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Learner Reviews & Feedback for Business Strategy by University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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About the Course

In this course you will learn how organizations create, capture, and maintain value. In doing so, you’ll develop an understanding of how and why this process is fundamental for sustainable competitive advantage. You will be able to better understand value creation, and capture and learn the tools to analyze both competition and cooperation from a variety of perspectives, including the industry-level (e.g., five forces analysis) and the firm-level (e.g., business models and strategic positioning). You will be able to: - Understand how managers coordinate different functional areas, resources, and systems inside a company and align them with the external environment to enhance overall performance - Recognize strategic management tools and frameworks and apply them to real business contexts - Process diverse business and industry information to diagnose strategic issues, evaluate strategic alternatives, and formulate a coherent and actionable strategic plan This course is part of Gies College of Business’ suite of online programs, including the iMBA and iMSM. Learn more about admission into these programs and explore how your Coursera work can be leveraged if accepted into a degree program at https://degrees.giesbusiness.illinois.edu/idegrees/....

Top reviews

NM

Jul 29, 2021

I count myself priviledge to have taken the course and l enjoyed every bit of the lectures, executive opinions, and case studies. The course is very insightful, educative and practical.

Thank you.

HL

Aug 25, 2018

I am really honored to review this course. The course and the Professor was really having a high practical approach. 4th Module was little bit confusion although it was a great time doing the course.

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By Matt K

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Jun 2, 2020

I thought this was a great course overall. The course had great cases overall and combined real-world cases with business theory and strategy.

By Jaime C M

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Apr 18, 2021

Great course material, with real nowadays examples, congratulations to the whole team that make possible this kind of education. Many thanks.

By Vikram S R

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Aug 24, 2020

Excellent Refresher Course in Business Strategy. Very relevant Industry case studies and course delievery by Prof. Deepak Somaya. Thanks.

By Jay N P

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May 17, 2020

The course was amazing and very well explained. The case study thus attached gave more detailed and practical experience of the learning.

By Neil M

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Dec 30, 2019

This module requires dedication. The lecturer was thorough and well organized. Highly recommended and I look forward to the next module.

By Ankit S

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Jul 21, 2020

Very insightful course, loved the slides and material provided! Thanks a lot, Deepak Somaya! Look forward to taking your courses again!

By Commander G G (

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Jul 14, 2020

The course covered various aspects of Business Strategy with apt examples and live case studies. Really enjoyed the content. Thank you.

By Neha J

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Oct 30, 2018

Porf. Deepak is simply outstanding. I would be taking more of his courses as his style and method of explaining the concepts is superb

By Syed A A

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Sep 14, 2018

A course that is a must for any one who has plans of setting up his business. Be it small medium or large. Great learning experience!

By Dany J A

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Dec 28, 2020

great course excellent approach excellent l exposing the course material learned a lot and understood better things I had seen before

By s S

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Jun 28, 2021

i 've learned many things very useful in this course , i've enjoyed the quality of video , and the expert advices and experiences

By Vladimir B

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Nov 6, 2020

The contents and materials of the course are very accessible and give a deep understanding of business strategy theory in detail.

By Jonathan F G

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Jan 15, 2021

I a very happy with this course. High quality lesson and taught really well by Prof. Somaya. Thank you Prof.! Awesome course.

By Simone I

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Feb 20, 2021

I really need to learn these notions. Professor Somaya has a very effective teaching method and an easy approach. Thank you!

By David R H

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Aug 28, 2020

Excellent! The teacher put such a really huge efford, and hard work is evident. Thank a lot. I highly recommend this course.

By James S

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Jun 27, 2017

Wonderful course, and a great instructor! I really liked the personal touch that he used in the lessons! Highly recommend!!

By Mohamed A S

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Jan 26, 2024

Excellent content, Impressive how the course methodology can initiate you, and give you density based on your experiences.

By Dineshkumar N

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Apr 17, 2020

Hi, Am enjoying to do this course very use full and informative , it will very much useful for my future carrier.

Thank You

By Mariia M

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Feb 5, 2021

That was great experience! I am very thankful for such an opportunity and new set of knowledge that i got on this course!

By Deepen ( J

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Feb 11, 2020

It was great learning about various types of price vs differentiation strategy and how firms compete within the industry.

By Anand R

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Jun 25, 2020

Very informative and structured course. The case studies included has been of greater help in understanding the course.

By Vilma B C C

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Jan 9, 2022

Excelente Curso, un gran instructor me aporta mucho para mi crecimiento profesional! Uno de mis favoritos del Programa!

By Sriji P

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Dec 28, 2021

Very informative course. Notes, PPTs and transcripts are provided in a systematic manner for easy referencing in future

By Aditya A P

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May 21, 2020

A very nice course to learn about the business world. Thank you to all who designed this course and also to Deepak Sir.

By Vethan C M

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May 3, 2020

Course is very informative and interesting as well. Thanks for your innovative approach to teach the Business Strategy.