Advanced Corporate Strategy

By Prof. R. Srinivasan and Prof. Sai Yayavaram | Indian Institute of Management Bangalore

Learners enrolled: 6094

This course is offered for students who seek advanced exposure to corporate strategy. It builds on IIMBx course “Strategic Management” which dealt with strategies for single business firms. The principal focus of this course will be the strategic issues that are faced by firms operating in more complex, multi-dimensional environments.

The course deals with:

(a) Theoretical roots of corporate strategy

(b) The impact of context on corporate strategy of businesses

(d) Formulation of corporate strategy and appreciation of its limits.

This course provides students with the requisite combination of analytical and conceptual skills needed to grapple with the complex problems of development and execution of corporate strategy for firms that operate across industries and across national boundaries.

Summary

Course Status :	Completed
Course Type :	Core
Language for course content :	English
Duration :	6 weeks
Category :	Management Studies
Credit Points :	2
Level :	Postgraduate
Start Date :	29 Jul 2022
End Date :	31 Oct 2022
Enrollment Ends :	15 Sep 2022
Exam Date :	12 Nov 2022 IST

Note: This exam date is subject to change based on seat availability. You can check final exam date on your hall ticket.

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Course layout

Syllabus

Week 1: Corporate Advantage

This module covers corporate advantage, synergies of a multi-business firm, costs of a multi-business firm, managing a portfolio of businesses and role of Corporate Office.

Week 2: Product Diversification

This module covers product diversification, different types of diversification, the varying motives for diversification, the performance effects of diversification and diversification in emerging economies.

Week 3: Vertical Integration

This module covers vertical integration, different types of vertical integration, the underlying motives for vertical integration, the performance effects of vertical integration and vertical integration in emerging economies.

Week 4: Geographic Diversification

This module covers geographic diversification, broad trends in geographic diversification and globalization, the underlying motives for geographic diversification, how to manage a globally diversified firm and the performance effects of geographic diversification. We will conclude with a discussion on the special issues that arise when firms from emerging economies engage in geographic diversification.

Week 5: Modes of Diversification

This module covers various modes of diversification including alliances, joint ventures, outsourcing, M&A/divestitures and internationalization.

Books and references

Refer to "Strategic Management" course from IIMB for understanding the basics.

Instructor bio

R. Srinivasan

Dr. R. Srinivasan is a Professor of Strategy at Indian Institute of Management Bangalore. He received his doctoral degree (Fellow Programme in Management) from Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, Post Graduate degree in Forestry Management (PGDFM) from Indian Institute of Forest Management (IIFM) and BSc in Mathematics from Madurai Kamaraj University. He teaches competitive strategy, corporate strategy, and platform business models at the post-graduate level and strategy process research at the doctoral level. Srinivasan has co-authored a textbook on strategic management and a research-based book on knowledge management in the Indian context and he is in the Editorial Advisory Board, Asian Journal of Management Cases. He is the Vice President of Case Research Society of India and has authored a number of cases on Indian organizations on platform business models, rapid growth, strategy, and knowledge management.

Areas of expertise

• Strategies of multi-sided platform organizations

• Strategy processes in rapid growth organizations

• Competitive strategy

• Corporate strategy

Sai Yayavaram

Dr. Sai Yayavaram is a Professor of Strategy at Indian Institute of Management Bangalore. He received his PhD in Strategic Management from the University of Texas at Austin, PGDM (MBA) from IIM Ahmedabad and B.Tech from IIT Madras. He worked as a consultant in the Tata Strategic Management Group, Bombay from 1994-98. His research focuses on technology management, complexity and strategic rents and has been published in Administrative Science Quarterly, Strategic Management Journal, and Organization Science. He is currently a Member of the Editorial Review Boards of Strategic Management Journal and Global Strategy Journal and a Senior Editor at Management and Organization Review. He teaches Corporate Strategy to post-graduate students and Strategy Content to doctoral students. He also conducts executive education programmes on strategic management and management of innovation for senior managers.

Areas of expertise

• Competitive Strategy

• Corporate Strategy

• Innovation Management

Course certificate

Final Certificate

Weightage: 100% weightage for final exam.

Passing Marks: You will be eligible for a certificate only if you score minimum 40% in final exam. If you score less than 40% in final exam, you will not receive the certificate.

P. S - There are no graded assessments during the weeks, only final exam marks count towards your entire score.

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