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HTE406

Business Strategy

Barcelona Campus
Jan 31, 2024 - Feb 16, 2024
This course focuses on the basics of strategy, in particular, how they are relevant for startups.
Barcelona Campus
Jan 31, 2024 - Feb 16, 2024
Gregory LaBlanc

Faculty

Gregory LaBlanc

Lecturer at Berkeley, Stanford, HEC, & Host @ UNSILOED podcast

Course length

3 weeks

Duration

3 hours
per day

Total hours

39 hours

Credits

4 ECTS

Language

English

Course type

Offline

Fee for single course

€1500

Fee for degree students

€750

Skills you’ll learn

OverviewCourse outlineCourse materialsPrerequisitesMethod & grading

Overview

This course focuses on the basics of strategy, in particular, how they are relevant for startups. Entrepreneurial Strategy requires frameworks for evaluating basic tradeoffs between learning and execution and architecting a process for the discovery of competitive advantage..

Learning highlights

  • Students will learn a framework that will help them identify opportunities, choose customers, choose technologies, choose organizational form and choose the form of competition and market entry.

Course outline

15 classes

Dive into the details of the course and get a sense of what each class will cover.
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Monday
1

Session 1

Snow Summit

Tuesday
2

Session 2

Snow Summit

Wednesday
3

Session 3

Introduction to Strategy

Thursday
4

Session 4

What is Competitive Advantage

Friday
5

Session 5

Looking Forward and Reasoning Back

Monday
6

Session 6

Ecosystems

Tuesday
7

Session 7

Choosing Your Customer

Wednesday
8

Session 8

Choosing Your Tech

Thursday
9

Session 9

Choosing Your Organization

Friday
10

Session 10

IP Strategy

Monday
11

Session 11

Disruptive Strategy

Tuesday
12

Session 12

Value Chain Strategy

Wednesday
13

Session 13

Architectural Strategy

Thursday
14

Session 14

Putting It all Together

Friday
15

Session 15

Final Debrief

Prerequisites

No prerequisites

Methodology

This class will combine lecture, discussion, readings, and case writeups.

Grading

The final grade will be composed of the following criteria:
60% - Group Homework
15% - Individual Case Analysis
25% - Participation
Gregory LaBlanc

Faculty

Gregory LaBlanc

Lecturer at Berkeley, Stanford, HEC, & Host @ UNSILOED podcast

At Berkeley Haas, Greg LaBlanc teaches primarily in the areas of finance and strategy in the MBA and Masters of Financial Engineering programs and in Executive Education. LaBlanc has also worked in competitive intelligence and litigation consulting and has advised consulting teams in finance, marketing, and strategy. His research interests lie at the intersection of law, finance, and psychology, in the area of business strategy and risk management. LaBlanc is the recipient of teaching awards including the Earl F. Cheit Award for Outstanding Teaching and the Berkeley EWMBA Graduate Instructor of the year.

LaBlanc received a BA (History, Politics, Philosophy, and Economics) and a BS Economics (Business Administration) from the University of Pennsylvania, where he continued his education as a University Scholar and graduate fellow, studying in the schools of Arts and Sciences, Business, and Law. He later pursued a JD at the George Mason University and an LLM at UC Berkeley Law School. LaBlanc has taught undergraduate and graduate courses in all areas of business. Prior to arriving at Berkeley Haas in 2005, LaBlanc taught at Wharton, Duke, and the University of Virginia.

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Business Strategy

by Gregory LaBlanc

Total hours

39 Hours

Dates

Jan 31 - Feb 16, 2024

Fee for single course

€1500

Fee for degree students

€750

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FAQ

Will I receive a certificate after completion?

Yes. Upon completion of the course, you will receive a certificate signed by the director of the program your course belonged to.

Do I need a visa?

This depends on your case. Please check with the Spanish or Thai consulate in your country of residence about visa requirements. We will do our part to provide you with the necessary documents, such as the Certificate of Enrollment.

Can I get a discount?

Yes. The easiest way to enroll in a course at a discounted price is to register for multiple courses. Registering for multiple courses will reduce the cost per individual course. Please ask the Admissions Office for more information about the other kinds of discounts we offer and what you can do to receive one.