Industrial organisation and business strategies

Education facts

Code: NEGB24

The course deals with corporate action on markets characterised by imperfect competition, the design of business strategies and the internal organisation of markets and industries. The course is based on the so called transactional cost theory, which explains the horizontal and vertical size of a company. Strategic scenarios and choice of competitive means and strategies for investments in, for instance, excess capacity, marketing, diversification and entry deterring pricing. The appropriateness of the traditional assumption of profit maximisation as a basis for analysing company action is questioned and alternatives presented. The course also deals with models of analysis for individual sectors, such as Michael Porter's competitive strategy model. The usefulness of the model is discussed and students apply it to a real case.

Entry requirements

Economics 30 ECTS credits. English course B.

Education offerings

Each offering has its own dates and conditions. Closed offerings are retained as history and do not mean that a new application is open.

• Industrial organisation and business strategies

  Karlstad University

  Karlstad

  Start date: 9 November 2026

  End date: 17 January 2027

  Pace of study: 50 %