Foundations of Business Strategy

Learn strategic analysis frameworks and theories to enhance business strategies. Ideal for managers, entrepreneurs, and consultants seeking to maximize value creation.

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Brief Summary

Foundations of Business Strategy is all about those cool frameworks that help you understand competition and create winning strategies. You’ll dive into theories that will totally help you and others maximize value in your business.

Key Points

  • Strategic analysis frameworks are key for understanding competition.
  • Recommendations help organizations position themselves wisely.
  • Focus on maximizing value creation.
  • Theory behind successful business strategies.
  • Useful for managers, entrepreneurs, analysts, and consultants.

Learning Outcomes

  • Understand essential strategic analysis frameworks.
  • Make informed recommendations for business positioning.
  • Apply theories of business strategy in real-world scenarios.
  • Identify competitive contexts for effective decision-making.
  • Enhance skills valuable to managers and entrepreneurs.

About This Course

Foundations of Business Strategy introduces strategic analysis frameworks and their underlying theory.

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Strategic analysis is critical for analyzing the competitive context in which an organization operates and for making reasoned and reasonable recommendations for how that organization should position itself and what actions it should take to maximize value creation. In this course, we will explore the underlying theory and frameworks that provide the foundations of a successful business strategy. Managers, entrepreneurs, social entrepreneurs, analysts, and consultants all may find value in mastering these fundamentals.

Course Curriculum

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Instructor

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Michael Lenox

Professor Lenox teaches at the University of Virginia's Darden School of Business where he coordinates and teaches the core MBA strategy course. He also serves as Associate Dean and Executive Director of Darden's Batten Institute for Entrepreneurship and Innovation. In 2009, he was recognized as a Faculty Pioneer by the Aspen Institute and as the top strategy professor under 40...

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ui-avatar of Mohamed Gaber Khaled
Mohamed G. K.
5.0
7 months ago

Very insightful

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ui-avatar of Manohar Jha
Manohar J.
5.0
7 months ago

Perfect and simple explanation.

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ui-avatar of Kimberley Rodrigues
Kimberley R.
4.0
8 months ago

Good course

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ui-avatar of Simanta Deka
Simanta D.
5.0
8 months ago

amazing.

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ui-avatar of Jianjun Huang
Jianjun H.
5.0
10 months ago

very good course, some content still need more time to revie and understand.

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ui-avatar of Marie Birtciel2
Marie B.
3.5
11 months ago

Good information about what areas to looks at for business strategies and analysis.

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ui-avatar of Collins Akalonu
Collins A.
5.0
1 year ago

It has definitely caught my attention with it’s intricate dissection of the analysis sequence and how practically applicable it seems .

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ui-avatar of Joeson Solurend
Joeson S.
5.0
1 year ago

Enjoyed the overview. It was clear, concise, and provided useful information .

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ui-avatar of Ishioma Odigwe
Ishioma O.
3.5
1 year ago

A very insightful lecture

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ui-avatar of Khalid Ibrahim Alghihab
Khalid I. A.
5.0
1 year ago

It is presented very simply however, comprehensively.

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