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Strategy

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MBA Required Curriculum

(FIRST YEAR)

Strategy

The objective of this course is to help students develop the skills for formulating strategy. It provides an understanding of:

  • A firm's operative environment and how to sustain competitive advantage.
  • How to generate superior value for customers by designing the optimum configuration of the product mix and functional activities.
  • How to balance the opportunities and risks associated with dynamic and uncertain changes in industry attractiveness and competitive position.

Students learn to:

  • Develop a mastery of a body of analytical tools and the ability to take an integrative point of view.
  • Use these tools to perform in-depth analyses of industries and competitors, predict competitive behavior, and analyze how firms develop and sustain competitive advantage over time.

Particular attention is paid to competitive positioning; understanding comparative costs; and addressing issues such as cannibalization, network externalities, and globalization.

MBA Elective Curriculum

(SECOND YEAR)
Course Title Faculty Name Term Quarter Credits
Beyond Strategic Intuition: Game Theory and Choice Dennis Yao Spring
2021
Q4 1.5
Building and Sustaining a Successful Enterprise (also listed under General Management and Technology & Operations Management) Chet Huber, Rory McDonald, Derek van Bever Fall
2020
Q1Q2 3.0
Allison Mnookin, Derek van Bever, Chet Huber Spring
2021
Q3Q4 3.0
Contemporary Developing Countries: Entrepreneurial Solutions to Intractable Problems (University-wide Course) (also listed under Entrepreneurial Management) Tarun Khanna Fall
2020
Q1Q2 3.0
Corporate Strategy: Creating Value Across Markets David Collis Spring
2021
Q3Q4 3.0
Field Course: Purpose & Profit (also listed under General Management) Mark Kramer Fall
2020
Q1Q2 3.0
Good Strategies in Flawed Markets (formerly titled Market Imperfections, Policy, and Strategy) Hong Luo Spring
2021
Q3 1.5
Grand Challenges for Entrepreneurs (also listed under Entrepreneurial Management) Tarun Khanna Fall
2020
Q2 1.5
Purpose & Profit (also listed under General Management) Mark Kramer Fall
2020
Q1 1.5
Reimagining Capitalism: Business and Big Problems (also listed under General Management and Accounting & Management) George Serafeim Spring
2021
Q3Q4 3.0
Strategy and Technology David Yoffie Fall
2020
Q1Q2 3.0
Andy Wu Spring
2021
Q3Q4 3.0
Strategy for Entrepreneurs Intensive: Critical Choices in Creating a Successful Enterprise John Wells Fall
2020
Q1 3.0
John Wells Spring
2021
Q3 3.0

Doctoral Programs

Faculty from the Strategy unit work with students across several doctoral programs. Detailed curriculum information for each doctoral program associated with this unit can be found on the doctoral programs website:
DBA in Strategy
PhD in Business Economics

Executive Education

Strategy: Building and Sustaining Competitive Advantage—Virtual
01–10 JUN 2021
Value Measurement for Health Care
28–30 JUL 2021
Aligning Strategy and Sales
12–17 DEC 2021
Strategy: Building and Sustaining Competitive Advantage
TBD
Reimagining Strategy
TBD
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