COURSE #: MECN 438-A

SECTION: 61

COURSE NAME: Microeconomic Analysis

INSTRUCTOR: Al-Najjar

CASEPACK (YES or NO?) : yes

Required materials available at the bookstore:

Coursepack: cases, readings, overhead slides.

First class assignment: n/a

1.  TEXT  --   REQUIRED  or  RECOMMENDED?:  n/a

AUTHOR:

n/a

PUBLISHER:

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TITLE:

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ED./DATE:

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COURSE #: MECN 430

SECTION: 71

COURSE NAME: Microeconomic Analysis

INSTRUCTOR: Al-Najjar

CASEPACK (YES or NO?) : yes

Required materials available at the bookstore:

Coursepack: cases, readings, overhead slides.

First class assignment: n/a

1.  TEXT  --   REQUIRED  or  RECOMMENDED?:  n/a

AUTHOR:

n/a

PUBLISHER:

n/a

TITLE:

n/a

ED./DATE:

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TERM: Summer 0405

COURSE #: MECN 430

SECTION:  72

COURSE NAME: Microeconomic Analysis

INSTRUCTOR: Saraniti

CASEPACK – YES

FIRST ASSIGNMENT:

SESSION 1, Tuesday, June 21: (a) Course Introduction; (b) Supply and demand

Please read and come prepared to ask any questions about:

1.       “MECN 430 Summer Quarter 2005 Syllabus”

2.       “MECN 430 Grading Components and Guidelines: Summer 2005”

After a brief introduction to the course, we will turn our attention to our cases for the day: “The Aluminum Industry in 1994” and “Alusaf’s Hillside Project.” The aluminum industry provides a rich venue for studying the economic fundamentals that drive prices in a perfectly competitive market. It will also serve as a valuable vehicle for exploring the microeconomics of cost, demand, and supply. We will devote three class sessions (each week is divided into two sessions) to the case. For the first week’s class,  we will cover sessions one and two:

Please read:

1.       Besanko, D., and R. Braeutigam, Intermediate Microeconomics: An Integrated Approach (Hereafter B&B), Chapter 2, Section 2.1.

2.       McTeer, Jr., R.D., “The Dismal Science? Hardly!” Wall Street Journal (June 4, 2003).

3.       The Aluminum Industry in 1994 (HBS 9-799-129)

4.       Aluminum Smelting in South Africa: Alusaf’s Hillside Project (HBS 9-799-130)

5.       (background reading: please read to refresh your preparation in math) B&B, Mathematical Appendix, Sections A1-A5 only.

Please come to class prepared to discuss the following questions:

1.       How attractive are the market economics of the primary aluminum production industry?

2.       In 1994, aluminum prices have reached an all-time low in real terms. Have we reached the bottom of the market, or do you expect prices to fall even further?

3.       In light of market economics and current price conditions, is Alusaf justified in spending nearly 2 billion dollars to build a new aluminum smelter?

IS ATTENDANCE AT FIRST CLASS MANDATORY – NO?:

1.  TEXT - REQUIRED

AUTHOR: Besanko, David and Ronald R. Braeutigam

PUBLISHER: Wiley

TITLE: Microeconomics

ED./DATE: 2nd   2005

 

TERM: Summer 04-05

COURSE #:MECN 441

SECTION: 71, 72

COURSE NAME: Competitive Strategy & Industrial Structure

INSTRUCTOR: Brett Saraniti

CASEPACK - YES or NO?:  YES

FIRST ASSIGNMENT: Read the materials from sessions 1 & 2 in the case packet.  The exercises in the readings should be prepared for discussion to the best of your abilities, but will not be collected.

IS ATTENDANCE AT FIRST CLASS MANDATORY – YES OR NO?:  NO

1.  TEXT - REQUIRED or RECOMMENDED?:   NONE

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TITLE:

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TERM: Summer 0405

COURSE #:

MECN 450

SECTION:

71

COURSE NAME:

Macroeconomic Analysis for Management

INSTRUCTOR:  Prof. Sevin Yeltekin

CASEPACK - YES or NO?:  Yes

FIRST ASSIGNMENT:

Please read  Chapter 1, Section 1.1 and Chapter 2, Sections 2.1 and 2.2, Sections 3-5 in the Textbook.

IS ATTENDANCE AT FIRST CLASS MANDATORY – YES OR NO?: No

1.  TEXT - REQUIRED or RECOMMENDED?: Required

AUTHOR:  Andrew Abel and Ben Bernanke

PUBLISHER:  Addison-Wesley

ISBN: 0201441330

TITLE:  Macroeconomics

ED./DATE:  4th Edition

OR MOST RECENT EDITION