Nevşehir Hacı Bektaş Veli University Course Catalogue

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FACULTY OF ECONOMICS & ADMINISTRATIVE SCIENCES / İKT321 - ECONOMICS

Code: İKT321 Course Title: INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS Theoretical+Practice: 3+0 ECTS: 4
Year/Semester of Study 3 / Fall Semester
Level of Course 1st Cycle Degree Programme
Type of Course Optional
Department ECONOMICS
Pre-requisities and Co-requisites None
Mode of Delivery Face to Face
Teaching Period 14 Weeks
Name of Lecturer SELİN ZENGİN TAŞDEMİR (szengin@nevsehir.edu.tr)
Name of Lecturer(s) SELİN ZENGİN TAŞDEMİR,
Language of Instruction Turkish
Work Placement(s) None
Objectives of the Course
Making students understand basic concepts and subjects of industrial economics. Making students master the subjects related to industrial economics and interpret on these subjects

Learning Outcomes PO MME
The students who succeeded in this course:
LO-1 He/she can describe knowledge basic concepts and models of industrial economics PO-4 have theoretical and empirical information to analyze how to authorities, consumers and firms effect each other and how to make decision.
Examination
LO-2 can evaluate firm success and market success in different market structures PO-1 have information about basic economic topics and indicators.
PO-2 have basic information about treatment rules between individuals, markets and countries.
PO-4 have theoretical and empirical information to analyze how to authorities, consumers and firms effect each other and how to make decision.
PO-11 have ability on defining economic variables and comment on the relationships between these variables.
Examination
LO-3 can compare the different market structures and can decision-making processes of firms in the real world reviews of what happened. PO-1 have information about basic economic topics and indicators.
PO-2 have basic information about treatment rules between individuals, markets and countries.
PO-4 have theoretical and empirical information to analyze how to authorities, consumers and firms effect each other and how to make decision.
PO-11 have ability on defining economic variables and comment on the relationships between these variables.
PO-16 report preparation that examine the economy in terms of sectoral and macroeconomic.
Examination
LO-4 can evaluates the relationship between market structure and firm performance PO-1 have information about basic economic topics and indicators.
PO-2 have basic information about treatment rules between individuals, markets and countries.
PO-4 have theoretical and empirical information to analyze how to authorities, consumers and firms effect each other and how to make decision.
PO-11 have ability on defining economic variables and comment on the relationships between these variables.
Examination
LO-5 can explain the production processes of firms in imperfect competitive markets PO-1 have information about basic economic topics and indicators.
PO-2 have basic information about treatment rules between individuals, markets and countries.
Examination
PO: Programme Outcomes
MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation

Course Contents
Company, Industry, Market Concepts, Building-Behavior-Performance, Markets, Asymmetric Information
Weekly Course Content
Week Subject Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1 Economic organization and concepts of firm, industry and market. Structure, behavior and performance. lecturing, discussion
2 Models used in relation between market structure-economic success, R&D in firms. lecturing, discussion
3 Methods to determine the structure of industry: Methods for calculation of concentration index, demand and cost method, method of scale economies. and market.. lecturing, discussion
4 Firms in different industry structures: Competition model. lecturing, discussion
5 Model of monopoly, monopsony, monopoly competition market, oligopoly. lecturing, discussion
6 Competition and cooperation between firms. Cartels. lecturing, discussion
7 Agreements between firms: Factors contributing to oligopolistic coordination., lecturing, discussion
8 mid-term exam
9 Factors prevent agreements between firms lecturing, discussion
10 Entering into an industry and exiting from an industry lecturing, discussion
11 Firm’s pricing strategies according to market power: Capturing consumer rant and price differentiation. lecturing, discussion
12 Inter-time price differentiation: Two way price tariffs, joint sales and packet sales, advertisement lecturing, discussion
13 Asymmetric information and market lecturig, discussion
14 Problems arises from asymmetric information lecturing, discussion
15 Methods that remove the problem of asymmetric information lecturing, discussion
16 final exam
Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading
1 K.Yıldırım, R. Eşkinat ve A. Kabasakal, Endüstriyel Ekonomi, Ekin Kitapevi, Bursa, 2005.
Required Course instruments and materials
Book and articles

Assessment Methods
Type of Assessment Week Hours Weight(%)
mid-term exam 8 1 40
Other assessment methods
1.Oral Examination
2.Quiz
3.Laboratory exam
4.Presentation
5.Report
6.Workshop
7.Performance Project
8.Term Paper
9.Project
final exam 16 1 60

Student Work Load
Type of Work Weekly Hours Number of Weeks Work Load
Weekly Course Hours (Theoretical+Practice) 3 14 42
Outside Class
       a) Reading 2 14 28
       b) Search in internet/Library 0
       c) Performance Project 0
       d) Prepare a workshop/Presentation/Report 0
       e) Term paper/Project 0
Oral Examination 0
Quiz 0
Laboratory exam 0
Own study for mid-term exam 3 8 24
mid-term exam 1 1 1
Own study for final exam 3 8 24
final exam 1 1 1
0
0
Total work load; 120