Agricultural Economics
Topical Outline and Selected Assignments
2012 FDRS Student Food Marketing Challenge
National Agricultural Alumni and Development Association
Lecture Materials
Unit 1: Applying Microeconomics to the Firm
Aug 27, 2012 - Firm to Strategy
Sept 5, 2012 - Horizontal Boundaries
Sept 10, 2012 - Economies of Scope
Sept 12, 2012 - Vertical Chain
Sept 19, 2012 - Competitors and Competition
Unit 2: Financial Decison Making
Sept 26, 2012 - Capital Budgeting
Unit 3: Industrial Analysis
Oct 15, 2012 - Industrial Analysis
Unit 4: Value Chains and Competition
Oct 17, 2012 - Strategic Positioning for Competitive Advantage
Unit 5: Building and Sustaining Competitive Advantage
Oct 29, 2012 - Sustaining Competitive Advantage
Nov 5, 2012 - The Origins of Competitive Advantage: Innovation, Evolution, Environment
Unit 6: Special Topics in Agribusiness
Nov 14, 2012 - Multinational Agribusinesses and Sustainability
Analysis Guideline - Case Analysis Guideline
Agribusiness Markets and Competition Analysis
Resources for the Final Paper and Oral Report Guideline
Evaluation: Oral Presentation of Industry Analysis
Exercises
Exercise 1 (Due Sept 10) Exercise 2 (Due Sept 17)
Exercise 3 (Due Oct 1) Exercise 4 (Due Oct 10)
Exercise 5 (Due Nov 7)
