| 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 | |
| Generic strategies |
| Rothaermel, Chapter 6 "Business Strategy: Differentiation, Cost Leadership, and Blue Oceans" |
| Supplemental Readings, Chapter 7, "Generic Strategies" |
| Profitability, Scale and Learning |
| Rothaermel, Chapter 1 "What Is Strategy, and Why Is It Important? |
| Class 3, Sep 06, 2018 | |
| Accounting exercise |
| Financial accounting exercise |
| Class 4, Sep 13, 2018 | |
| Class 5, Sep 20, 2018 | |
| Industry Analysis |
| 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 | |
| The Resource Based View of the Firm |
| 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 |
| 360 Evaluation #1 |
| Class 8, Oct 11, 2018 | |
| Mid-term exam |
| Goals / Metrics and Targets |
| Class 9, Oct 18, 2018 | |
| Business models |
| 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 | |
| Diversification |
| 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?" |
| 360 Evaluation #2 |
| Class 11, Nov 01, 2018 | |
| Acquisitions |
| Frank Rothaermel, Chapter 9 "Corporate Strategy: Mergers and Acquisitions, Strategic Alliances" |
| The Hanson Trust |
| Honda and Triumph (pt 1) |
| Vertical Integration and Transaction Cost Economics (TCE) |
| 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 | |
| Critical Thinking Assessment - part 1 |
| Critical Thinking Assessment - part 2 |
| Class 13, Nov 15, 2018 | |
| The Home Video Game Industry: From Pong to X-box |
| Network Externalities |
| 360 Evaluation #3 |
| Class 14, Nov 22, 2018 | |
| Case "Google Inc.: Figuring Out What to do with China" |
| Class 15, Nov 29, 2018 | |
| Video of presentation rehearsal (dry-run) |
| 360 Evaluation #4 |
| Class 16, Dec 06, 2018 | |
| Final exam - part 1 (~60 minutes) |
| Final exam - part 2 (~90 minutes) |