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Unit 01: Introduction

Dates Course Activities, Assignments, and Due Dates

Week 1 Unit 01: Introduction

Monday Unit 01: Objectives

September 13
Readings:
to
BSZ5: Chapter 1
Sunday
September 19

Unit 02: The Organization of Economic Activity

Dates Course Activities, Assignments, and Due Dates

Week 2 Unit 02: Introduction

Monday Unit 02: Objectives

September 20
Readings:
to
BSZ5: Chapter 2 (skip Appendix pp. 43-54)
Sunday
September 26 Assignments:

Review Questions: Interwest Health Care Corp. Case, questions 1-4,

p.38.
Presentations 2A and 2B Students: Interwest Health Care Corp. Case,
questions 1-4, p.38.

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Unit 03: Coordination of Economic Activity through Markets and the Price
System

Dates Course Activities, Assignments, and Due Dates

Week 3 Unit 03: Introduction

Monday Unit 03: Objectives

September 27
Readings:
to
BSZ5: Chapter 3
Sunday,
October 3 Assignments:

Review Questions: Property Right Security in Russian Deprivatization

Case, questions 1-5, p. 92
Presentations 3A and 3B Students: Property Right Security in Russian
Deprivatization Case, questions 1-5, p. 92

Week 4 Readings:

Monday BSZ5: Chapter 3

October 4
Assignments:
to
Review Questions 3.4, 3.12, p.100
Sunday Presentations 4A Students: 3.4, p. 100
October 10
Presentations 4B Students: 3.12, p. 100

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Unit 04: Coordination of Economic Activity through Hierarchies (firms)

Dates Course Activities, Assignments, and Due Dates

Week 5 Unit 04: Introduction

Monday Unit 04: Objectives

October 11
Readings:
to
BSZ5: Chapter 10
Sunday
October 17 Assignments:

Review Questions 10.9, 10.11, p. 338

Presentations 5A Students: 10.9, p.338
Presentations 5B Students: 10.11, p. 338

Week 6 Readings:

Monday Reading: BSZ5, Chapter 10

October 18 Case Study: eBay.com, p.334
to Assignments:

Sunday First Term Paper

October 24 Case Study: eBay.com, p. 334
Due: Thursday October 21 11:59pm (EST).

For the term paper everybody does eBay questions 1-2-3-4, p.

334.
Presentations 6A and 6B Students: eBay.com, questions 1-2-3-4, p.
334.

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Unit 05: Organizational Architecture: How best to coordinate plans and

actions

Dates Course Activities, Assignments, and Due Dates

Week 7 Unit 05: Introduction

Monday Unit 05: Objectives

October 25
Readings:
to
BSZ5: Chapter 11
Sunday Case Study: Eastman Kodak, pp. 358-359.
October 31
Assignments:

Presentations 7A and 7B Students: Eastman Kodak case, questions

1-4, pp. 358-359.

Unit 06: Decision Rights

Dates Course Activities, Assignments, and Due Dates

Week 8 Unit 06: Introduction

Monday Unit 06: Objectives

November 1
Readings:
to
BSZ5: Chapters 12-13
Sunday
November 7 Assignments:

Review questions 12.6, p. 392 and 13.7, pp. 418-419.

Presentations 8A Students: 12.6, p. 392

Presentations 8B Students: 13.7, pp. 418-419.

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Unit 07: Motivation and Incentives: Contracts, Private Information, Moral

Hazard, and Risk Sharing

Dates Course Activities, Assignments, and Due Dates

Week 9 Unit 07: Introduction

Monday Unit 07: Objectives

November 8
Readings:
to
BSZ5: Chapters 14
Sunday
November 14 Assignments:

Review questions 14.8, p. 450 and 14.12, p. 450

Presentations 9A Students: 14.8, p. 450.

Presentations 9B Students: 14.12, p. 450.

Week 10 Readings:

Monday BSZ5: Chapters 15

November 15
Assignments:
to
Case Study: The Debate over CEO Compensation, p.475.
Sunday
November 21
Presentations 10A and 10B Students: The Debate over CEO
Compensation, p. 475 questions 1 to 5.

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Unit 08: Individual and Corporate Performance Evaluations

Dates Course Activities, Assignments, and Due Dates

Week 11 Unit 08: Introduction

Monday Unit 08: Objectives

November 22
Readings:
to
BSZ5: Chapters 16-17
Sunday
November 28 Assignments:

Review questions 16.14, p.518 and 17.13, p. 552.

Presentations 11A Students: 16.14, p.518.

Presentations 11B Students: 17.13, p. 552.

Unit 09: Corporate Governance

Dates Course Activities, Assignments, and Due Dates

Week 12 Unit 09: Introduction

Monday Unit 09: Objectives

November 29
Readings:
to
BSZ5: Chapter 18
Thursday
December 2 Case Study: Arthur Andersen LLP, pp. 553-558 Questions 2 & 7, pp.
558-559.

Assignment:

Second Term Paper

Case Study: Arthur Andersen LLP, pp. 553-558
Due: Thursday December 2, 4.30pm (EST).

For the term paper everybody does Questions 2 & 7, pp.

558-559.

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