4205: Virksomhedsteori. FAGETS ENGELSKE NAVN: Economics, Organization and Management

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1 FAGETS NUMMER: 4205 FAGETS NAVN: Virksomhedsteori FAGETS ENGELSKE NAVN: Economics, Organization and Management FAGETS PLACERING I UDDANNELSEN: Valgfrit fag på cand.oecon. uddannelsen, valgfrit fag på sidefagsuddannelsen i erhvervsøkonomi og valgfrit fag på kandidatuddannelsen i erhvervsøkonomi. ECTS-VÆGT: 10 GODKENDELSESSTATUS: Endnu ikke godkendt for efteråret 2004 UNDERVISNINGSSEMESTER: Efterår 2004 ERSTATTER FAGBESKRIVELSE AF / SENESTE ENDELIGT GODKENDTE FAGBE SKRIVELSE: 5. september 2003 UDBYDES: Se fagudbudsplan UDFYLDT AF: Niels Peter Mols og Per Baltzer Overgaard UNDERVISER: Niels Peter Mols og Per Baltzer Overgaard UNDERVISNINGSSPROG: Dansk PRØVEFORM: 4-timers skriftlig eksamen HJÆLPEMIDLER TIL EKSAMEN: Ingen UGENTLIG TIMETAL: 2 x 2 timer i ca. 12 uger svarende til 48 forelæsningsækvivalenter BEMÆRKNINGER: Faget kan ikke indgå i studieprogram med 4203: Driftsøkonomisk Teori. FAGETS SIGTE OG FORMÅL: Faget tager udgangspunkt i nyere økonomisk virksomhedsteori, og det sigter imod at skabe generelle analytiske referencerammer for centrale problemstillinger inden for virksomhedsledelse og afsætning. Fagets hovedformål er således at give de studerende en evne til at analysere problemstillinger inden for virksomhedsstrategi, afsætning, produktion, finansiering samt virksomhedens infrastruktur på et solidt mikroøkonomisk fundament, som tillige kan anvendes i andre mere fagspecifikke kandidatfag på det driftsøkonomiske studium.

2 FAGETS INDHOLD OG EMNEKREDSE: Fagets udgangspunkt er en række økonomiske teorier til forståelse og analyse af virksomheder. Disse teorier præsenteres, sammenlignes, og anvendes på forskellige ledelsesmæssige problemstillinger. I overskriftsform kan fagets emnekredse beskrives som: Introduktion Klassikere i virksomhedsteori Transaktionsomkostningsteori Principal-agent teori Ejerskab og property rights teori Ressource-baseret teori FORUDSÆTNINGER: Der forudsættes viden om økonomi svarende til kravene for optagelse på kandidatuddannelserne i økonomi eller erhvervsøkonomi. EVT. TILKNYTTEDE FAG: Andre kandidatfag i virksomhedsledelse, afsætningsøkonomi samt informations- og konktraktsøkonomi. UNDERVISNINGSMETODE: Forelæsninger. LITTERATUR: Lærebog: Milgrom, P. and Roberts, J. (1992) Economics, Organization, and Management, Prentice-Hall, kap. 2 samt 4-9. Derudover læses kap. 1, 3 samt som supplerende, kursorisk litteratur (ikke eksamenspensum men påkrævet læsning). Anden litteratur: (* angiver obligatorisk litteratur, mens resten læses som supplerende, kursorisk litteratur) *Anderson E. and H. Gatignon (1986) "Modes of Foreign Entry: A Transaction Cost Analysis and Propositions", Journal of International Business Studies 17: 1-26.

3 Barney, J. (1991) "Firm Resources and Sustained Competitive Advantage", Journal of Management 17: *Bergen, M., Dutta, S. and Walker, O.C. (1992) "Agency Relationships in Marketing: A Review of the Implications and Applications of Agency and Related Theories", Journal of Marketing 56: *Brown, J.R., Dev, C.S. and Lee, D.J. (2000) "Managing Marketing Channel Opportunism: The Efficacy of Alternative Governance Mechanisms", Journal of Marketing 64: *Buvik, A. and John, G. (2000) "When Does Vertical Coordination Improve Industrial Purchasing Relationships?", Journal of Marketing 64: Coase, R. (1937) The Nature of the Firm, Economica 4: Coase, R. (1960) The Problem of Social Cost, Journal of Law and Economics 3: *Coff, R.W. (1999) "When Competitive Advantage Doesn t Lead to Performance: The Ressource-Based View and Stakeholder Bargaining Power", Organization Science, Vol. 10, No. 2, pp *Conner, Kathleen, (1991) "A Historical Comparison of Resource-Based Theory and Five Schools of Thought within Industrial Economics: Do We Have a New Theory of the Firm?", Journal of Management 17: *Hart, O. (1995) Firms, Contracts and Financial Structure, Oxford University Press, kap. 2. *Heide, J.B. and John, G. (1988) "The Role of Dependence Balancing in Safeguarding Transaction-Specific Assets in Conventional Channels", Journal of Marketing 52: Hendrikse, G. (2003) Economics and Management of Organizations, McGraw-Hill, kap. 4 og 9. Hoskisson, R.; Hitt, M.A.; Wan, W.P. and Yui, D. (1999) Theory and Research in Strategic Management: Swings of a Pendulum, Journal of Management 25: Kirmani, A. and Rao, A.R. (2000) No Pain, No Gain: A Critical Review of the Literature on Signaling Unobservable Product Quality, Journal of Marketing 64: Kochbar, R. (1996) Explaining Firm Capital Structure: The Role of Agency Theory vs. Transaction Cost Economics, Strategic Management Journal 17:

4 Lassar, W.M. and Kerr, J.L (1996) Strategy and Control in Supplier-Distributor Relationships: An Agency Perspective, Strategic Management Journal 17: *Madhok, A. (1997) "Cost, Value and Foreign Market Entry Mode: The Transaction and the Firm", Strategic Management Journal 18: *Peteraf, M.A. (1993) "The Cornerstones of Competitive Advantage: A Resource- Based View", Strategic Management Journal 14: *Poppo, L. and Zenger, T. (1998) "Testing Alternative Theories of the Firm: Transaction Cost, Knowledge-Based, and Measurement Explanations for mmake-or- Buy Decisions in Information Services", Strategic Management Journal 19: *Prahalad, C. K. and Hamel, G. (1990) "The Core Competence of the Corporation" Harvard Business Review, May-June, pp Quinn, J.B. & Hilmer, F.G. (1994) "Strategic Outsourcing", Sloan Management Review, pp *Robertson, T.S. and Gatignon, H. (1998) "Technology Development Mode: A Transaction Cost Conceptualization", Strategic Management Journal 19: Spulber, D.F. (1992) Economic Analysis and Management Strategy: A Survey, Journal of Economics and Management Strategy 1: Spulber, D.F. (199) Economic Analysis and Management Strategy: A Survey Continued, Journal of Economics and Management Strategy 3: *Tirole, J. (1988) The Theory of Industrial Organization, MIT Press, pp Derudover læses pp samt pp som supplerende, kursorisk litteratur. *Wathne, K.H. and Heide, J.B. (2000) "Opportunism in Interfirm Relationships: Forms, Outcomes, and Solutions", Journal of Marketing 64: *Wernerfelt, B. (1984) "A Resource-Based View of the ffirm", Strategic Management Journal 5: *Williamson, O.E. (1985) "The Economic Institutions of Capitalism", The Free Press, New York. Uddrag fra kapitel 1-4, i alt ca. 75 sider *Williamson, O.E. (1991) "Comparative Economic Organization: The Analysis of Discrete Structural Alternatives", Administrative Science Quarterly 36: Det samlede obligatoriske pensum overstiger ikke 800 sider. ENGLISH SUMMARY: Based on contemporary theories of the firm and contracting, this course addresses fundamental issues in business management (marketing, HRM, organization of

5 production, corporate finance and governance as well as organizational infrastructure for information and knowledge management). The analysis of each core issue is based upon modern microeconomics. The teaching language is Danish.