The aim of this course is to give an overview of the most important frameworks and new frontiers in strategic analysis and teach the student how to apply these frameworks through a combination of case discussions and lectures.
The course will start with the strategic purpose and debate the balance between shareholders and stakeholders and financial and social goals. Then we move on to the macro forces that influence the businesses fundamentally such as the COVID-19 pandemic. In dealing with the macroenvironment students will learn how to map the major forces and to apply different frameworks to deal with uncertainty. The next and third part is dedicated to analyse the organizations internally. In this part we address the resource-based view, dynamic capabilities and examine different value configurations. We then turn to look at strategic analysis at three different levels: The business level, the corporate level and the ecosystem level. In these three parts we address subjects such as game theory, co-optition, mergers and acquisitions and partnerships and networks. Last, we look at strategic analysis in two different contexts, the entrepreneurial and the public sector, and all the way bring real cases to the scene to illustrate and facilitate good discussions.