Economics and Management of Networks, Spring 2020
Prof.
Pierfrancesco Reverberi
Office: Room
A105, DIAG, via Ariosto 25
Office hours: Thursday, 17:30-19:00
Email: reverberi@diag.uniroma1.it
Course page: www.dis.uniroma1.it/~reverber/emn.htm
Announcements
On line classes starting on Wednesday, March 18
Platform: Google Meet
Google classroom course code is tlfezrf
Overview
The course introduces students to the economics and
management of networks. Indeed, it provides students with methods
and models of microeconomics and industrial organization to understand and analyze
the competitive dynamics in network industries. On the one
hand, the course illustrates the main features of the new information economy,
and discusses the prevailing and emerging business models. On the other hand,
it explores competition and regulation issues in liberalized network industries,
such as telecommunications, energy, and transportation.
Readings
The main reference textbooks are:
·
Shapiro C., H. Varian
(1999), Information Rules: A Strategic
Guide to the Network Economy, Harvard Business Press.
·
Church J., R. Ware (2000), Industrial organization: A strategic
approach, McGraw-Hill (available at
http://works.bepress.com/jeffrey_church/23).
Additional recommended readings for each of the topics
covered in class are listed in the course outline.
Students are supposed to have a basic knowledge of microeconomics and game
theory, but the relevant concepts and tools are reviewed
in class.
Stories
Final exam
Generally, the final written exam consists in solving
one or two exercises similar to those included in the problem set, and
discussing one or two questions based on the topics covered in class.
Students may replace part of the written exam with a
project work developed within a small team (this possibility has to be explored
and ultimately defined later in the semester).
Problem set