SUMMER  QUARTER 2008-09

COURSE #: MGMT-431

SECTION: 71

COURSE NAME: Business Strategy

INSTRUCTOR: Karel Cool

CASEPACK (YES or NO?) : Yes

FIRST ASSIGNMENT: None

ATTENDANCE – FIRST CLASS MANDATORY (YES OR NO): Yes

1.  TEXT  --   REQUIRED  or  RECOMMENDED?: Required

AUTHOR:Besanko et al

PUBLISHER:Wiley

TITLE:Economics of Strategy

ED./DATE:2007 (fourth ed)

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SUMMER  QUARTER 2008-09

COURSE #: 469

SECTION: 71 &72

COURSE NAME: Empirical Methods in Strategy

INSTRUCTOR: Dafny

CASEPACK (YES or NO?) : Yes

FIRST ASSIGNMENT: Please read the syllabus and lecture notes entitled “Regression Basics.”  Both are available in the case pack and will be posted on Blackboard as well. Also, please purchase and install the Stata program on your laptop.  Instructions are provided in the syllabus.

ATTENDANCE – FIRST CLASS MANDATORY (YES OR NO): Yes

1.  TEXT  --   REQUIRED  or  RECOMMENDED?: None

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SUMMER  QUARTER 2008-09

COURSE #:  452

SECTION: 76

COURSE NAME:  Strategy & Organization

INSTRUCTOR:  Sarit Markovich

CASEPACK (YES or NO?) : Yes

FIRST ASSIGNMENT:

Topic
Strategy, Organization and Incentives

Required Reading :

 John Roberts, The Modern Firm: Chapter 1 on “Strategy and Organization,” pp. 1 – 31.

Case
Keller-Williams Realty [Stanford HR-29]

Discussion Questions --- Please come prepared to discuss the following questions.

1. Why are commissions used so extensively for real-estate agents?
2. Would you prefer to work for Keller-Williams, or one of its competitors?
3. Does KW have any sources of long-run sustainable advantage?
MARKOVICH CONT.

ATTENDANCE – FIRST CLASS MANDATORY (YES OR NO): NO

1.  TEXT  --   REQUIRED  or  RECOMMENDED?:  Required

AUTHOR: John Roberts

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press

TITLE: The Modern Firm

ED./DATE: 2007

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TERM  SUMMER 2009

COURSE #: MGMT  934

SECTION: 71

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 THAT WILL BE THE FOCUS OF A TEAM PROJECT.   IT IS OFTEN HELPFUL (BUT NOT NECESSARY) TO SELECT AN ORGANIZATION WITH A KELLOGG ALUM INVOLVED THERE.

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

1. TEXT - Required or Recommended?: NO

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SUMMER  QUARTER 2008-09

COURSE #: mgmt 431

SECTION:

COURSE NAME: Business Strategy

INSTRUCTOR: Swinkels

CASEPACK (YES or NO?) : yes

FIRST ASSIGNMENT: See case packet

ATTENDANCE – FIRST CLASS MANDATORY (YES OR NO): yes

1.  TEXT  --   REQUIRED  or  RECOMMENDED?: required

AUTHOR:besanko, dranove, shanley, shaefer

PUBLISHER:wiley

TITLE:Economics of Strategy

ED./DATE:4th/2006

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