TERM: SUMMER 2007-08

COURSE #:  MGMT 431

SECTION:  61

COURSE NAME: Business Strategy

INSTRUCTOR:  SWINKELS, JEROEN

CASEPACK - YES or NO?:  YES

FIRST ASSIGNMENT: Download syllabus from my blackboard website and prepare the material referenced for the first class.  I will send a more detailed e-mail closer to 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: 4th

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TERM: Summer 08

COURSE #: 431

SECTIONS: 71

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, p. 1-8
2.        P. Ghemawat, "Origins of Strategy," Chapter 1 of Strategy and the Business Landscape.
3.       C. Oster, “How AIG Wagered on a Maverick of the Bail-Bond Business and Lost,” Wall Street Journal, April 10, 2001
4.      M. Porter, "What is Strategy?" Harvard Business Review, Vol. 74, Nov/Dec 1996, p. 39-73.

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

1. TEXT - Required or Recommended?: Required

AUTHOR: Besanko, Dranove, Shanley, Schaefer

PUBLISHER: John  Wiley & Sons

TITLE: Economics of Strategy

ED./DATE: 4th edition

2. TEXT – Required or Recommended?:

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TERM: Summer 08

COURSE #:  MGMT 452

SECTION:  71

COURSE NAME:  STRATEGY & ORGANIZATION

INSTRUCTOR:  SARIT MARKOVICH

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

FIRST ASSIGNMENT:

Topic
Strategy, Organization and Incentives

Required Reading :

Michael E. Porter, ``What is Strategy?'' Harvard Business Review, November/December 1996.

Note: You have probably read this article before. If so, simply review Sections III and IV.

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?

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

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TERM Summer 2007-08

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

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

1. TEXT - Required or Recommended?: NO

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TERM: Summer 2008

COURSE #: 469

SECTION: 71 & 72

COURSE NAME: Empirical Methods in Strategy

INSTRUCTOR: Leemore Dafny

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

FIRST ASSIGNMENT: Please read the syllabus and lecture notes (both posted at ).  Also, it would be helpful to purchase and install the Stata program on your laptop.  Instructions are provided in the syllabus. 

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

1. TEXT - Required or Recommended?: None

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