Industrial and Firm Economics (ECIE-E)

Área

AC Economia > UC Obrigatórias

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Management > Management > 1º Ciclo > Unidades Curriculares Optativas > Industrial and Firm Economics

Economics > Economics > 1º Ciclo > Unidades Curriculares Obrigatórias > Industrial and Firm Economics

Nível

1º Ciclo (L)

Tipo

Estruturante

Regime

Semestral

Carga Horária

Aula Teórica (T): 2.0 h/semana

Aula Prática (PL): 2.0 h/semana

Trabalho Autónomo: 108.0 h/semestre

Créditos ECTS: 6.0

Objectivos

The course explains:
- How prices are formed in different market structures.
- The strategies implemented by companies in various domains.

Programa

Part A: How prices are formed in different market structures
1.Cost structures
2.Competition
3.Prices determined by supply and demand
4.Monopoly
5.Oligopoly without the threat of entry by new firms
6.Oligopoly and barriers to entry
7.Imperfect competition
8.The theory of contestable markets
9.Markets with a dominant firm and a competitive fringe
10.Bad regulation

Part B: Strategies of companies
1. R&D and innovation
2. Advertising
3. Mergers and takeovers
4. Diversification
5. Vertical and quasi-vertical integration
6. Price discrimination
7. Localization of firms
8. The internal organization of firms
9. Network externalties

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