Teaching

Digital Strategy (MBA)

MBA Programme, London Business School, Strategy and Entrepreneurship, 2017-2020

Course Description: Many firms now have access to more data than they can process and use. The internet has given them direct access to suppliers and customers. Advancements in artificial intelligence has opened new ways of changing their operations that were unimaginable before. How these trends have changed firms, industries, and institutional foundations upon which firms operate? Digital Strategy course is designed to help you answer this question. Read more

Core Strategy (EMBA)

EMBA Programme, London Business School, Strategy and Entrepreneurship, 2016-2020

Course Description: The field of strategy, and this course, attempts to address the central issue in business: why do some firms outperform other firms? It is empirically evident that there are significant profitability differences between industries, and there are significant profitability differences between firms within industries. In the three modules in this course, we will develop an understanding of what underlies such inter-industry and inter-firm profitability differences. Read more

Core Strategy (MBA)

MBA Programme, London Business School, Strategy and Entrepreneurship, 2013-2019

Course Description: The field of strategy, and this course, attempts to address the central issue in business: why do some firms outperform other firms? It is empirically evident that there are significant profitability differences between industries, and there are significant profitability differences between firms within industries. In the three modules in this course, we will develop an understanding of what underlies such inter-industry and inter-firm profitability differences. Read more

London Business Experience - Design Thinking Module

MBA Programme, London Business School, Strategy and Entrepreneurship, 2015-2017

Course Description: The first aim of the course is to give students an appreciation for leading-edge thinking and practice in innovation. Much of this is about working experientially with users, applying “design” thinking to existing products and services, and prototyping rapidly. The second aim of the course is to take a broader view of innovation than we usually would at a Business School, and consider a range of social challenges that would benefit from being tackled using the principles of innovation. Read more

EMBA International Assignment (South Africa)

EMBA Programme, London Business School, Strategy and Entrepreneurship, 2015-2016

Course Description: During the International Assignment to South Africa, students will be involved in an intensive weeklong project at a local South African organisation. The exercise is framed around multi-stakeholder engagement and organizational responses because the topic is sufficiently general to serve as a lens for an array of fundamental organisational issues such as organizational culture and identity and the development and execution of strategy. For example, focusing on the broader issue of how the organisation engages and interacts with its diverse set of stakeholders, both internal and external (e.g. customers, employees, shareholders and communities), typically reveals issues surrounding such varied areas as employee morale, conflict, motivation, as well as cohesiveness of overall strategy and effectiveness of execution, to name just a few. Read more

Innovation and Entrepreneurship (PhD)

PhD Programme, London Business School, Strategy and Entrepreneurship, 2015-2016

Course Description: This seminar provides an introduction to seminal readings in innovation and entrepreneurship. The focus is on theory building and empirical testing of the factors shaping key aspects of innovation and entrepreneurship. Specifically, our objective is to understand to the major theoretical threads and controversies in the field. It will also examine the methodologies that are important to research in this area. Read more

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