TERM: Winter 2009

COURSE #: 430

SECTION:
 61 and 62

COURSE NAME: Microeconomics Analysis

INSTRUCTOR: Alp Atakan

CASEPACK - YES or NO?: Yes

FIRST ASSIGNMENT:  Please read the following

1. The Aluminum Industry in 1994 (HBS 9-799-129)
2. Aluminum Smelting in South Africa: Alusaf’s Hillside Project (HBS 9-799-130)
3. Besanko, D., and R. Braeutigam, Intermediate Microeconomics: An Integrated Approach (Hereafter B&B), Chapter 2, Section 2.1. (optional reading)

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

1.  TEXT - REQUIRED or RECOMMENDED?:  Recommended

AUTHOR: : Besanko, D., and R. Braeutigam

PUBLISHER: John Wiley & Sons

TITLE: Microeconomics: An Integrated Approach

ED./DATE: 2nd Edition / 2005

2.  TEXT - REQUIRED or RECOMMENDED?: 

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TERM: Winter 2009

COURSE #: MECN 441

SECTION: 61 and 62

COURSE NAME: Competitive
Strategy and Industrial Structure

INSTRUCTOR: Yuval Salant

CASEPACK - YES or NO?:  Yes

FIRST ASSIGNMENT: Yes

Readings (from course packet):

Besanko, D., “Note on Product Differentiation and Price Competition in an Oligopoly,” Kellogg
School of Management.

I will use the following article to motivate the course:

Roxburgh, C. (2003). "Hidden Flaws in Strategy," McKinsey Quarterly, 3, 27-39.
Exercise (answers will not be collected or graded):

Besanko, D., “Exercise in Product Differentiation,” Kellogg School of Management.
Preparation:

I will go over the mechanics of the location model following the Besanko reading above.
You should take a close look at the reading before class since I will go over it fairly quickly. In
particular, you need to be familiar with the Microeconomics concepts of MR and MC and their
use in pricing decisions since I will not be reviewing them in class.

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

1.  TEXT - REQUIRED or RECOMMENDED?: None

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