Materials for the course Economic Organizations, Institutions and Markets.

Syllabus

Information on seminars

CASE-BASED INTRODUCTION

0. Linking Business Economics and Organizations and Markets through cases

  • Case 1. Taxi regulation
  • Case 2. Public bureaucracy
  • Case 3. Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), or Environmental, Social & Governance (ESG)
  • Slides
  • Package of readings (zip).

BLOCK 1: INDIVIDUAL BEHAVIOR

1. New cognitive perspectives

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2. Incentive management

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BLOCK 2: THE ECONOMIC ORGANIZATION

3. Markets and organizations. Divisionalization

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4. Markets versus politics

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BLOCK 3: THE INSTITUTIONAL ENVIRONMENT

5. Institutional support of private contracting

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6. Role of business firms in society

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