INTERNATIONAL INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS

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, Coursepack: International Industrial Economics 2015-2016, Antonio D’Agata)

• 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, Coursepack: International Industrial Economics 2015-2016, Antonio D’Agata)