Competitive Analysis and Strategy

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Samenvatting les 9 game theory

samenvatting les8 entry in foreign markets

samenvatting les 7 entry deterrence

samenvatting les 6 strategic commitments

samenvatting les 5: pricing

Samenvatting les 4 vertical integration

This document summarizes the first four theoretical lectures of the course "Competitive Analysis and Strategy", held by Prof. Iwan Bos. A summary of the cases solved in class is NOT provided in this document - lectures only! This document prepares for the mid term exam of this course, where only the first four lectures are addressed.

This document gives an elaborate explanation from the book of what has been covered in Case session three. the following topics are being discussed: Price Elasticity of Demand; Competitors Identification; Measuring Market Structure; Market Structure and Competition (Monopoly, Perfect Competition, Monopolistic Competition, Oligopoly); Competitive Discipline; impediments to coordination; Asymmetries among firms and the sustainability of cooperative pricing; Facilitating Pricing; Internal Rivalry.