An issue-driven introduction to industrial organization, thoroughly updated and revised. The study of industrial organization (IO)—the analysis of the way firms compete with one another—has become a key component of economics and of such related disciplines as finance, strategy, and marketing. This book provides an issue-driven introduction to industrial organization. Although formal in its approach, it is written in a way that requires only basic mathematical training. It includes a vast array of examples, from both within and outside the United States. This second edition has been thoroughly updated and revised. In addition to updated examples, this edition presents a more systematic treatment of public policy implications. It features added advanced sections, with analytical treatment of ideas previously presented verbally; and exercises, which allow for a deeper and more formal understanding of each topic. The new edition also includes an introduction to such empirical methods as demand estimation and equilibrium identification. Supplemental material is available online.

The operations of the firm lie at the heart of studying business and business economics. This volume--the first in the new Oxford Management Readers Series--brings together the classic articles analyzing the role of firms and the relations between them, focusing particularly on the increasingly widespread idea that a firm is based on a set of internal and external contracts. The book will be an invaluable tool for teachers and students of business, economics, and management. The editors' Introduction provides an accessible overview, and Nobel prizewinner Ronald Coase contributes a foreword.

Industrial Organization: Markets and Strategies provides an up-to-date account of modern industrial organization that blends theory with real-world applications. Written in a clear and accessible style, it acquaints the reader with the most important models for understanding strategies chosen by firms with market power and shows how such firms adapt to different market environments. It covers a wide range of topics including recent developments on product bundling, branding strategies, restrictions in vertical supply relationships, intellectual property protection, and two-sided markets, to name just a few. Models are presented in detail and the main results are summarized as lessons. Formal theory is complemented throughout by real-world cases that show students how it applies to actual organizational settings. The book is accompanied by a website containing a number of additional resources for lecturers and students, including exercises, answers to review questions, case material and slides.

"In hun voorwoord leggen de auteurs er de nadruk op, dat elke overweging bij de bedrijfsleiding is gebaseerd op gefundeerde beginselen, waardoor de bevoegde bedrijfsleider wordt geleid, bewust of onbewust, in zijn eigen sfeer. Met deze algemeene beginselen der bedrijfsleiding houdt dit werk zich hoofdzakelijk bezig. Het is bedoeld als handboek voor studeerenden. Bovendien wil het ingenieurs, juristen, accountants, e.a. tot gids dienen, voor zoover zij, in hun contacten met de nijverheid, parate kennis moeten bezitten omtrent de fundamenteele beginselen der bedrijfsleiding. Tenslotte kan het boek zijn nut hebben voor de bedrijfsleiders zelf. De leerstof is het resultaat van drie jaren doceeren. Er is niet zoozeer gestreefd naar het verkondigen van nieuwe theorieën dan wel naar het nadruk leggen op de beteekenis van reeds erkende beginselen, vooral in verband met de versnelde industrieele evolutie tijdens wereldoorlog II"--Proporcionado por el editor.