In this course you will learn how corporations create, capture, and maintain value, going beyond the management of a single line of business. It is thus a complement to (and should typically follow) a course on Business Strategy, which focuses on developing and sustaining competitive advantage for a single business unit. Here, you will be able to better understand and learn the tools to analyze and manage decisions from a corporate-level perspective, which emphasizes the management of multiple businesses and multiple stakeholders. Examples of such decisions include vertical integration, diversification, mergers and acquisitions, strategic alliances, international expansion, global strategy, corporate governance and corporate social responsibility.
This course is part of the Strategic Leadership and Management Specialization

About this Course
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- Mergers And Acquisitions (M&A)
- Diversification
- Global Strategy
- Corporate Governance
- Strategic Management
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Syllabus - What you will learn from this course
Course Orientation
Module 1: Corporate Scope
Module 2: Corporate Transactions
Module 3: Global Strategy
Module 4: Stakeholders and Governance
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- 5 stars74.53%
- 4 stars19.58%
- 3 stars4.30%
- 2 stars1.07%
- 1 star0.48%
TOP REVIEWS FROM CORPORATE STRATEGY
The course was really helpful to understand how the strategies in any firm are formulated and it will definitely help me in future endeavors
I enjoyed watching videos made by the prof somaya and from this course I understood different strategies that firms can take to stay at the top in their businesses.
The course is excellent. However, it looks too basic for me. Anyway, I recommend it for those who have no idea of corporate management/strategy at all.
Professor Somaya is at the top of his game. He is clearly a master of the subject material and he presents it in an way that allows the student to absorb the material easily.
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