12-Oct |
no class |
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Reading days |
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Week VI |
Mon |
15-Oct |
Dominant Firms |
SM:Ch7 |
TT:Ch4; RS: beer mergers |
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Wed |
17-Oct |
Strategic behavior |
SM:Ch7 |
limit pricing |
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Fri |
19-Oct |
Mergers |
SM:Ch11 |
TT:Ch7 |
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Week VII |
Mon |
22-Oct |
Vertical structure |
SM:Ch12 |
double marginalization ==> MT #2 due |
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Wed |
24-Oct |
Franchising |
RS: franchising |
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Fri |
26-Oct |
Contracting |
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RS: beer in Eastern Europe |
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Week VIII |
Mon |
29-Oct |
Theory of the Firm (I) |
SM:Ch10 |
Berle-Means ==> model due |
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Wed |
31-Oct |
Theory of the Firm (II) |
Coase-Chandler-Williamson |
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Fri |
2-Nov |
Theory of the Firm (III) |
RS: Smitka |
command & market |
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Week IX |
Mon |
5-Nov |
Price Discrimination (I) |
SM:Ch8 |
degrees of discrimination ==> introduction due |
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Wed |
7-Nov |
Price Discrimination (II) |
two-part tariffs |
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Fri |
9-Nov |
Price Discrimination (III) |
bundling |
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Week X |
Mon |
12-Nov |
Beer again |
TT:Ch6, RS: recent beer mkt |
==> MT#3 due |
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H Parker Willis Lecture |
5 pm Stackhouse Theater |
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Wed |
14-Nov |
Advertising (I) |
TT:Ch7, RS: beer advertising |
informative or persuasive? |
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Fri |
16-Nov |
Advertising (II) |
strategic analysis |
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Thanksgiving Break |
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Week XI |
Mon |
26-Nov |
Innovation (I) |
SM:Ch14 |
typologies, NPV |
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Wed |
28-Nov |
Innovation (II) |
SM:Ch15 |
© patents ™® |
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Fri |
30-Nov |
Innovation (III) |
networks & standards ==> term paper due |
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Week XII |
Mon |
3-Dec |
Presentations |
Term papers |
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Wed |
5-Dec |
Presentations |
Term papers |
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Fri |
7-Dec |
Course conclusion |
TT:Ch9 |
is a beer monopoly good? |
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Final Exams 8 December – 14 December |
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