Global Strategy and Implementation
This course focuses on the challenges of developing and implementing strategies of global industries.
The aim of the course is to provide students with a conceptual and practical understanding of the strategic and organizational challenges of multinational corporate management.
The types of questions that we address are:
Why do firms go aboard?
What differentiates a "global" from a "Multi-domestic" industry?
How does a multinational company play the global chess game?
Why and when do/should companies engage in cross-border strategic alliances?
How do companies choose an optimal global structure?
How do companies ensure coordination between the headquarters and its subsidiaries, and among subsidiaries?
How do companies manage strategic change from one type of global strategy to another?
As an outcome of this course, participants are expected to acquire knowledge, skills, and sensitivities that will help them manage effectively in an international business environment.
Since practically all corporations have to deal with global competition in one form or another, this course is intended for students interested in pursuing general management positions in a global firm having foreign subsidiaries.