Global Strategy and Implementation
Description
Professor Vijay Govindarajan
This course focuses on the challenges of developing and implementing strategies in global industries. The aim is to provide students with a conceptual and practical understanding of the strategic and organizational challenges of multinational corporate management. The types of questions that we address are: Why do firms go abroad? What differentiates a "global" from a "multidomestic" industry? How does a multinational company play the global chess game? Why and when do/should companies engage in cross-border strategic alliances? Cross-border mergers and acquisitions: what are the associated risks and how can firms guard against them? What potential roles can foreign subsidiaries play in an MNC's global strategy? How do companies choose an optimal global structure? How do companies ensure coordination between the headquarters and its subsidiaries, and among subsidiaries? How do companies manage strategic change from one type of global strategy to another?