Program:

· The definition of strategy and its foundations

· Theories of Choice

· Resources, Capabilities and rents – Static and Dynamic Perspectives

· Knowledge management and Learning

· Firms and interdependent systems

· Linking Firm Behavior and Industry Dynamics

· Exploration and Exploitation: creating and capturing value

· Economics of the Diversified Firm

· Questions of Markets and Hierarchies

· Organizational Forms and Collective Action

· Capital allocation

· CSR and Sustainability Strategies

· Strategic Reactions to Category Dynamics

Objectives: The goal of the course is to explore the theoretical foundations of research in management. The course examines some of the central questions in management with economic approaches as a starting point, but with an eye to the links to strategic, organization and behavioral perspectives on these same questions.

Evaluation: Paper