The course applies modern thinking in strategy from a range of domains. We look at the core issues of designing or analyzing an organization's strategy, using frameworks that reflect the most up-to-date research. The course goes a good deal farther than most farther than  usual curricula in this area in providing students with a unified framework and tools for understanding dynamic competition in the modern economy. Key issues are studied from the perspective of both market competition and organizational strategy and the integration of the two. The course also provides an introduction to more advanced topics:  industry change, game theoretic thinking, business model design, multi-sided business models, increasing returns businesses, strategy in the context of rapid innovation, organizational change and evolution. Corporate strategy topics are not part of the course design, but these topics to show up in the course, incidentally. (MBA, Masters, Executive Education)