Advanced Strategic Management

The course arc

Two blocks. Nine modules.

Read the industry first, then choose where to play and how to win. — the course, told in one line

Block I · Position the firm

• m.01
  The Value Wedge

  A firm wins when it drives a wider wedge between what buyers will pay and what supply costs - wider than any rival can.
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• m.02
  The Five Forces

  An industry's profit ceiling is set by five forces that bargain, threaten, or compete the surplus away - structure, not weather.
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• m.03
  Generic Strategies

  Pick a side: compete on cost or on differentiation, across a broad market or a narrow focus — straddling either is the trap.
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• m.04
  Commitment & Capacity Games

  A move is strategic when it is hard to reverse and changes what your rival will rationally do next.
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Block II · Choose strategic moves

• m.05
  Disruption from Below

  New technologies enter underperforming and cheap; incumbents ignore them until the curve crosses what mainstream customers will accept.
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  The Two-Sided Platform

  A platform is a market between two user groups linked by cross-side network effects, not a product sold to one.
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  Ecosystem as Structure

  An ecosystem is the alignment of multilateral partners whose joint activity is required for a focal value proposition to materialize.
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  The Boundary of the Firm

  Pull an activity inside only when the market would punish you for the relationship-specific bets it requires.
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• m.09
  Ally, Acquire, or Build

  Before signing a deal, ask which mode of growth the resources, the market, and your own competence actually call for.
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