Last update: PhDr. Jiří Schwarz, Ph.D. (23.09.2021)
This course provides perspectives of top executives of important Czech firms on industrial organization. Every lecture, given by a different top executive, focuses on one specific industry and its market structure, pricing, regulation, and factors influencing market equilibrium. The course covers major industries such as private equity, real estate, energy industries, banking, finance, telecommunications, IT, media, public relations, building industry, engineering, food industry, or health care.
Last update: PhDr. Jiří Schwarz, Ph.D. (23.09.2021)
This course provides perspectives of top executives of important Czech firms on industrial organization. Every lecture, given by a different top executive, focuses on one specific industry and its market structure, pricing, regulation, and factors influencing market equilibrium. The course covers major industries such as private equity, real estate, energy industries, banking, finance, telecommunications, IT, media, public relations, building industry, engineering, food industry, or health care.
Aim of the course -
Last update: PhDr. Jiří Schwarz, Ph.D. (23.09.2021)
The goal of this course is to have top executives of important Czech firms from various industries describe industry characteristics and market structure in which their firm operates. Lecturers will prepare their lectures in line with a given outline - it won’t be a "chat with a celebrity". It is expected that students already possess the needed theoretical background (JEB008 Mikroekonomie II, or JEB108 Microeconomics II). Lecturers will only deal with the specifics of "their" industries.
The course requirements are: passing midterm and final test, reading one assigned article each week related to the industry dealt with during the corresponding lecture and critically summarizing it in reader’s diary.
Last update: PhDr. Jiří Schwarz, Ph.D. (23.09.2021)
The goal of this course is to have top executives of important Czech firms from various industries describe industry characteristics and market structure in which their firm operates. Lecturers will prepare their lectures in line with a given outline - it won’t be a "chat with a celebrity". It is expected that students already possess the needed theoretical background (JEB008 Mikroekonomie II, or JEB108 Microeconomics II). Lecturers will only deal with the specifics of "their" industries.
The course requirements are: passing midterm and final test, reading one assigned article each week related to the industry dealt with during the corresponding lecture and critically summarizing it in reader’s diary.
Descriptors -
Last update: PhDr. Jiří Schwarz, Ph.D. (23.09.2021)
Lecture streaming
Those students who (solely due to reasons connected to covid) are unable to attend the lectures in person, are invited to join a MS Teams team via the link below. I will start a video stream there at the beginning of every lecture. Use your university account to log in (log with your student ID number as, for example, 12345678@cuni.cz and use your CAS password). Note that when first joining the team, you have to be admitted in by me. So please join the team in advance and not during the lecture itself. Together with joining the team, send me (jiri.schwarz@fsv.cuni.cz) an email explaining why you are not able to attend in person.
Type of structure (monopoly (natural versus administrative), dominant firm, cooperative/non-cooperative oligopoly, monopolistic competition, perfect competition)
Barriers to entry into the industry
Market share and market power
Demand structure of the industry
Pricing
Non-cooperative strategic decision making (predatory pricing, limit pricing, …)
Cooperative strategic decision making (collusion)
Price discrimination
Price development and price forecast
Market equilibrium
Information and information asymmetry
Supply chain
Advertisement, marketing
Patent policy, trade marks, specificities of goods
Incentives for innovations, technological progress (R&D)
Regulation
National, EU and international regulation policy
Antitrust legislation and its application in the industry
Regulation of international trade (tariffs, subsidies, quotas, …)
Questions and discussion
The company within the industry
Ownership and corporate governance
Mergers & Acquisitions
Cost curves, economies of scale
Hierarchy of the company’s goals
Preliminary list of industries:
Private equity
Real estate
Energy industry
Banking and finance
Payment services
Medical devices
Public relations
Sharing economy
Digital marketing
Transportation
Last update: PhDr. Jiří Schwarz, Ph.D. (23.09.2021)
Lecture streaming
Those students who (solely due to reasons connected to covid) are unable to attend the lectures in person, are invited to join a MS Teams team via the link below. I will start a video stream there at the beginning of every lecture. Use your university account to log in (log with your student ID number as, for example, 12345678@cuni.cz and use your CAS password). Note that when first joining the team, you have to be admitted in by me. So please join the team in advance and not during the lecture itself. Together with joining the team, send me (jiri.schwarz@fsv.cuni.cz) an email explaining why you are not able to attend in person.
Type of structure (monopoly (natural versus administrative), dominant firm, cooperative/non-cooperative oligopoly, monopolistic competition, perfect competition)
Barriers to entry into the industry
Market share and market power
Demand structure of the industry
Pricing
Non-cooperative strategic decision making (predatory pricing, limit pricing, …)
Cooperative strategic decision making (collusion)
Price discrimination
Price development and price forecast
Market equilibrium
Information and information asymmetry
Supply chain
Advertisement, marketing
Patent policy, trade marks, specificities of goods
Incentives for innovations, technological progress (R&D)
Regulation
National, EU and international regulation policy
Antitrust legislation and its application in the industry
Regulation of international trade (tariffs, subsidies, quotas, …)
Questions and discussion
The company within the industry
Ownership and corporate governance
Mergers & Acquisitions
Cost curves, economies of scale
Hierarchy of the company’s goals
Preliminary list of industries:
Private equity
Real estate
Energy industry
Banking and finance
Payment services
Medical devices
Public relations
Sharing economy
Digital marketing
Transportation
Literature -
Last update: PhDr. Jiří Schwarz, Ph.D. (12.10.2022)
Readings:
Private equity: Cumming, Douglas and Uwe Walz. 2010. Private equity returns and disclosure around the world. Journal of International Business Studies 41(4): 727-754.
Insurance: Biener, C. and M. Eling. 2012. Organization and efficiency in the international insurance industry: A cross-frontier analysis. European Journal of Operational Research 221(2): 454-468.
Energy industry: Havranek, T., Z. Irsova, K. Janda, D. Zilberman. 2015. Selective reporting and the social cost of carbon. Energy Economics 51: 394-406.
Real estate: Crowe, C., G. Dell’Ariccia, D. Igan, P. Rabanal. 2013. How to deal with real estate booms: Lessons from country experiences. Journal of Financial Stability 9(3): 300-319.
Medical devices: Dana Goldman, Darius Lakdawalla, Chapter Thirteen - Intellectual Property, Information Technology, Biomedical Research, and Marketing of Patented Products, Editor(s): Mark V. Pauly, Thomas G. Mcguire, Pedro P. Barros, In Handbook of Health Economics, Elsevier, Volume 2, 2011, Pages 825-872
Telco: Briglauer, W., E. M. Camarda, and I. Vogelsang. 2019. Path dependencies versus efficiencies in regulation: Evidence from “old” and “new” broadband markets in the EU. Telecommunications Policy 43(8).
Payment services: Evans, David S. and Richard Schmalensee. 2007. The Industrial Organization of Markets with Two-Sided Platforms. Competition Policy International 3(1): 151-173.
Digital services: Bradley, Chris and Clayton O’Toole. 2016. An incumbent’s guide to digital disruption. McKinsey Quarterly, May 2016. https://www.mckinsey.com/business-functions/strategy-and-corporate-finance/our-insights/an-incumbents-guide-to-digital-disruption
Higher education: Tooley, James and Pauline Dixon. 2006. ‘De facto’ privatisation of education and the poor: implications of a study from sub‐Saharan Africa and India. Compare 36(4): 443-462.
Automotive: Fredriksson, Gustav, Alexander Roth, Simone Tagliapietra, and Reinhilde Veugelers. 2018. Is the European automotive industry ready for the global electric vehicle revolution? Bruegel Policy Contribution 2018/26. http://hdl.handle.net/10419/208034
Last update: PhDr. Jiří Schwarz, Ph.D. (12.10.2022)
Readings:
Private equity:Cumming, Douglas and Uwe Walz. 2010. Private equity returns and disclosure around the world. Journal of International Business Studies 41(4): 727-754.
Insurance: Biener, C. and M. Eling. 2012. Organization and efficiency in the international insurance industry: A cross-frontier analysis. European Journal of Operational Research 221(2): 454-468.
Energy industry: Havranek, T., Z. Irsova, K. Janda, D. Zilberman. 2015. Selective reporting and the social cost of carbon. Energy Economics 51: 394-406.
Real estate: Crowe, C., G. Dell’Ariccia, D. Igan, P. Rabanal. 2013. How to deal with real estate booms: Lessons from country experiences. Journal of Financial Stability 9(3): 300-319.
Medical devices: Dana Goldman, Darius Lakdawalla, Chapter Thirteen - Intellectual Property, Information Technology, Biomedical Research, and Marketing of Patented Products, Editor(s): Mark V. Pauly, Thomas G. Mcguire, Pedro P. Barros, In Handbook of Health Economics, Elsevier, Volume 2, 2011, Pages 825-872
Telco: Briglauer, W., E. M. Camarda, and I. Vogelsang. 2019. Path dependencies versus efficiencies in regulation: Evidence from “old” and “new” broadband markets in the EU. Telecommunications Policy 43(8).
Payment services: Evans, David S. and Richard Schmalensee. 2007. The Industrial Organization of Markets with Two-Sided Platforms. Competition Policy International 3(1): 151-173.
Digital services: Bradley, Chris and Clayton O’Toole. 2016. An incumbent’s guide to digital disruption. McKinsey Quarterly, May 2016. https://www.mckinsey.com/business-functions/strategy-and-corporate-finance/our-insights/an-incumbents-guide-to-digital-disruption
Higher education: Tooley, James and Pauline Dixon. 2006. ‘De facto’ privatisation of education and the poor: implications of a study from sub‐Saharan Africa and India. Compare 36(4): 443-462.
Automotive: Fredriksson, Gustav, Alexander Roth, Simone Tagliapietra, and Reinhilde Veugelers. 2018. Is the European automotive industry ready for the global electric vehicle revolution? Bruegel Policy Contribution 2018/26. http://hdl.handle.net/10419/208034
Requirements to the exam -
Last update: PhDr. Jiří Schwarz, Ph.D. (12.10.2022)
Read one article each week & summarize critically in a reader's diary ... 20% Midterm assignment ... 20% Final assignment ... 20% Activity during lectures ... 40%
Last update: PhDr. Jiří Schwarz, Ph.D. (12.10.2022)
Read one article each week & summarize critically in a reader's diary ... 20% Midterm assignment ... 20% Final assignment ... 20% Activity during lectures ... 40%
Syllabus - Czech
Last update: PhDr. Petr Bednařík, Ph.D. (15.02.2020)
Market structure of an industry
Type of structure (monopoly (natural versus administrative), dominant firm, cooperative/non-cooperative oligopoly, monopolistic competition, perfect competition)
Barriers to entry into the industry
Market share and market power
Demand structure of the industry
Pricing
Non-cooperative strategic decision making (predatory pricing, limit pricing, …)
Cooperative strategic decision making (collusion)
Price discrimination
Price development and price forecast
Market equilibrium
Information and information asymmetry
Supply chain
Advertisement, marketing
Patent policy, trade marks, specificities of goods
Incentives for innovations, technological progress (R&D)
Regulation
National, EU and international regulation policy
Antitrust legislation and its application in the industry
Regulation of international trade (tariffs, subsidies, quotas, …)
