Teaching
I am not slated to offer any courses at Darden in 2008-2009. I eagerly await returning to the classroom in 2009-2010. From 2002-2008, I coordinated and taught the core strategy course in the Fuqua Daytime MBA program at Duke University. In 2006, I taught this course, Foundations of Strategy, in Duke's Weekend-Executive MBA Program. In the past, I have taught an elective on Technology Strategy and a year-long PhD seminar on strategy.
Foundations of Strategy
In Foundations of Strategy, we analyze the sources of competitive success
among firms and develop knowledge and skills necessary to be an effective
strategy analyst. We will tackle the complexity of analyzing competition in
this era of globalization and changing firm boundaries and of assessing
strategy under increasing uncertainty. You will develop strategic thinking
by learning the concepts, models, and tools of strategic analysis and by
applying them to actual competitive situations. The course develops the
capability to assess a firm's strategic position with respect to rivals, the
larger industry, and customers given the firm's internal resources and
capabilities. The tools and skills developed in this course will be vital to
those pursuing careers as consultants and managers as well as to those
pursuing careers in finance, marketing, and entrepreneurship.
Technology Strategy
The purpose of this course is to provide students with an understanding of
the forces that shape innovation, how competitive forces effect the value of
innovations, and how to manage a firm to be innovative. In this way,
students will learn how to devise effective entrepreneural strategies. The
course is organized around three fundamental issues that established firms
and new ventures need to understand: 1) how do innovations evolve over time,
2) under what circumstance does innovation lead to competitive success, and
3) how does one manage their organization to be innovative.