INTERNATIONAL INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS

Learning Objectives

• International Industrial Economics
  To convey the general economic principles underlying strategic decisions of firms, paying particular attention to the “internal” context.
• THE ECONOMICS OF COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE
  To convey the general economic principles concerning the strategic decision of firms, paying particular attention to the “external” context.
• International Industrial Economics
  To convey the general economic principles concerning the strategic decision of firms, paying particular attention to this decision process in an innovative or international context.

Detailed Course Content

• International Industrial Economics

  Principles of business strategy. Competitive advantage. Business strategy and the internal context.

• THE ECONOMICS OF COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE

  Markets and competition. Capturing value along the value chain.

• International Industrial Economics

  International trade theories. Strategic decisions in a changing environment, in markets with demand-side increasing returns, and in a “spicky world”.

Textbook Information

• International Industrial Economics

  1. G. Saloner, A. Shepard and J. Podolny, Strategic Management, J. Wiey & S., New York, 2001, Chapters 1,2,3,4,6.
  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, Coursepack: International Industrial Economics 2015-2016, Antonio D’Agata).

• THE ECONOMICS OF COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE

  3. G. Saloner, A. Shepard and J. Podolny, Strategic Management, J. Wiley & S., New York, 2001, Chapters 7,8,9,10.
  4. 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)

• International Industrial Economics

  5. G. Saloner, A. Shepard and J. Podolny, Strategic Management, J. Wiey & S., New York, 2001, Chapters 11,12.
  6. M. Peng & K. Meyer, International Business, Cengage Learning, Singapore 2011, Chapter 5.
  7. P. Ghemawat, Redefining Global Strategy, Harvard Business School Press, 2007, Chapters 1-6. (available at http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu)