ECC5484 Industrial organisation
Faculty of Business and Economics
ECC5484 Industrial organisation is a level 5, 6-credit-point, postgraduate unit from the Faculty of Business and Economics, offered in 2020 in Semester 2 at Clayton. It has no prerequisites.
- Credit points
- 6
- Offered in 2020
- Semester 2
- Clayton
- Assessment
- No exam
- 1 task
- Workload
- 144 hours
- per semester
This is the 2020 handbook entry. See the 2023 entry.
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Requisites
Before ECC5484
Prohibitions
You can't enrol if you have passed any of these.
After ECC5484
No unit lists ECC5484 as a prerequisite in the 2020 handbook.
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Overview
Theories of the firm, contract, property rights structure, market structure, hierarchy, bargaining, principal-agent relationship, research and development, advertising, and entry, exit, and pricing strategy. The equilibrium implications of the internal organisation of a firm and the organisational structure of the market in relation to strategic interactions between agents, information problems and related incentive mechanisms. Basic game theory and concepts of game equilibrium applied to the analysis of opportunistic behaviour and related transactions costs.
Offerings in 2020
| Teaching period | Campus | Mode |
|---|---|---|
| Second semester | Clayton | On campus |
Assessment
- Within semester assessment100%
Learning outcomes
When you finish this unit, you should be able to:
- 1
be familiar with the modern developments of the theory of industrial organisation
- 2
enhance knowledge of intermediate microeconomics by incorporating information and endogenous transaction costs into analysis
- 3
undertake theoretical and empirical research in the field of industrial organisation.
Workload and teaching
- Lectures36 hours
Minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 144 hours per semester typically comprising a mixture of scheduled learning activities and independent study. Independent study may include associated readings, assessment and preparation for scheduled activities. The unit requires on average three/four hours of scheduled activities per week. Scheduled activities may include a combination of teacher directed learning, peer directed learning and online engagement.
Contacts
- Unit Coordinators
- Dr Dyuti Banerjee
- Chief Examiners
- Dr Dyuti Banerjee
Common questions
What are the prerequisites for ECC5484?
ECC5484 has no prerequisites.
When is ECC5484 offered?
In 2020, ECC5484 runs in Semester 2 at Clayton.
How much work is ECC5484?
The handbook expects about 144 hours of study across the semester. No students have rated its difficulty yet.
Does ECC5484 have an exam?
No. ECC5484 has 1 assessment task and no exam.