Industrial Organization

This new third edition continues to highlight the strong link between the theory and analysis of industrial economics using engaging case studies. It has extended its journey through the historical development of industrial organization to the present day with new case studies on industries relevant to the 21st Century. For example, IT and telecommunications (Microsoft, eBay, 3G mobile phones technology, LCD TV screens, internet broadband),open source; banking and financial services (commercial banking, the credit union movement); and sport and leisure (Hollywood movies, English Premier League football).

Preface
Acknowledgements
Theoretical Foundations
Industrial organization: an introduction
Production, Costs and Demand
Perfect Competition, Monopolistic Competition and Monopoly
Managerial Theories of the Firm
Transaction costs, agency and resource-based theories of the firm
Structural Analysis of Industry
Oligopoly: non-collusive models
Oligopoly: collusive models
Concentration: measurement and trends
Determinants of seller concentration
Barriers to entry
Market structure, firm strategy and performance
Analysis of Firm Strategy
Pricing
Auctions
Product differentiation
Advertising
Research and development
Mergers and strategic alliances
Vertical integration
Vertical restraints
Diversification
Analysis of Public Policy
Competition policy
Regulation
Appendices: Analytical Tools
Mathematical methods
Econometric methods
Glossary
References
Index
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