Competitive Strategy
Specialization Innovation
Prof. Dr. Thorsten Grohsjean, Prof. Dr. Jörg Claussen
Course Overview
The course provides answers to the question of how firms create and sustain a competitive advantage and has a special emphasis on innovation. The lecture introduces students to the most important, strategy related theories and literatures, from the resource-based view over search to network theory. The theoretical concepts will be tied back to real life examples especially from technology-intensive industries. While we focus in the lectures mainly on theoretical concepts, students will work on case studies in the tutorials.
Course Structure
The course divides into a lecture and a subsequent tutorial. Both parts are required to successfully pass the exam. The exam is comprised by 60 minutes questions on the lecture and 60 minutes case study.
Organization
| General | The course is taught in English |
| Lecture | Combined Lecture and Tutorial. The lecture and tutorial are blocked and 90min lecture are followed by 90min tutorial |
| Time |
Tue, 10.05.2016, 9:00-12:00 |
| Location | Tuesdays: Geschw.-Scholl-Pl. 1, Room A 014 Thursdays: Schillerstr. 44, Room K 318 |
| Credits | 6 ECTS in WP-4 (Innovation & Information) |
| Examination | 120 minutes closed book exam (Date: 12.07.2016, 9:00-12:00, Nußbaumstr. 26, Pharma-Hörsaal) |