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This course involves a critical review of theory
and research in the field of strategic management.
The scope of the course is comprehensive,
encompassing the following domains: strategic
content, strategic processes, top executives,
and corporate governance. Particular emphasis
is placed on empirical study of strategic issues.
The course is intended for doctoral students
who expect to conduct research in strategic management
or related areas (e.g., organizational theory,
organizational behavior, marketing strategy, corporate
finance, industrial organization, sociology of
organizations, operational strategy). Each
session we will examine a sub-field of strategic
management. The topics include origins of
the field of strategic management, conceptualizing
and operationalizing strategy, industrial and
organizational economics view of strategy,
resource-based view of the strategy, learning
and knowledge-based view of strategy, corporate
level strategy (diversification and M&A/divestitures),
international strategy and strategy in emerging
markets, top executives and the upper-echelons
perspective, governance and agency theory,
strategic decision making, and strategy and organizational
design. Our approach will typically involve reading
the seminal works, synthesizing the theories/perspectives
on the topic and examining in depth several
empirical works.
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