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Reading material

Class 1, Aug 23, 2018
Buy the edited version of "Rothaermel: Strategic Management, 3rd edition" ISBN
Download - “Supplemental Readings in Strategy”
Download - Business Policy Game manual
Class 2, Aug 30, 2018
Rothaermel, Chapter 6 "Business Strategy: Differentiation, Cost Leadership, and Blue Oceans"
Supplemental Readings, Chapter 7, "Generic Strategies"
Rothaermel, Chapter 1 "What Is Strategy, and Why Is It Important?
Class 3, Sep 06, 2018
Accounting exercise
Class 4, Sep 13, 2018
Class 5, Sep 20, 2018
Frank Rothaermel, Chapter 3 "External Analysis: Industry Structure, Competitive Forces, and Strategic Groups"
Chapter 1, “Competitive Strategy”, Porter, M. E. (1980), Free Press
Supplemental Readings in Strategy: Chapter 4 "Porter's 5 forces"
Supplemental Readings in Strategy: Chapter 5 "More on Bargaining Power of Buyers"
Exide case (up to "Manufacturing, Employees, and Facilities")
Class 6, Sep 27, 2018
Frank Rothaermel, Chapter 4 "Internal Analysis: Resources, Capabilities, and Core Competencies"
Supplemental Readings in Strategy, Chapter 6, "The Resource Based View"
TeleDanmark in 1995
The Air Express Industry
Airborne Express in 2002
Class 7, Oct 04, 2018
Nucor in 2001
Class 8, Oct 11, 2018
Class 9, Oct 18, 2018
Frank Rothaermel, Chapter 5, page 129 "Popular Business Models"
Frank Rothaermel, Case: "Barnes & Noble vs Amazon"
Dixons - Dealing with on-line retailing
Class 10, Oct 25, 2018
Frank Rothaermel, Chapter 8.4 "Corporate Diversification: Expanding Beyond a Single Market"
First Grayhound, Then Grayhound Dial, Then Dial...
Case "Sony vs. Apple: Whatever Happened to Sony?"
Class 11, Nov 01, 2018
Frank Rothaermel, Chapter 9 "Corporate Strategy: Mergers and Acquisitions, Strategic Alliances"
The Hanson Trust
Honda and Triumph (pt 1)
Frank Rothaermel, Chapter 8.2 "8.2 The Boundaries of the Firm"
Frank Rothaermel, Chapter 8.2 "8.3 Vertical Integration along the Industry Value Chain"
Supplemental Readings, Chapter 8, "Transaction Cost Economics"
Swiss watchmakers - Time is money
Class 12, Nov 08, 2018
Class 13, Nov 15, 2018
The Home Video Game Industry: From Pong to X-box
Class 14, Nov 22, 2018
Case "Google Inc.: Figuring Out What to do with China"
Class 15, Nov 29, 2018
Class 16, Dec 06, 2018