In this course you will learn how organizations create, capture, and maintain value. In doing so, you’ll develop an understanding of how and why this process is fundamental for sustainable competitive advantage. You will be able to better understand value creation, and capture and learn the tools to analyze both competition and cooperation from a variety of perspectives, including the industry-level (e.g., five forces analysis) and the firm-level (e.g., business models and strategic positioning).
This course is part of the Strategic Leadership and Management Specialization

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- Strategic Management
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Syllabus - What you will learn from this course
Course Orientation
Module 1: Leading Strategically
Module 2: External Analysis
Module 3: Internal Analysis and Competitive Advantage
Module 4: Strategic Positioning and Strategic Renewal
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- 5 stars82.56%
- 4 stars14.65%
- 3 stars1.83%
- 2 stars0.55%
- 1 star0.38%
TOP REVIEWS FROM BUSINESS STRATEGY
A very interesting, detailed and well explained overview on different topics.
Now a lot of internal strategies taken from my Senior Management are more and more clear.
Very useful :)
Excellent class! Highly recommended to anyone who wants to learn the basics of business strategy. Professor Somay is a subject matter expert and his lectures are wonderful. Many thanks!
Really enjoyed the course and concepts. Really helped me understand how companies leadership teams cultivated, develop and maintain sustainable competitive advantages.
I am really honored to review this course. The course and the Professor was really having a high practical approach. 4th Module was little bit confusion although it was a great time doing the course.
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