Analysis of competition in the smartphones markets in the global
Master in Agriculture Economics
Course:Industrial Organization
Report Title:Analysis of competition in the Smartphones markets in the global.
For the essay you must
Report content:
In the essay you should
Briefly describe the chosen market
e.g. product(s), producers/sellers, buyers, trade, market outcome
Define the product boundaries and geographical boundaries of the market
Explain why you decided to use these boundaries
Discuss the appropriateness of these boundaries as well as of alternative boundaries
Describe and analyse the market structure
Using e.g. the concentration curve, concentration ratios and/or the Herfindahl-Hirschmann index
Discuss the advantages and drawbacks of the measures and tools that
you used for describing and analysing the market structure by referring to your specific example
Discuss to what extent you can derive the market power on the selected market
based on your previous analysis
Are there any other indicators that the companies in the market are exercising market power vis-?-vis does the market seem (perfectly) competitive?
Finish your essay with a conclusion
Reading Book :The main textbook is Pepall, Richards and Norman (2008), Industrial Organization: Contemporary Theory and Practice, Thomson/South-Western, 4th edition from 2008, ISBN:978-4051-7632-3
One list of possible sources can be found at
http://www.anderson.ucla.edu/rosenfeld-library/databases/business-databases-by-category/industry-information
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