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LEC # TOPICS ASSIGNMENTS
I. Introduction and Overview of Strategic Management
1 The Delta Model Read: Hax, and Wilde. The Delta Project:  Discovering New Sources of Profitabilitly. Palgrave, 2001, Chapters 1 and 2.

Skim: Hax, and Wilde. The Delta Project:  Discovering New Sources of Profitabilitly. Palgrave, 2001, Chapters 3, 4, and 5.
2 Porter's Frameworks and the Resource-Based View of the Firm Read: Porter, Michael E. Towards a Dynamic Theory of Strategy. Strategic Management Journal 12, 1991, pp 95-117.

Grant, Robert H. The Resource-Based Theory of Competitive Advantage: Implications for Strategy Formulation. California Management Review 33, No. 3, 1991.

Hax, and Wilde. The Delta Project:  Discovering New Sources of Profitabilitly. Palgrave, 2001, Chapters 7 and 12.
3 Business Strategy - The Core Concepts Read: Hax, and Majluf. The Strategy Concept and Process: A Pragmatic Approach. 2nd ed. Prentice Hall, 1996, Chapters 2 through 7.
II. Business Strategy
4 Industry Structure and Competitive Interaction Case: Yoffie, David B. and Yusi Wang. Cola Wars Continue: Coke vs. Pepsi in the Twenty-First Century. Harvard Business Case No. 9-702-442. Boston: Harvard Business School, 2002.
5 Competitive Positioning

Case: Bradley, Stephen P., Pankaj Ghemawat and Sharon Foley. Wal*Mart Stores, Inc. Harvard Business Case No. 9-794-024. Boston: Harvard Business School, 2002.

Ghemawat, Pankaj and Gregg Friedman. Wal*Mart in 1999. Harvard Business Case No. 9-799-118. Boston: Harvard Business School, 1999.

6 Competitive Positioning Case: Anand, Bharat, Michael G. Rukstad and Christopher H. Paige. Capital One Financial Corporation. Harvard Business Case No. 9-700-124. Boston: Harvard Business School, 2001.
III. Technology and Industry Transformation
7 Guest Speaker: Gerhard Schulmeyer (Professor of Practice, SSM) Read: Hax, and Wilde. The Delta Project:  Discovering New Sources of Profitabilitly. Palgrave, 2001, Chapter 8.

Porter, Michael E. Strategy and the Internet. Harvard Business Review, March 2001, pp 63-78.

Gulati, Ranjay and Jason Garino. Get the Right Mix of Bricks and Clicks. Harvard Business Review, May-June 2000, pp 107-114.
8 A Firm's Repositioning

Case: Collis, David J., Gary P. Pisano and Peter Botticelli. Intel Corporation: 1968-1997. Harvard Business Case No. 9-797-137. Boston: Harvard Business School, 2002.

Rukstad, Michael G. and Ramon Casadesus-Masanell. Intel Corporation: 1997-2000. Harvard Business Case No. 9-702-420. Boston: Harvard Business School, 2001.

9 Sustaining Competitive Advantage Case: Rivkin, Jan W. and Michael E. Porter. Matching Dell. Harvard Business Case No. 9-799-158. Boston: Harvard Business School, 1999.

Note: Ghemawat, Pankaj and Jan W. Rivkin. Creating Competitive Advantage. Harvard Business Product No. 9-798-062. Boston: Harvard Business School, 1999.
10 Competitive Dynamics Case: Ghemawat, Pankaj and Bret Baird. Leadership Online: Barnes & Noble vs. Amazon.com (A). Harvard Business Case No.  9-798-063. Boston: Harvard Business School, 2000.

Corts, Kenneth S. and Jan W. Rivkin. A Note on Microeconomics for Strategies. Harvard Business Product No. 9-799-128. Boston: Harvard Business School, 2000.
11 Strategy And The Competitiveness Of Nations Read: Porter, Michael E. The Competitive Advantage of Nations. Harvard Business Review, March-April 1990.
IV. Corporate Strategy
12 Corporate Strategy - The Core Concepts Read: Hax, and Majluf. The Strategy Concept and Process: A Pragmatic Approach. 2nd ed. Prentice Hall, 1996, Chapters 9 through 16.
13 Corporate Philosophy And Culture

Case: Aguilar, Francis J. and Arvind Bhambri. Johnson & Johnson (A). Harvard Business Case No. 9-384-053. Boston: Harvard Business School, 1986.

Aguilar, Francis J. and Arvind Bhambri. Johnson & Johnson (B): Hospital Services. Harvard Business Case No. 9-384-054. Boston: Harvard Business School, 1986.

14 Corporate Governance
Guest Speaker: Prof. William F. Pounds (Sloan School Dean Emeritus)
15 Corporate Diversification and Horizontal Strategy

Read: Prahalad, C.K. and Gary Hamel. The Core Competence of the Corporation. Harvard Business Review, May-June 1990.

Case: Porter, Michael E., Cynthia A. Montgomery and Charles W. Moorman. Masco Corporation (A). Harvard Business Case No. 9-389-186. Boston: Harvard Business School, 1998.

Porter, Michael E., Cynthia A. Montgomery and Charles W. Moorman. Household Furniture Industry in 1986. Harvard Business Case No. 9-389-189. Boston: Harvard Business School, 1998.

16 Guest Speaker: Hector Ruiz (President and CEO, Advanced Micro Devices) Read: Hax, and Wilde. The Delta Project:  Discovering New Sources of Profitabilitly. Palgrave, 2001, Chapter 6.

Christensen, Clayton M.,  Mark W. Johnson and Darrell K. Rigby. Foundations for Growth: How to Build Disruptive New Businesses. Sloan Management Review 43, No. 3, Spring 2002, pp 22-31.
17 Metrics of Value Creation

Read: Hax, and Majluf. The Strategy Concept and Process: A Pragmatic Approach. 2nd ed. Prentice Hall, 1996, Chapter 17.

America's Best & Worst Wealth Creators. Fortune. 18 Dec 2000.

America's Best & Worst Wealth Creators. Fortune. 10 Dec 2001.

Slywotzky, Adrian J., and Richard Wise. The Growth Crisis and How to Escape It. Harvard Business Review 80, No. 7, July 2002, pp 72-83.

18 The Balanced Scorecard and Granular Metrics Read: Hax, and Wilde. The Delta Project: Discovering New Sources of Profitabilitly. Palgrave, 2001, Chapters 9 and 10.

Kaplan, Robert S., and David P. Norton. Having Trouble with Your Strategy? Then Map It. Harvard Business Review. September-October 2000, pp 167-176.
VI.  The Adaptive Processes
19 Business Processes: The Core Concepts Read: Hax, and Wilde. The Delta Project: Discovering New Sources of Profitabilitly. Palgrave, 2001, Chapter 7.
20 Managing the Global Supply Chain Case: Yoshino, Michael Y. and Anthony St. George. Li & Fung (A): Beyond "Filling in the Mosaic" - 1995-1998. Harvard Business Case No. 9-398-092. Boston: Harvard Business School, 1998.
VII.  The Issue of Talent
21 Human Resources Management Read: Hax, and Majluf. The Strategy Concept and Process: A Pragmatic Approach. 2nd ed. Prentice Hall, 1996, Chapters 18 and 19.

Bartlett, Christopher A., and Sumantra Ghoshal. Building Competitive Advantage Through People. Sloan Management Review 43, No. 2, Winter 2002, pp 34-41.
22 Knowledge Management Case: Bartlett, Christopher A. McKinsey & Company: Managing Knowledge and Learning. Harvard Business Case No. 9-396-357. Boston: Harvard Business School, 2000.
23 Attraction, Satisfaction, and Retention of Talent Case: Bartlett, Christopher A. and Meg Wozny. Microsoft: Competing on Talent (A). Harvard Business Case No. 9-300-001. Boston: Harvard Business School, 2001.
VIII. Integration
24 General Principles of Organization Design

Read: Galbraith, Jay R. Linking Customers and Products - Organizing for Product and Customer Focus.

Structuring Global Organizations. Chapter 2.

Mohrman, Susan A., Jay R. Galbraith and Edward E. Lawler III. Tomorrow's Organisation. Jossey-Bass, 1998. Chapter 4.

25 Organizational Leadership Case: Bartlett, Christopher A. and Meg Wozny. GE's Two-Decade Transformation: Jack Welch's Leadership. Harvard Business Case No. 9-399-150. Boston: Harvard Business School, 2002.
26 Wrap-Up and Lessons Learned Read: Hax, and Wilde. The Delta Project:  Discovering New Sources of Profitabilitly. Palgrave, 2001, Chapter 12 Revisited.

Ghoshal, Sumantra, Christopher Bartlett and Peter Moran. A New Manifesto for Management. Sloan Management Review. Spring 1999.

Mintzberg, Henry and Joseph Lampel. Reflecting on the Strategy Process. Sloan Management Review. Spring 1999.