2020-03-06(Friday)Week 1 and 2 –
Introduction to Global Economics and Business Developments
Case Study – Recommended Reading – Michael Porter, Competitive Strategy, Chapter 1, The Structural Analysis of Industries; Chapter 2, Generic Competitive Strategies
2020-03-13(Friday)Week 3 and 4 –
Financial Analysis
Case Study – Recommended Reading – Michael Porter, Competitive Strategy, Chapter 3, A Framework for Competitor Analysis; Chapter 4, Types of Market Signals
Case Study - Recommended Reading – Michael Porter, Competitive Strategy, Chapter 5, Competitive Moves; Chapter 6, Strategy Toward Buyers and Suppliers
2020-04-10(Friday)Week 5 and 6 – Mid-term Exam and Review -
Case Study - Recommended Reading – Michael Porter, Competitive Strategy, Chapter 7, Structural Analysis Within Industries; Chapter 8, Industry Evolution
2020-04-17(Friday)Week 7 and 8 –
Economics
Case Study - Recommended Reading – Michael Porter, Competitive Strategy, Chapter 9, Competitive Strategy in Fragmented Industries; Chapter 10, Competitive Strategy in Emerging Industries
Case Study - Recommended Reading – Michael Porter, Competitive Strategy, Chapter 11, The Transition to Industry Maturity; Chapter 12, Competitive Strategy in Declining Industries
2020-05-01(Friday)Week 9 and 10 – Presentation and Review
Corporate Valuation
2020-05-08(Friday)Week 11 and 12 –
Case Study - Recommended Reading – Michael Porter, Competitive Strategy, Chapter 13, Competition in Global Industries; Chapter 14, The Strategic Analysis of Vertical Integration
Case Study - Recommended Reading – Michael Porter, Competitive Strategy, Chapter 15, Capacity Expansion; Chapter 16, Entry into New Businesses
2020-05-15(Friday)Week 13 and 14 –
Case Study - Recommended Reading – Geoffrey Moore, Gorilla Game, Chapter 2, How High Tech Markets Develop; Chapter 3, Understanding Gorilla Power;
2020-06-05(Friday)Week 15 and 16 –
Case Study - Recommended Reading – Geoffrey Moore, Gorilla Game, Chapter 5, Mapping the terrain; Chapter 6, Stalking the Gorilla; Chapter 7, Capturing the Gorilla)
Case Study (Speaker – a public listed biotech company management)
Recommended Reading – Clayton Christensen, The Innovator’s Dilemma, Chapter 1, How can Great Firms fail?)
2020-06-12(Friday)Week 17 and 18 –Final Exam
Case Study - Recommended Reading – Clayton Christensen, The Innovator’s Dilemma, Chapter 2, Value networks and the Impetus to Innovate)
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