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TERM: Fall 06	COURSE #: 431	SECTIONS: 61		COURSE NAME: Business Strategy
INSTRUCTOR: Markovich
IS THERE A CASE PACKET? (Yes or No): Yes
FIRST ASSIGNMENT: Please print out and read the syllabus posted on the course website. Come prepared to ask questions. q Please complete the following readings: 1. Besanko, Dranove, Shanley and Schaefer, Economics of Strategy, Introduction 2. P. Ghemawat, "Origins of Strategy," Chapter 1 of Strategy and the Business Landscape. 3. M. Porter, "What is Strategy?" Harvard Business Review, November-December 1996 q Please begin studying these materials. Note that these readings are for use throughout the course: 4. Besanko, Dranove, Shanley and Schaefer, Economics of Strategy, pp. 9-35 5. D. Besanko, “Online Microeconomics Essentials” available at http://www.kellogg.northwestern.edu/mgmtstrategy/deptinfo/microessentials.htm
IS ATTENDANCE AT FIRST CLASS MANDATORY? (Yes or No):
1. TEXT - Required or Recommended?: Required
AUTHOR: Besanko, Dranove, Shanley, Schaefer			PUBLISHER: John Wiley & Sons
TITLE: Economics of Strategy					ED./DATE: 3rd edition/2004
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TERM: Fall 2006	COURSE #: M&S 431	SECTION: 62, 63 64			COURSE NAME: Business Strategy
INSTRUCTOR: Mazzeo
CASEPACK - YES or NO?:
FIRST ASSIGNMENT: Download syllabus from my website and read the articles referenced for the first class.
IS ATTENDANCE AT FIRST CLASS MANDATORY – YES OR NO?: N/A
1. TEXT - REQUIRED or RECOMMENDED?:
AUTHOR: Besanko, Dranove, Shanley and Schaefer			PUBLISHER: Wiley
TITLE: Economics of Strategy				ED./DATE: 4^th
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TERM: Fall 2006	COURSE #: 431	SECTION: 65 and 67			COURSE NAME: Business Strategy
INSTRUCTOR: Yasutora Watanabe
IS THERE A CASE PACKET – Yes or No?: Yes
FIRST ASSIGNMENT: 1. Purchase Case Packet. 2. Log on to the course website and read the syllabus. 3. Complete the readings listed on the syllabus for the first class. 4. Come prepared to ask and answer questions!
IS ATTENDANCE AT FIRST CLASS MANDATORY – Yes or No?: Yes
1. TEXT – Required or Recommended?: Required
AUTHOR: Besanko, Dranove, Shanley, and Schaefer			PUBLISHER: Wiley
TITLE: Economics of Strategy				ED./DATE: 3^rd Edition, 2004 or 4^th Edition, 2006

COURSE #: 431	SECTION: 66, 68, 69	COURSE NAME: Business Strategy
INSTRUCTOR: Thomas Hubbard
CASEPACK (YES or NO?) : YES
FIRST ASSIGNMENT: Buy the reader, read the case “Performance Indicator,” and prepare for discussion guided by the questions in the “Case Questions” document.
1. TEXT -- REQUIRED or RECOMMENDED?: Required
AUTHOR:Besanko, et al.			PUBLISHER:Wiley
TITLE:Economics of Strategy				ED./DATE:3^rd Edition
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TERM: Fall 2004	COURSE #: Mgmt 444	SECTION: 81			COURSE NAME: Healthcare Economics and Strategy
INSTRUCTOR: Dranove
CASEPACK - YES or NO?: Yes
FIRST ASSIGNMENT: See course page
IS ATTENDANCE AT FIRST CLASS MANDATORY – YES OR NO?: No
1. TEXT - REQUIRED or RECOMMENDED?: Required
AUTHOR: Dranove, David			PUBLISHER: Princeton University Press
TITLE: The Economic Evolution of American Healthcare				ED./DATE: Paperback 2002
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Quarter: Fall			Year: 2006-2007
Course #: 452	Section: 61	Course Name: Strategy & Organization
Instructor: Sarit Markovich
Casepack (YES or NO?) Yes
First Assignment Topic Strategy, Organization and Incentives Required Reading Case Nordstrom: Dissension in the Ranks (A) Discussion Questions --- Please come prepared to discuss the following questions. 1. What are the pros and cons of being a ``Nordie?'' 2. Would you want to work for Nordstrom? Do you think your former or summer employer would want to hire a ``Nordie?'' 3. Referring to Example 2 on page 6 of the case, produce two graphs. On the first graph, plot hours on the x-axis and dollars on the y-axis. Show how the employee's take home pay varies as hours reported goes from 30 to 50. For the second graph, plot hours reported (x-axis) vs. sales-per-hour. How does SPH move as hours reported varies from 30 to 50? Can a Nordie increase his or her take home pay by under-reporting hours? If not, then why do the Nordies under-report?
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TERM: FALL 06	COURSE #: 463	SECTION: 81		COURSE NAME: Management of Technology
INSTRUCTOR: Greenstein
IS THERE A CASE PACKET? (Yes or No): yes
FIRST ASSIGNMENT: Rosenberg, Nathan, “Uncertainty and Technology Change,” in (Eds), Landau, Taylor and Wright, The Mosiac of Economic Growth, Stanford University Press, Stanford, CA. 1996. Pp. 334-356.
IS ATTENDANCE AT FIRST CLASS MANDATORY? (Yes or No): no, but recommended.
1. TEXT - Required or Recommended?: required
AUTHOR: Geoffrey Moore.			PUBLISHER Harper Business, 1999.
TITLE: Crossing the Chasm,					ED./DATE: 1999
2. TEXT – Required or Recommended?: required
AUTHOR: Carl Shapiro and Hal Varian,			PUBLISHER: Harvard Business School Press,
TITLE: Information Rules,					ED./DATE: 1998.

TERM: FALL 06-07	COURSE # MGMT468	SECTION: 91(EV)		COURSE NAME: Managerial Leadership
INSTRUCTOR: Harry Kraemer, former Chairman and CEO of Baxter International, Inc.
IS THERE A CASE PACKET? (Yes or No):Yes
FIRST ASSIGNMENT: 1.Read the first three chapters of “Authentic Leadership”. 2.Read the first two chapters of “Good to Great”. 3.Please identify two individuals you believe are outstanding leaders. Be prepared to discuss your choices and rationale.
IS ATTENDANCE AT FIRST CLASS MANDATORY? (Yes or No): Yes
1. TEXT - Required or Recommended?:Required
AUTHOR: William George			PUBLISHER Jossey-Bass
TITLE: Authentic Leadership					ED./DATE: First; 2003
2. TEXT – Required or Recommended?: Required
AUTHOR: Jim Collins			PUBLISHER: Harper Business
TITLE: Good To Great					ED./DATE: First; 2001

COURSE M&S 931-A	SECTION: 81	COURSE NAME: Strategic Franchising
INSTRUCTOR: Burton D. Cohen
IS THERE A CASE PACKET? YES
FIRST ASSIGNMENT: READINGS A Note on Franchising: Gompers, Paul A. HBSP 9-297-108 (1998) Quasi-Franchisees: Chains That Look Like Franchises, But Aren’t: ISOF (1999) The Body Shop (case study) Ivey School of Business (1999) Wall Street Journal, Sept. 21, 2006: Franchise Classified Ads USA Today, Sept. 21,2006: Franchise Classified Ads THOUGHTS As you read the material, consider the following questions: 1. Why would someone franchise their business? 2. Why would someone become a franchisee? 3. What are the advantages and disadvantages to a business and a franchisee in adopting the franchise method of doing business? 4. With regard to the newspaper classified ads, would you purchase any of these franchises, and why or why not?
IS ATTENDANCE AT FIRST CLASS MANDATORY? YES
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COURSE #: MGMT 932	SECTION: 61	COURSE NAME: Local Public Economics and Business Strategy
INSTRUCTOR: Therese McGuire
CASEPACK (YES or NO?) : YES
FIRST ASSIGNMENT: NO
1. TEXT -- REQUIRED or RECOMMENDED?: NONE
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TERM: FALL ’06-‘07	COURSE: MGMT 934	SECTION: 81	COURSE NAME: Managing Turnarounds
INSTRUCTOR: James B. Shein
CASE PACKET - YES
FIRST ASSIGNMENT: Come to class with at least one suggestion for a company or organization that went through a turnaround or a bankruptcy; the purpose is to make good use of the first class when teams are formed and will try to come up with ideas for the subject of your term paper.
IS ATTENDANCE AT FIRST CLASS MANDATORY – YES!!!!!!!!!
1. TEXT - REQUIRED or RECOMMENDED?: NO
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