Corporate-Level Strategy

2 credits · Graduate

This course is for students who intend to lead, consult to, or sell a business to a multi-business enterprise. The course focuses on the development and execution of an enterprise, division or operating unit strategy for an entity that competes in multiple segments. In which businesses and markets, and in what stages of the value chain, should the organization operate? How should it enter new businesses? Should it exit any of its current businesses? What capabilities does the organization have, and how well do they enhance the competitiveness of its individual businesses? How should the larger entity organize to realize the highest potential value from the combination of businesses? What contractual structure maximizes the enterprise value?