Market Structures Courses and Certifications

IIT Guwahati;  NPTEL

Introduction To Market Structures

Analyze how firms compete under different market structures using game-theoretic models of pricing, entry deterrence, product differentiation, bundling, and tying.

• Swayam
• 12 weeks
• Available until Oct 9, 2026
• Free Online Course

NPTEL-NOC IITM

Market Structures: Case Study of Carlisle Brake & Friction and KLA

Explore market structures through case studies of Carlisle Brake & Friction and KLA in this concise economic analysis.

• YouTube
• 42 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

The Power of Markets II: Market Structure and Firm Behavior

128 ratings at Coursera

Learn how firms convert inputs into outputs, minimize production costs, and choose profit-maximizing price-output combinations under perfect competition and monopoly power.

• Coursera
• 4 weeks, 2 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Monopolistic Competition & Oligopoly

Analyze firm behavior under monopolistic competition and oligopoly: solve for market equilibrium, apply Nash Equilibrium, and interpret competitive pricing, product differentiation, and advertising decisions.

• Coursera
• 4 hours
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Perfect Competition & Monopoly

Analyze how competitive firms make profit-maximizing and shutdown decisions, then examine monopoly market power, barriers to entry, and regulation through price caps and profit controls.

• Coursera
• 4 hours
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Industrial Organization I

PhD-level industrial organization course combining theoretical models and empirical studies to prepare economics doctoral students for thesis research.

• MIT OpenCourseWare
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

Microeconomics: When Markets Fail

5 ratings

Analyze why markets fail: model perfect competition, monopoly and price discrimination, externalities, public goods and asymmetric information, and weigh remedies like antitrust, regulation and intervention.

• Coursera
• 5 weeks, 2 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Static Competition and Models of Differentiation - Part 1

Explore differentiated product demand models in industrial organization. Gain insights into static competition and product differentiation strategies for market analysis and decision-making.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 22 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Barriers to Entry in Industrial Organization - Lecture 16

Explore barriers to entry in markets and industries, examining factors that impede newcomers and their impact on competition and market dynamics.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 22 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

AnalystPrep

The Firm and Market Structures - Economics for CFA Level I

Master market structures, competition types, and optimal pricing strategies for the CFA® Level I Economics module, covering breakeven analysis and firm behavior across different competitive landscapes.

• YouTube
• 43 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Firm Level Economics: Markets and Allocations

1189 ratings at Coursera

Prices ration scarce goods: build supply and demand curves, compare competitive, monopoly, and oligopoly equilibria, and evaluate efficiency, externalities, and government intervention.

• Coursera
• 4 weeks, 5 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

产业组织理论

从传统市场到新兴的双边市场，本课程以严谨的理论视角洞察纷繁的定价与竞争现象，为分析企业策略、产业结构以及政府管制提供基本理论框架。

• XuetangX
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

产业经济学

系统学习产业组织、产业结构与产业政策，结合大数据产业、产业集聚和新发展格局分析现实产业问题。

• XuetangX
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

Foundations of Strategy

208 ratings at Coursera

Analyze where competitive advantage comes from: apply economic logic of markets, Porter's Five Forces, economies of scale, and the resource-based view of firm capabilities.

• Coursera
• 4 weeks, 2 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Principles of Economics: Microeconomics - Down to Business

39 ratings at Coursera

Analyze the business side of economics: costs of production, perfect competition, monopoly, monopolistic competition, oligopoly, and household budget constraints and indifference curves.

• Coursera
• 5 weeks, 3 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course