Management and Economics of Network Industries
Lecture Strategy and Organization in Technology Markets
Prof. Dr. Tobias Kretschmer, Dr. Hakan Özalp, Johanna Glauber, Philipp Staiger
Course Overview
Many modern technology-intensive industries such as ICTs (Information and Communication Technologies) or consumer electronics are characterized by network effects, which imply that one consumer’s purchasing decision depends on other consumers’ decisions. This has important consequences for firms’ strategies, especially with regard to phenomena such as platform competition, standards battles, and the importance of user expectations.
By learning about network effects and these phenomena, we will try to answer the following questions:
- How do firms compete in a standards battle?
- What are strategies to successfully launch an online platform or a video games console?
- Why do companies such as Google or Facebook give their products away for free?
- Why do some technologies become dominant, while others remain in their niche status?
At the end of the course students should be familiar with the basic characteristics of network industries, know about the most important concepts and theories, and know how to apply them to real world problems.
Course Structure
The course consists of weekly lectures and tutorials. During the lectures you will learn about the important theoretical concepts using real world examples, basic game theory and empirical methods. During the tutorials you will learn how to apply these concepts to management orientated case studies and how to solve simple game theoretic models yourself.
Organization
General
- The course is taught in English
- Students can choose one of three identical tutorials
- First lecture: 12.04.2016
- First tutorial: 18.04.2016
- You can download the lecture materials on the LSF.
- You can download the tutorial materials on the LSF.
| Lecture | Tuesday, 10:00-12:00 c.t., Geschwister-Scholl-Platz 1, Room A 213 |
| Tutorial 1 | Monday, 16:00-18:00 c.t., Geschwister-Scholl-Platz 1, Room B 011 |
| Tutorial 2 | Tuesday, 08:00-10:00 c.t., Geschwister-Scholl-Platz 1, Room B 011 |
| Credits | 6 ECTS in module MM&I (PO 08) |
| Examination | 120 min. closed book exam 15.07.2016, 14:00-16:00 h |
Further Information
Johanna Glauber, Phone: +49 (0) 89 / 2180 - 6066, j.glauber@lmu.de