6 ECTS credits
170 h study time
Offer 1 with catalog number 4023730ENR for all students in the 2nd semester
at
a (E) Master - advanced level.
- Semester
- 2nd semester
- Enrollment based on exam contract
- Impossible
- Grading method
- Grading (scale from 0 to 20)
- Can retake in second session
- Yes
- Enrollment Requirements
- Je hebt ‘Wiskunde II voor TEW’ of 'Wiskunde II voor HI' gevolgd, plus 'Micro-economie', alvorens ‘Mededinging en mededingingbeleid’ op te nemen.
- Taught in
- Dutch
- Faculty
- Faculty of Social Sciences & SolvayBusinessSchool
- Department
- Applied economics
- Educational team
- Marc Jegers
(course titular)
- Activities and contact hours
- 22 contact hours Lecture
2 contact hours Seminar, Exercises or Practicals
170 contact hours Independent or External Form of Study
- Course Content
Theoretical foundations, structural analysis of industry (oligopoly, concentration, barriers to entry, market structure and performance), firm strategy (pricing, auctions, product differentiation, advertising, research & development, vertical integration, diversification), policy (including Belgian competition policy).
- Course material
- Handbook (Required) : Industrial Organization, Competition, Strategy, Policy, John Lipczynski, John Wilson, John Goddard, 5th, Pearson, 9781292121710, 2017
- Additional info
www.mineco.fgov.be/organization_market/competition/home_nl.htm
- Learning Outcomes
-
General competencies
Knowledge of economic thinking on competition and competition policy.
- Grading
-
The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
Written Exam determines 100% of the final mark.
Within the Written Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:
- Paper
with a relative weight of 33
which comprises 33% of the final mark.
Note: Analysis of a statement of a competition authority (EU, Belgium), with the accent on the economical foundations.
- Written Exam
with a relative weight of 67
which comprises 67% of the final mark.
- Additional info regarding evaluation
Theory (2/3) / Assignment (1/3): economic analysis of a competition authority's ruling.
A final mark can only be obtained if the student participates in both parts. Marks of the assignment, if 10/20 or more, will be transfered to the next exam sessions.
- Allowed unsatisfactory mark
- The supplementary Teaching and Examination Regulations of your faculty stipulate whether an allowed unsatisfactory mark for this programme unit is permitted.
Academic context
This offer is part of the following study plans:
Master of Business Engineering: Standaard traject (only offered in Dutch)
Master of Business Economics: Standaard traject (only offered in Dutch)