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About the Course

Develop your ability to think strategically, analyze the competitive environment, and recommend firm positioning and value creation. In this course, developed at the Darden School of Business at the University of Virginia, top-ranked faculty will help you explore the underlying theory and frameworks that provide the foundations of a successful business strategy and provide the tools you need to understand that strategy: SWOT, Competitor, Environmental, Five Forces, and Capabilities Analyses, as well as Strategy Maps....

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DR

Feb 22, 2023

It was amazing experience and with all learning resources available online - I had no struggle. The online learning tool is simple and user friendly. They are very quick to reply if I had any queries.

KJ

Jan 10, 2021

Really enjoyed this course, the Professors are awesome presenting in a very clear, comprehensive way. Learned alot! I feel like they are training me to become a high tech executive/analyst. Thank you!

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By Niranjan L R

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Jun 17, 2020

An excellent course to understand basics of crafting strategies. The video lectures are lucid and clarify concepts exceptionally well, with lot of relevant examples.

By Peter B

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Mar 5, 2018

Well designed, informative and fun. One of the first courses I actually completed on Coursera! I would have liked if they made a notes page on all the relevant topics.

By Harshit S

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Dec 10, 2021

The course is very relevant and useful. It is well constructed, and the concepts become much more clear if a participant has prior knowledge of basic micro economics.

By Raja S R M

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May 20, 2020

The course is one of the finest. The content is superbly designed and explained. The toolkits are great. The channelization of all concepts is done in a great manner.

By Vincent G

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Feb 25, 2019

Provides important, basic information on strategic tools to be able to analyze a particular industry / firm of interest and get a certain idea of its sustainability.

By Desyree J

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Nov 14, 2015

Great basic course even for someone with no knowledge of business. I learned a lot. The concepts are very well explained and the examples are a huge help! Thank you!

By kamndalira I P

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Aug 2, 2020

One of the great course. The depth of course content was great enough to help me learn a lot within short period. Thanks to coursera team for making such a course.

By Nimish D

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Feb 18, 2020

A very interesting and brilliant course. It really attracts your attention which makes you to come back again making studies fun and videos are the best part of it.

By Aniket G

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Apr 10, 2019

This course is one of the best business strategical courses I came across. I learnt lot from this course especially an important fundamentals of business strategy.

By SADHANA B

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Dec 3, 2020

With the help of Coursera I can learn many interesting subjects through online..it is useful for students in many ways to develop their skills and gain knowledge.

By Aditya V

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Nov 10, 2020

The clarity of the instructor is immense! I have done an MBA and still, this course was so insightful for me, grateful to the entire team of Coursera and Darden!

By Carlos G

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Sep 27, 2018

Great Course! I learned meaningful information and practice to develop a strategic analysis for a company, very important step in the business strategy process.

By Bianca Y C Z

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Apr 15, 2023

Excelente curso que te enseña herramientas para poder analizar una empresa, descubrir sus fortalezas y debilidades para poder armar las estrategias correctas.

By Marcio R

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May 16, 2020

Very good course, I had an excellent learning and I am motivated to learn much more. I will certainly apply what I have learned in my business and day to day.

By Andrew F

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Feb 12, 2018

Forums could be better integrated into the course material. Feel this is a Coursera platform issue rather than that of the course. Course material very good.

By John Y

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May 26, 2017

Excellent course for learning about tools that are very useful for performing strategic analysis and identifying competitive advantage. Highly recommended.

By Mone K K

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Jan 13, 2020

The course is a one stop shop for anyone starting out in the field of consulting and strategy.

Very enlightening and practicable any day, anytime. Thank you.

By Sonal N

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May 10, 2021

Particularly liked the way the instructors used everyday examples we can relate with to connect to the topics. Also the pace is ideal, one topic per video.

By Tiffany N

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Sep 20, 2020

Easy to follow and understand. The lecturers are well spoken and used great examples to hepl understand different strategies across a number of industries.

By Eric A O

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Oct 25, 2017

Great insight. learnt a lot of great concepts in business strategy and various tools to access and device strategies to maintain company's competitiveness.

By Prompiriya P

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Aug 16, 2020

Amazing course rich in knowledge and information. Final assignment is quite hard for person with no business background like me. But great course overall!

By Claudia P C C

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Mar 10, 2018

A great course, either you look for only actualization or new knowledge, this course is a great foundational course which includes an strategy global view

By Simone C

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Apr 19, 2020

Provides a good foundation of business strategy. I believe it could have been longer and with more examples but still, it is a good course for beginners.

By Nathaniel N

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Feb 26, 2020

Really enjoyed the case studies and final assignment. Content is easy to follow and understand. Will go a long way to helping me realise my career goals.

By ARVIND M

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Sep 6, 2017

Excellent Course to get started with Strategy. Michael Lenox and Jared Harris have done really well in explaining the frameworks with terrific examples.