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Outline of industrial organization
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<h2 id="overview">Overview</h2> <ul><li>a field of <a href="/facts/Economics/HYctA2Dn">economics</a> that studies: <ul><li>the <a href="/facts/Strategic_management/b4kFnS66">strategic behavior</a> of <a href="/facts/Business/For1e8Nh">firms</a></li> <li>the structure of <a href="/facts/Market_(economics)/6RfCU3fH">markets</a> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Perfect_competition/les89UG3">Perfect competition</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Monopolistic_competition/sxlPYG8G">Monopolistic competition</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Oligopoly/SDh6loza">Oligopoly</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Oligopsony/65jVH885">Oligopsony</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Monopoly/BXIQWUmR">Monopoly</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Monopsony/DUX50nKb">Monopsony</a></li></ul></li> <li>and the interactions between them</li></ul></li></ul> <h2 id="concepts">Concepts</h2> <p>Production side of Industry: </p> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Production_theory_basics/G5mF3WkI">Production theory</a> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Productive_efficiency/Njp4w9HY">productive efficiency</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Factors_of_production/gDgCQ5ES">factors of production</a></li> <li>total, average, and marginal product curves</li> <li><a href="/facts/Marginal_productivity/Qh8bkbx7">marginal productivity</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Isoquant/9HScdGF1">isoquants</a> & <a href="/facts/Isocost/8a4xfxP1">isocosts</a></li> <li>the <a href="/facts/Marginal_rate_of_technical_substitution/ruyqlBjt">marginal rate of technical substitution</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/Production_function/oKnfDAou">Production function</a> <ul><li>inputs</li> <li><a href="/facts/Diminishing_returns/YNwQIqtK">diminishing returns</a> to inputs</li> <li>the stages of production</li> <li>shifts in a production function</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/Economic_rent/tz2MGfu2">Economic rent</a> <ul><li>classical factor rents</li> <li>Paretian factor rents</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/Production_possibility_frontier/Qtx3Ios6">Production possibility frontier</a> <ul><li>what production levels are possible given a set of resources</li> <li>the trade-off between various input combinations</li> <li>the <a href="/facts/Marginal_rate_of_transformation/Qtx3Ios6">marginal rate of transformation</a></li></ul></li></ul> <p>Cost side of Industry: </p> <ul><li>Cost theory <ul><li>Different types of <a href="/facts/Cost/V1GX4vhw">costs</a> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Opportunity_cost/FYJTAXd6">opportunity cost</a></li> <li>accounting cost or historical costs</li> <li><a href="/facts/Transaction_cost/APnk8KdX">transaction cost</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Sunk_cost/S0N2pv1C">sunk cost</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Marginal_cost/fcKjM5Mr">marginal cost</a></li></ul></li> <li>The <a href="/facts/Isocost/8a4xfxP1">isocost</a> line</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/Cost-of-production_theory_of_value/X9KEwfVy">Cost-of-production theory of value</a></li> <li>Long-run cost and production functions <ul><li><a href="/facts/Long_run_average_cost/1mft6PaP">long-run average cost</a></li> <li>long-run production function and <a href="/facts/Efficiency_(economics)/I1M5B5GQ">efficiency</a></li> <li>returns to scale and isoclines</li> <li><a href="/facts/Minimum_efficient_scale/9LjVXgsv">minimum efficient scale</a></li> <li>plant capacity</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/Economies_of_density/Hbx5VGbY">Economies of density</a> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Economies_of_scale/gtAYHuNT">Economies of scale</a> <ul><li>the efficiency consequences of increasing or decreasing the level of production.</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/Economies_of_scope/gqGTksny">Economies of scope</a> <ul><li>the efficiency consequences of increasing or decreasing the number of different types of products produced, promoted, and distributed.</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/Network_effect/IvxIDA2d">Network effect</a> <ul><li>the effect that one user of a good or service has on the value of that product to other people.</li></ul></li></ul></li> <li>Optimum factor allocation <ul><li><a href="/facts/Output_elasticity/k168lnYa">output elasticity</a> of <a href="/facts/Factor_cost/nLm4xvHC">factor costs</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Marginal_revenue_product/fdUsxCgl">marginal revenue product</a></li> <li>marginal resource cost</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/Pricing/e2r3HKdI">Pricing</a> and various aspects of the pricing decision <ul><li><a href="/facts/Transfer_pricing/bcpUV2X0">Transfer pricing</a> <ul><li>selling within a multi-divisional company</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/Joint_product_pricing/Aw7CUnBR">Joint product pricing</a> <ul><li>price setting when two products are linked</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/Price_discrimination/VLwnWVcL">Price discrimination</a> <ul><li>different prices to different buyers</li> <li>types of price discrimination</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/Yield_management/mowuyr9E">Yield management</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Price_skimming/Qxeagynx">Price skimming</a> <ul><li>price discrimination over time</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/Two-part_tariff/vSc5M1bD">Two-part tariffs</a> <ul><li>charging a price composed of two parts, usually an initial fee and an ongoing fee</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/Price_points/0caDlUYh">Price points</a> <ul><li>the effects of a non-linear demand curve on pricing</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/Cost-plus_pricing/9SAD1vv9">Cost-plus pricing</a> <ul><li>a <a href="/facts/Markup_(business)/pvr8zdNG">markup</a> is applied to a cost term in order to calculate price</li> <li><a href="/facts/Cost-plus_pricing_with_elasticity_considerations/9SAD1vv9">cost-plus pricing with elasticity considerations</a></li> <li>cost plus pricing is often used along with <a href="/facts/Break_even_analysis/GJFwa86x">break even analysis</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/Rate_of_return_pricing/SLLBLlSj">Rate of return pricing</a> <ul><li>calculate price based on the required rate of return on investment, or rate of return on sales</li></ul></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/Profit_maximization/CMCXTAHC">Profit maximization</a> <ul><li>determining the optimum price and quantity</li> <li>the totals approach</li> <li>marginal approach of production</li></ul></li></ul> <h2 id="people">People</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Antoine_Augustin_Cournot/PSlIlwmg">Antoine Augustin Cournot</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Heinrich_Freiherr_von_Stackelberg/99XBwFsB">Heinrich Freiherr von Stackelberg</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Jean_Tirole/cIu3pK0t">Jean Tirole</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Joseph_Bertrand/abQ3lhdV">Joseph Bertrand</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/William_Baumol/BsGPzxTP">William Baumol</a></li></ul> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Cost-of-production_theory_of_value/X9KEwfVy">Cost-of-production theory of value</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Factors_of_production/gDgCQ5ES">Factors of production</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/List_of_publications_in_economics/fcFRQxTB">Publications on production theory</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Microeconomics/mX6Ek69Y">Microeconomics</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Outline_of_management/4ekC1P8y">Outline of management</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Outline_of_organizational_theory/eFuQJXmA">Outline of organizational theory</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Outline_of_production/L9zLbLme">Outline of production</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Output_(economics)/7joYTeNk">Output (economics)</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Price/yWQ8edfN">Price</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Prices_of_production/GFoVBWN1">Prices of production</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Pricing_strategies/GafT35PV">Pricing strategies</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Production_(economics)/G5mF3WkI">Production (economics)</a></li></ul> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li><a href="http://www.ios.neu.edu/aboutios.htm">Industrial Organization Society</a></li></ul>