STR458 Cooperative Strategies (not offered)

• Topics

  Main topics are:

  • Core ideas and principles of cooperative strategies.
  • Value creation and value capturing through cooperative strategies.
  • How many companies can use contracts, incentives and relationships to develop sustainable cooperative strategies.
  • Learning and knowledge transfer across firm boundaries.

• Learning outcome

  Knowledge - the candidate

  • Has knowledge and understanding of central themes, theories, tools and methodologies within the area of cooperative strategies.
  • Is familiar with current research relevant for understanding cooperative strategies.
  • Has an academic basis that prepares for future studies of cooperative strategies
  • Has a critical and reflective understanding of the predictive power of theories and models introduced in the course.

  Skills - the candidate

  • Can apply research findings within the area of cooperative strategies on practical and theoretical issues.
  • Can work independently with practical problems and challenges based on theories, models, methods , and tools presented in the course.
  • Can properly apply relevant tools and techniques.
  • Can give advice to companies as to how they can develop and pursue cooperative strategies.

  General competence - the candidate

  • Has good understanding of cooperative strategies and the difference between cooperative and competitve strategies.
  • Can plan and execute a variety of tasks and projects related to cooperative strategies over an extended time-period, alone or as a member of group, and in line with ethical guidelines and requirements.
  • Can exchange views and experiences with others with background in cooperative strategies and thereby contribute to the development of good practices.

• Credit reduction due to overlap

  Students who have previously taken STR432 Strategiske allianser og nettverk and/or MBM427 Business-to-business marketing and management cannot receive cource credits for this course.

• Requirements for course approval

  Course approval requires active participation in a group. The group is responsible for participating in the Markstrat simulation, submitting a number of simulation assignments, writing up a course paper based on the simulation, and presenting the course paper in the class at the end of the course.

• Assessment

  Three (3) hour written exam (50%)

  Group-based course paper in relation to the Markstart simulation (50%)

• Grading Scale

  Grading scale: A to F

• Literature

  A collection of articles and Markstrat participant handbook.