COURSE #: 431

SECTION: 65 & 66

COURSE NAME: Business Strategy

INSTRUCTOR: Meghan Busse

CASEPACK (YES or NO?) : YES

FIRST ASSIGNMENT: Download syllabus from my website and read the articles for the first class

ATTENDANCE AT FIRST CLASS MANDATORY?  YES OR NO: NO

1.  TEXT  --   REQUIRED  or  RECOMMENDED?:  Required

AUTHOR:Besanko, Dranove, Shanley and Schafer

PUBLISHER: Wiley

TITLE: Economics of Strategy

ED./DATE: 4th

2.  TEXT  --   REQUIRED  or  RECOMMENDED?:

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COURSE #: 431

SECTION: 62, 63, 64

COURSE NAME: Business Strategy

INSTRUCTOR: Michael Mazzeo

CASEPACK (YES or NO?) : YES

FIRST ASSIGNMENT: Download syllabus from my website and read the articles for the first class

ATTENDANCE AT FIRST CLASS MANDATORY?  YES OR NO: NO

1.  TEXT  --   REQUIRED  or  RECOMMENDED?:  Required

AUTHOR:Besanko, Dranove, Shanley and Schafer

PUBLISHER: Wiley

TITLE: Economics of Strategy

ED./DATE: 4th

2.  TEXT  --   REQUIRED  or  RECOMMENDED?:

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COURSE #: 431

SECTION: 61 & 69

COURSE NAME: Business Strategy

INSTRUCTOR: Tom Hubbard

CASEPACK (YES or NO?) : YES

FIRST ASSIGNMENT: Download syllabus from my website and read the articles for the first class

ATTENDANCE AT FIRST CLASS MANDATORY?  YES OR NO: YES

1.  TEXT  --   REQUIRED  or  RECOMMENDED?:  Required

AUTHOR:Besanko, Dranove, Shanley and Schafer

PUBLISHER: Wiley

TITLE: Economics of Strategy

ED./DATE: 4th

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COURSE #: MGMT 431 FALL 2008-09

SECTION: 67, 68

COURSE NAME:  BUSINESS STRATEGY

INSTRUCTOR:  Justin Lenzo

CASEPACK (YES or NO?) : YES

FIRST ASSIGNMENT: Download syllabus from my website and read the articles referenced for the first class

1.  TEXT  --   REQUIRED  or  RECOMMENDED?:  Required

AUTHOR: Besanko, Dranove, Shanley and Schafer

PUBLISHER: Wiley

TITLE: Economics of Strategy

ED./DATE: 4th

2.  TEXT  --   REQUIRED  or  RECOMMENDED?:

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TERM: FALL 2008-09

COURSE #: MGMT 452

SECTION: 61-62-71

COURSE NAME: Strategy and Organization

INSTRUCTOR:  Marco Ottaviani

IS THERE A CASE PACKET? (Yes or No): YES

FIRST ASSIGNMENT: After reading the case Keller-Williams Realty, prepare short answers to following question:
1. Comparing the compensation structure at Keller Williams with those in traditional real estate brokerages and 100-percent commission organizations, which types of agents do you expect Keller Williams to attract?
2. Focusing on the profit sharing scheme in place at Keller Williams, what do you think this scheme is trying to achieve?
3. What is the role of the Agent Leadership Council? And what’s the role of the Open Book policy?
(Your answer for this first case will not be collectedin class).

IS ATTENDANCE AT FIRST CLASS MANDATORY? (Yes or No): NO

1. TEXT - Required or Recommended?: No text.

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TERM  FALL 2008-09

COURSE #: MGMT  934

SECTION: 81

COURSE NAME:  Managing Turnarounds

INSTRUCTOR: JAMES SHEIN

IS THERE A CASE PACKET? (Yes or No): YES

FIRST ASSIGNMENT: COME TO CLASS WITH AT LEAST ONE SUGGESTED NAME OF A COMPANY OR ORGANIZATION THAT IS OR WAS IN TROUBLE

IS ATTENDANCE AT FIRST CLASS MANDATORY? (Yes or No):YES

1. TEXT - Required or Recommended?: NO

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TERM: FALL 2008-09

COURSE #: 931-A

SECTION:

COURSE NAME: STRATEGIC FRANCHISING

INSTRUCTOR: BURTON D. COHEN

IS THERE A CASE PACKET? (Yes or No): YES

FIRST ASSIGNMENT:
 READINGS
A Note on Franchising: Gompers, Paul A. HBS 9-297-108
Quasi-Franchisees, Chains That Look Like Franchises, But Aren’t: Intl. Society of Franchising, Univ. of St. Thomas
The Body Shop (case study) Ivey School of Business
Wall Street Journal, Sept. 18, 2008: franchise classified ads

THOUGHTS:
As you read the materials, consider the following questions;

1. Why would someone franchise their business rather than grow it themselves?
2. Why would someone become a franchisee rather than be completely independent?
3. What are the advantages and disadvantages to a business and a franchisee in adopting the franchise business model?
4. With regard to the newspaper classified ads, would you buy any of these franchises, and why or why not?

IS ATTENDANCE AT FIRST CLASS MANDATORY? (Yes or No): YES

1. TEXT - Required or Recommended?:

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TERM: FALL 2008-09

COURSE #:mgmt 444

SECTION: 81

COURSE NAME: Health Economics

INSTRUCTOR: Dranove

IS THERE A CASE PACKET? (Yes or No):Yes

FIRST ASSIGNMENT: Read the assigned material and be prepared to discuss the thought question that appears in the syllabus

IS ATTENDANCE AT FIRST CLASS MANDATORY? (Yes or No): No

1. TEXT - Required or Recommended?: Required

AUTHOR: Dranove

PUBLISHER Princeton University Press

TITLE: Code Red

ED./DATE: 2008

2. TEXT – Required or Recommended?:

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COURSE #: 463

SECTION: 61,

COURSE NAME: Management of Technology

INSTRUCTOR: Greenstein, Shane

CASEPACK (YES or NO?) : Yes

FIRST ASSIGNMENT: Read Rosenberg for first class.

ATTENDANCE AT FIRST CLASS REQUIRED?  YES

1.  TEXT  --   REQUIRED  or  RECOMMENDED?: Required.

AUTHOR: Geoffrey Moore

PUBLISHER: Harvard Business School Press

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