Advanced Strategic Management Topics (September 2009)

Faculty
Torben J. Andersen (TJA), Professor, Center for Strategic Management & Globalization (SMG), Copenhagen Business School; Richard A. Bettis (RAB), Ellison Distinguished Professor, Kenan-Flagler Business School, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Course Coordinator
Torben J. Andersen, Professor, Center for Strategic Management & Globalization (SMG), Copenhagen Business School

Prerequisite/progression of the course

The Center for Strategic Management & Globalization (SMG) at the Copenhagen Business School offers this doctoral course in Advanced Strategic Management Topics. The course is targeted to PhD students and management researchers in the strategy field and allows participants to excel their research activities around contemporary strategy issues.

Aim of the course

The course incorporates new perspectives in contemporary strategy research including dynamic capabilities, innovation and business renewal,strategic responsiveness, and corporate entrepreneurship. The class sessions highlight current research challenges in the strategy field and encourage open discussions on how to deal with them.

Lecture plan

Time/period	Faculty	Title
Day 1 (14 September 2009)		Corporate strategy development
	TJA	Dynamic Capabilities and Strategic Renewal
	TJA	Strategic Responsiveness and Sustainable Returns
Day 2 (15 September 2009)		Strategizing under Uncertainty
	TJA/RAB	Strategic demands under a new competitive reality
	TJA/RAB	Dynamic strategy-making processes
Day 3 (16 September 2009)		Strategy in transition
	RAB	Trends in strategy research
	RAB	Publishing new research

Teaching methods

Course sessions incorporate formal presentations, discussions on assigned readings, and open exchanges about current strategy issues. The course will outline major trends in the strategy field and debate alternative directions for future research activities. There will be a focus on how to address the challenges associated with conducting and eventually publishing new research in strategic management.

Course literature

(Subject to updating and revisions until July 1, 2009)