42E00101 - CEMS Global Strategy, Lecture, 1.11.2021-8.12.2021

Topic outline

• General
  Please note that due to the busy schedules of our corporate executive visitors, there may still be slight changes in the course syllabus.

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    Syllabus CEMS Global Strategy File

    PDF document

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    Choose your team for the case study assignment Group choice

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    Announcements Forum

• Session 1, Mon 1.11.
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  TOPIC(S):

  • Introduction and practicalities
  • Strategy fundamentals
  • Introduction to the case assignment

• Session 2, Wed 3.11.
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  TOPIC(S):

  • Global business environment
  • Disruptions in business environment

  
  

  GUEST: a corporate executive visitor

• Session 3, Mon 8.11.
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  TOPIC(S):

  • Analyzing global business environment
  • Political environment, risks

  
  

  GUEST: Dr. Risto E.J. Penttilä

  
  

  READINGS: 

  • Pankaj Ghemawat and Steven Altman (2019): The State of Globalization in 2019 and What It Means for Strategists. Harvard Business Review. 

       https://hbr.org/2019/02/the-state-of-globalization-in-2019-and-what-it-means-for-strategists
  

  
  

  • William Kerr (2016): Harnessing the Best of Globalization. MIT Sloan Management Review, vol. 58, No.1. 

       https://sloanreview.mit.edu/article/harnessing-the-best-of-globalization/
  

  
  

  ASSIGNMENT:

  Reflection paper due on Sunday Nov 7 at 13.00. 

  N.B. The reflection paper is written on one of the two articles listed above but both articles are expected to be read.

• Session 4, Wed 10.11.
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  GUEST: Dr. Miriam Holstein, CEO Bayer Nordic Region

• Session 5, Mon 15.11.
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  TOPIC(S):

  • Growing and competing globally

  
  

  READINGS: 

  • Benjamin Rosa, Philippe Gugler & Alain Verbeke (2020). Regional and global strategies of MNEs: Revisiting Rugman & Verbeke (2004).

       https://primo.aalto.fi/permalink/358AALTO_INST/cis3s6/cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_2437125063
  
  

  • Peter Williamson, Bin Guo, Eden Yin (2021). When can Chinese competitors catch up? Market and capability ladders and their implication for multinationals. Business Horizons. 

      https://primo.aalto.fi/permalink/358AALTO_INST/cis3s6/cdi_gale_infotracacademiconefile_A653084262
  
  

  ASSIGNMENT:

  Reflection paper due on Sunday Nov 14 at 13.00

  N.B. The reflection paper is written on one of the two articles listed above but both articles are expected to be read.

  
  

• Session 6, Wed 17.11.
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  Feedback sessions for teams on the progress of the case study 

  (20 minutes per team)

  
  

  To book an appointment, send an email to Johanna (johanna.niskavaara@aalto.fi).

  
  Available slots are (starting times)
  
  16.20
  16.45
  

• Session 7, Mon 22.11.
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  TOPIC(S):

  • Technology and global business

  
  

  GUEST: 

  Tarun Sharma, Nokia Bell Labs

  
  

  READINGS: 

  • Menard, A., Ostojic, I., Patel, M. & Volz, D. (2020). A Game plan for quantum computing. McKinsey Quarterly.

       https://primo.aalto.fi/permalink/358AALTO_INST/cis3s6/cdi_proquest_journals_2370652128
  
  

  • Ben-Ner, A. & Siemsen, E. (2017). Decentralization and Localization of Production: The Organizational and Economic Consequences of Additive Manufacturing (3D Printing). California Management Review.

      https://primo.aalto.fi/permalink/358AALTO_INST/cis3s6/cdi_gale_infotracacademiconefile_A502096928
  

  
  

  ASSIGNMENT:

  Reflection paper due on Sunday Nov 21 at 13.00

  N.B. The reflection paper is written on one of the two articles listed above but both articles are expected to be read.

  
  

• Session 8, Wed 24.11.
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  !!! SESSION 8 WILL BE ONLINE ONLY !!!

  
  

  TOPIC(S):

  • Leading and managing global strategy work

  
  

  GUEST:

  Sanna Kaje, KONE, Head of Strategy

  
  

  
  

• Session 9, Mon 29.11.
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  TOPIC(S):

  Partnering and M&As in the global dimension

  
  

  READINGS:
  

  • Case: 

  Star Alliance in 2020. Gomes-Casseres and Judd. 16 pages. Ivey Publishing. January 2021. 
  
  The case will be discussed in class. Please find the case as a pdf file at the bottom of this section.
       
  

  
  

  • Articles:

  Douglas Quackenbos, Richard Ettenson, Martin Roth and Seigyoung Auh  (2016): Does Your Company Have What It Takes to Go Global? Harvard Business Review. 
  https://hbr.org/2016/04/does-your-company-have-what-it-takes-to-go-global
  
  Villena, V. & Gioia, D. (2020) A More Sustainable Supply Chain. Harvard Business Review.
  https://hbr.org/2020/03/a-more-sustainable-supply-chain
  
  

  ASSIGNMENT:

  Reflection paper due on Sunday Nov 28 at 13.00.

  N.B. The reflection paper is written on one of the two articles listed above but both articles are expected to be read.
  

  
  

• Session 10, Wed 1.12.
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  TOPIC(S):

  • Born globals: perspective to strategy work

  
  

  CASE PRESENTATIONS (4 teams)

  
  

  ASSIGNMENT:

  All team case reports submitted by Tuesday Nov 30 at 17:00. 

  One submission per team is enough.

  
  

• Session 11, Wed 8.12.
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  CASE PRESENTATIONS (6 teams)

  
  

  ASSIGNMENT:

  All team case reports submitted by Tuesday Nov 30 at 17:00. 

  Please find the submission box from the Session 10 folder.