Strategy Specialization
The goal of a successful strategy is the alignment of a firm’s internal resources and capabilities with external market opportunities to sustain an advantage relative to rivals. The strategy specialization is designed for students who will pursue careers in strategy consulting or corporate strategic planning departments. Careers oriented toward general business management, entrepreneurship, and investment banking also will benefit from greater depth in strategy coursework. The courses in this specialization provide students with cutting-edge theories and practice on such topics as value creation and capture, external analysis of industries, internal analysis of a firm’s competitive strengths and weaknesses, competitive positioning, multimarket and corporate strategy, strategic decision-making, and strategy implementation.Academic Advisor: Professor Melissa Schilling
Course List
REQUIRED:Full-time students who select the Strategy specialization must also complete COR1-GB.2103 - Strategy I and COR1-GB.2104 - Strategy II (or equivalent) in addition to 9.0 credits from the list below:
| Course Number | Course Title |
| BSPA-GB.2305 | Sustainability for Competitive Advantage |
| BSPA-GB.3318 | Corporate Governance |
| INTA-GB.2306 | Business Drivers: An Analytical Framework |
| INTA-GB.3323 | Tech Solutions |
| FINC-GB.3196 | Mergers and Acquisitions |
| MGMT-GB.2113 | The Strategist |
| MGMT-GB.2129 | Entrepreneurship |
| MGMT-GB.2308 | Venture Building for Intrapreneurs and Entrepreneurs |
| MGMT-GB.2313 | The Strategist |
| MGMT-GB.2327 | Managing the Growing Company |
| MGMT-GB.2339 | Strategic Ownership |
| MGMT-GB.2340 | Global Strategy |
| MGMT-GB.2370 | Strategic Design |
| MGMT-GB.2375 | Advanced Strategy: Tools |
| MGMT-GB.3128 | Advanced Strategic Analysis |
| MGMT-GB.3306 | Consulting Practice: Processes & Problem-Solving |
| MGMT-GB.3135 | Entrepreneurship |
| MGMT-GB.3155 | Technology Innovation Strategy |
| MGMT-GB.3323 | Game Theory |
| MGMT-GB.3328 | Advanced Strategic Analysis |
| MGMT-GB.3335 | Foundations of Entrepreneurship |
| MGMT-GB.3339 | Endless Frontier Lab |
| MGMT-GB.3356 | Design Thinking for Managers |
| MKTG-GB.2192 | Predicting the Future of Technology |
| MKTG-GB 2392 | Strategic Foresight and Predicting the Future of Technology |
Maximum of 3 credits from this set:
| Course Number | Course Title |
| BSPA-GB.2115 | Political Risk Analysis |
| BSPA-GB.2176 | Corporate Governance & Stakeholder Activism* |
| ECON-GB.2110 | The Business of Health & Medical Care |
| ECON-GB.2112 | Economics and Management of Pharmaceutical and Biotechnology Industries |
| ECON-GB.2114 | Healthcare Economics & Strategy |
| ECON-GB.2119 | Entertainment and Media: Markets and Economics |
| ECON-GB.2345 | The Business of Platforms, Networks, and Two-sided Markets |
| ECON-GB.2348 | Public Policy and Business Strategy |
| ECON-GB.2360 | Sports Economics |
| FINC-GB.2304 | Restructuring Firms and Industries* |
| FINC-GB.2310 | Managing Financial Businesses |
| FINC-GB.3125 | Corporate Strategy and Finance in Entertainment and Media |
| FINC-GB 3126 | Financial Analysis in Telecom, Media & Technology |
| INTA-GB.2114 | Political Risk Analysis |
| INTA-GB.2307 | Tech Industry Drivers: An Analytical Framework |
| MGMT-GB.2105 | Strategic Management of AI |
| MGMT-GB.2140 | Strategic Management of Global Risk* |
| MGMT-GB.2143 | Strategy and Innovation in China |
| MGMT-GB.2353 | Managing Change* |
| MGMT-GB.3319 | Strategies: Mergers and Acquisitions* |
| MKTG-GB.2119 | Entertainment and Media Industries |
| MKTG-GB.2133 | Digitalization and Society |
| MKTG-GB.2353 | Pricing* |
| MKTG-GB.2355 | Retail Strategy & Analytics |
| MKTG-GB.2370 | New Products |
| MKTG-GB 2371 | Innovation and Design |
| MKTG-GB.2375 | Retail Strategy |
| MKTG-GB.3152 | Strategy in Technology Intensive Industries |
| OPMG-GB.2360 | Real Estate Development & Entrepreneurship |
| OPMG-GB.3357 | Service Operations and Strategy* |
| TECH-GB.2318 | Digital Strategy |
| TECH-GB.2332 | Managing a High Tech Company: The CEO perspective |
| TECH-GB.3155 | Digital Innovation and Crowdsourcing |
| TECH-GB.3355 | Globalization, Open Innovation, and Crowdsourcing: New Ways of Organizing* |
| TECH-GB.3362 | Emerging Technology and Business Innovation |
*For students beginning the MBA program during or after Spring 2019, this course is now part of the "Maximum of 3 credits from this set" section.
For course descriptions, please see the Office of Records & Registration website.