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Advanced Business Strategy

Advance your strategic analysis skills in this follow-up to Foundations of Business Strategy. In this course, developed at the Darden School of Business at the University of Virginia, you'll learn the tools to analyze strategy across time (competitive dynamics), industries (corporate strategy), geographies (international strategy), and institutions (non-market strategy). Top-ranked faculty will introduce the tools you need to complete a comprehensive evaluation and understand the strategy dynamics of an industry: Competitive Lifecycle, Internationalization and Stakeholder Analyses, and Diversification Matrices.

Status: Growth Strategies
Status: Strategic Thinking
BeginnerCourse10 hours

Featured reviews

FM

5.0Reviewed May 15, 2020

Very good. The course give you more contents and tools for a deep analysis about diversification, internationalization and stakeholders firms' strategy

KR

5.0Reviewed Aug 9, 2021

With this course I actually understood that how I can apply the theoretical part into practical/real-time world. Really worth it, if you want to go for it!

AL

5.0Reviewed May 3, 2019

Fantastic course! The various sections and tools are extremely relevant for applying to just about any company for assessing their competitive position. I tho

AC

5.0Reviewed Oct 25, 2016

Loved the deep thought processes this course explored; planning through to Implementation of complex strategies in real life scenarios adding value to any operations minded professional.

AM

5.0Reviewed Feb 8, 2021

Very good course for your career in strategy management, it added a lot of values to me and I can see things now from different angles and perspectives.

AS

5.0Reviewed Nov 10, 2017

Great Course and excellent insight about strategy approach for any business. Its has really given a full overview about business strategy approach.Thanks for professors to design such module.

AA

5.0Reviewed Dec 27, 2021

This was one of the best courses i have ever took part of. the foundation of Business strategy was good and the advanced Business Strategy is great.

MM

5.0Reviewed Apr 9, 2020

this has a detailed explanation of business strategy, how to diversify a firm and this gave me detailed explanation of all the strategic tools

MN

4.0Reviewed Feb 5, 2016

The content was very good and informative. It just that I couldn't relate the later part of the module as I have not been a part of any industry as such.

PM

5.0Reviewed Dec 15, 2015

Hi,The course lessons are practical, with case studies that helps you to internalize the concepts and visualize ways that you can apply it realistic examples.

MS

5.0Reviewed Nov 8, 2015

Very useful and valuable course! Easy to understan, clear and interesting manner of teaching of both course instructors. Worth passing if you are interested in business and strategy.

LN

4.0Reviewed Jul 31, 2018

I liked the course and course content but the concept of peer reviewing and waiting for someone to peer-review your final assignment is really tiring.

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