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Corporate Strategy by Coursera
Skills you will learn!
Curriculum
16 Topics
Welcome to Corporate Strategy!
Examples of Multi-Business Firms
Defining Corporate Strategy
Understanding Difference 1: Number of Businesses
Understanding Difference 2: Corporate Advantage
Understanding Difference 3: Competition
Conducting a Sum-of-the-parts Analysis
Why We Cannot Infer Corporate Advantage from a Sum-of-the-Parts Analysis
How to Use Discussion Forums
Get to Know Your Classmates
Optional: Example of a Sum-of-the-Parts Analysis
Lecture slides
Chapter Corporate Advantage
Glossary
Assessment
Corporate Advantage
18 Topics
Examples of Diversification
Understanding the Basic Modes of Diversification
Understanding the Diversification Test
Understanding Synergies
A Five-step Approach to the Diversification Decision
Step 1: Finding Synergies
Step 2: Identifying Resource Gaps
Step 3: Identifying Candidates
Step 4: Evaluating Ally or Acquire
Step 5: Evaluating Organic or Inorganic Growth
Concluding the Five-step Approach to the Diversification Decision
4Cs Synergies Framework
Lecture slides
Chapter Diversification
Introduction to quiz on Microsoft-Linkedin acquisition
Diversification
Microsoft-Linkedin acquisition
Examples of Diversification
13 Topics
Examples of Divestiture
Understanding the Basic Modes of Divestiture
Understanding the Divestiture Test
Understanding the Regional Perspective
A Three-step Approach to the Divestiture Decision
Step 1: Finding Synergies
Step 2: Identifying Better Parents
Step 3: Choosing Divestiture Mode
Concluding the Three-step Approach to the Divestiture Decision
Lecture slides
Chapter Divestiture: Stay or Exit
Divestiture
Respond to letter of activist investor
16 Topics
Example of Corporate Headquarters
Who Controls Corporate Headquarters?
How to Control More than You Own
Understanding HQ Influence Models
Understanding the Financial Perspective
Understanding the Uncertainty Perspective
Understanding the Synergy Perspective
Understanding the Social Perspective
Using the Synergistic Portfolio Framework
Course review
Lecture slides
Chapter Designing the Corporate HQ
Further readings
Introduction to quiz on resource allocation
Corporate Headquarters
Resource allocation
Corporate Strategy
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