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List of all links (slides in green, readings in blue, assignments in red ) by class

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
Economic Value Creation
Supplemental Readings, Chapter 2, "Value Creation and Appropriation"
Frank Rothaermel, Chapter 5, pages 117-122 "Economc Value Creation"
Bertrand and Cournot
Bertrand and Cournot - Two models of oligopolostic competition. THIS READING IS OPTIONAL
Class 3, Feb 10, 2020
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?
Accounting exercise
Accounting exercise
Class 4, Feb 17, 2020
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 5, Feb 24, 2020
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"
The Air Express Industry
Airborne Express in 2002
TeleDanmark in 1995
360 Evaluation #1
Class 6, Mar 02, 2020
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"
Nucor
Class 7, Mar 09, 2020
Mid-term exam