DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS DELHI SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS
UNIVERSITY OF DELHI Minutes of Meeting Subject : B. Com. - Fifth Semester (2013) Course : CP 5.4 - Industrial Economics Date of Meeting : Monday 29th
Venue : Department of Economics, Delhi School of Economics July, 2013, 3.30 P.M.
University of Delhi, Delhi – 110 007 Chair : Dr. Anirban Kar
Attended by:
1. Harikesh Maurya, L.B. College 2. Naveen Chaudhary, L.B. College 3. Janadlung Kamai Francis, L.B. College 4. Shruti Garg, Kamala Nehru College 5. Reena Bajaj, Sri Aurobindo College
6. Subansh Prasad Singh, Sri Aurobindo College 7. Basanti Nayak, Satyawati College
8. Manoj Kumar, Sri Aurobindo College 9. Sonali Garg, Kamala Nehru College
10. Shikha Gupta, Janki Devi Memorial College 11. Vijay Kumar, Ramjas College
12. Silpa P.R., L.B. College
13. Varama Raju, Srivenkateshwara College 14. Jyotsna Maken, S.G.G.S.C.C.
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INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS
Lectures TOPICS READINGS
15 lectures Industrial Structure and Market Structure
Industrial concentration
Structure-Conduct-Performance Paradigms
Barthwal Ch-4
Barthwal Ch-7 Barthwal Ch-4
12 lectures Expansion of the firms through merger, acquisition and diversification
Role and Composition of Foreign capital
MNCs and transfer pricing
Barthwal Ch-8
Bhargava & Sethi Ch 31-32 Dhingra and Dhingra, 3.35- 3.51
12 lectures Integrated Industrial development
• Small scale Industry supplementing large scale industry
Dhingra an Dhingra 4.1 – 4.21
Bhargava & Sethi Ch 31-32 12 lectures Role of research and
development
Diffusion of technology
Product and process patent
Scherer Ch- 15 Barthwal Ch-9(9.4) Scherer Ch-16(pg 442- 443,450-454)
12 lectures Economic aspects of industrial efficiency
• Partial and Total Factor Productivity
• Measurement of capacity utilization
Barthwal Ch-2
Dhingra and Dhingra, 6.1- 6.15
Dhingra and Dhingra, 6.1- 6.15
12 lectures Industrial location and Regional development
Barthwal Ch-17
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For the 100 marks paper, there would be - 75 marks : University Exam
- 25 marks : Internal Assessment (5 marks are for attendance and 20 marks for two class tests of 10 marks each)
Suggested Readings:
1. R.R. Barthwal: Industrial Economics. 2nd
2. F.M. Scherer: Industrial Market Structure and Economic Performance. 2 edition
nd
3. B.K. Bhargava & Vandana Sethi: Economic Development and Policies in India , 6
edition
th
4. Dhingra and Dhingra, Industrial Economics, Book age publication edition
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