290029 Organisational Economics and Agribusiness

Details
Institute of Food and Resource Economics
Earliest Possible YearMSc. 1 year
DurationOne block
 
Credits7.5 (ECTS)
Course LevelMSc
 
ExaminationFinal Examination

written examination


Written Exam in Lecturehall

All aids allowed

Description of Examination: 4-hours written exam Project report

Weight: 70% written exam 30% written report



13-point scale, internal examiner

Dates of Exam:
26 January 2006
 
Organisation of TeachingLectures Exercises Project Report
 
Block PlacementBlock 2
Week Structure: C
 
Teaching LanguageEnglish
 
Optional PrerequisitesEconomics of the Food Industry Food Markets and Organization
 
Areas of Competence the Course Will Address
Basic Science:
Elements of Basic Economics, and scientific methodology

Applied Science:
Applied industrial organization
Organization of production, processing and distribution systems of food industries. Technology and efficiency

Ethics & Values
A part of this course is Industrial Policy. This gives the students the opportunity to learn applied welfare optimization.
 
Course Objectives
This course approaches the industry and markets of food products from an institutional - information economics perspective. It examines the food industry as chain or market and focuses on transactions, contracts, and organisations
 
Course Contents
Transaction Cost Economics
Contract Theory
Cooperatives
Network Theory
Agribusiness Strategy
 
Teaching And Learning Methods
The teaching is based on lectures that presents central elements of the course curricullum. Furthermore the students will work individual or in groups solving both practical and theoretical exercises. Also in groups the students will do project work under the supervision. There will be Food insustry visits duing the course.
 
Course Litterature
1. Bogetoft & Olesen, Design of Production Contracts: Lessons from Danish Agriculture, pp. 170. BS Press

2. Bogetoft & Olesen, Afregning I Andelsselskaber - teoretiske modeller og praktiske eksempler, DSR-Forlag, 2000, pp. 233.

3. Hendrikse, G., Economics and Managament of Organizations "Co-ordination, Motivation and Strategy", McGraw-Hill Education, 2004.
 
Course Coordinator
Henrik Ballebye Olesen, hbol@kvl.dk, Institute of Food and Resource Economics/Production and Technology Division, Phone: 3528
 
Study Board
Study Committee NSN
 
Course Scope
lectures66
practicals35
Excursions35
project work35
examination4
preparation31

206