{"id":9183,"date":"2025-09-24T23:21:40","date_gmt":"2025-09-24T20:21:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.econ.uoa.gr\/?post_type=course&p=9183"},"modified":"2026-04-17T14:31:42","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T11:31:42","slug":"mgt473-business-organisation-theory-ex","status":"publish","type":"course","link":"https:\/\/www.econ.uoa.gr\/en\/course\/mgt473-business-organisation-theory-ex\/","title":{"rendered":"MGT473 - Business Organization Theory (semester 8)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Course Description<\/strong><\/p>\n

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COURSE OBJECTIVE:<\/strong><\/p>\n

DETAILED DESCRIPTION:<\/strong><\/p>\n

The course examines the theories and strategies of business for gaining sustainable competitive advantage. It focuses on four theoretical frameworks (industry-competitor power, transaction costs, resource-knowledge, and that of behavior and conflict), their static and evolutionary dimensions, and four basic types of strategic moves. It also explores the following four questions:<\/p>\n

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  • Why do businesses exist?<\/li>\n
  • What determines the \"optimal\" size and limit of the business?<\/li>\n
  • What determines the expansion of the business?<\/li>\n
  • Which strategy mix is best to achieve sustainable competitive advantage<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Finally, the relationship between sustainable business advantage and economic sustainability is examined<\/p>\n

    CONTENT-MATERIAL:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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    • Introduction:
      \nDefinitions and Purposes of Business Organization, Comparison with other branches of economics (Small, Industrial Organization, Strategic Management), Institutional forms of economic organization (Market, Enterprise, State).<\/li>\n
    • Module 1:Theories of the Firm\n
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      • Neoclassical Approach, Market Structure<\/li>\n
      • Transaction cost theory<\/li>\n
      • \"principal-agent\" theory<\/li>\n
      • Resource and expansion theory of the firm<\/li>\n
      • The Marglin approach<\/li>\n
      • Review<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
      • Section 2: Operational organisation\n
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        • Neoclassical approach (Structure, Behaviour, Performance, PPP), PPP models, \"price limit\", \"generalised oligopoly\", \"contestable markets\".<\/li>\n
        • Meteorological and Marxist Conceptions<\/li>\n
        • Austrian and Schumpeterian approaches<\/li>\n
        • The new competition, \"networks of small firms\" clusters, etc.<\/li>\n
        • Evolutionary approaches<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
        • Section 3: Operational Policy\n
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          • Business Expansion Strategies<\/li>\n
          • Strategic Competition Analysis<\/li>\n
          • Analysis of internal resources of the enterprise<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
          • Analysis of intraoperative conflict, Conclusions: Policy issues, Business strategy, Industrial strategy and international competitiveness<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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