ECON 3353 Industrial Organization - Firms, Competition, and Strategy
We will study how firms make strategic decisions in competitive environments. Using real-world examples from industries such as healthcare, real estate, digital platforms, and others, we will examine how microeconomic models operate in practice. Topics include, but are not limited to, pricing and price discrimination, product and platform differentiation, entry deterrence, information asymmetry, and collusion. The goal is to provide a rigorous economic foundation for understanding market structures and to develop applicable solutions to challenges faced by managers and government policymakers
Course overview
- Department
- Economics
- School
- MCAS
- Credits
- 3
- Level
- Undergraduate
- Offered
- Every Fall
Catalog details
Requirements fulfilled
Course evaluations
- Course rating
- 4.44 / 5 · Very Good
- Instructor rating
- 4.44 / 5 · Very Good
- Terms evaluated
- 4
| Term | Instructor | Course overall | Instructor overall | Well organized | Clear learning objectives | Intellectually challenging | Helpful assignments | Applicable beyond course | Attendance necessary | Weekly effort | Responses |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall 2025 | Gi Heung Kim | 4.5 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 4.5 | 4–6 hrs/week | 28 of 31 |
| Spring 2024 | Charles Murry | 4.5 | 4.6 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 4.5 | 1–3 hrs/week | 56 of 60 |
| Fall 2022 | Charles Murry | 4.3 | 4.2 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 1–3 hrs/week | 59 of 67 |
| Fall 2021 | Charles Murry | 4.6 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 1–3 hrs/week | 25 of 35 |