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Reading material

Class 1, Jan 27, 2020
Buy the book - “Strategic Management 3rd edition Concepts and Cases”
Download - “Supplemental Readings in Strategy”
Download - Business Policy Game manual
Class 2, Feb 03, 2020
Financial Measures handout
Supplemental Readings, Chapter 2, "Value Creation and Appropriation"
Frank Rothaermel, Chapter 5, pages 117-122 "Economc Value Creation"
Bertrand and Cournot - Two models of oligopolostic competition. THIS READING IS OPTIONAL
Class 3, Feb 10, 2020
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?
Accounting exercise
Class 4, Feb 17, 2020
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 5, Feb 24, 2020
Frank Rothaermel, Chapter 4 "Internal Analysis: Resources, Capabilities, and Core Competencies"
Supplemental Readings in Strategy, Chapter 6, "The Resource Based View"
The Air Express Industry
Airborne Express in 2002
TeleDanmark in 1995
Class 6, Mar 02, 2020
Frank Rothaermel, Chapter 4 "Internal Analysis: Resources, Capabilities, and Core Competencies"
Supplemental Readings in Strategy, Chapter 6, "The Resource Based View"
Nucor
Class 7, Mar 09, 2020