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Competitive Strategy

Competitive Strategy and Organization Design,

In this six-module course, you will learn how businesses and organizations behave in situations in which strategic decisions are interdependent, i.e. where my actions affect my competitors' profits and vice versa. Using the basic tools of game theory, we will analyse how businesses choose strategies to attain competitive advantage. This course is also available in Chinese. Please go to our course catalog to access the Chinese version of Competitive Strategy.
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Rating 4.7 based on 467 ratings
Length 7 weeks
Effort 10 hours of videos and quizzes
Starts Jul 3 (46 weeks ago)
Cost $79
From Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU) via Coursera
Instructor Tobias Kretschmer
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Language English
Subjects Business
Tags Business Business Strategy

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game theory

We started with game theory discussing simultaneous and sequential games.

Any one who is looking to understand how to analyse and interpret market competition, New entry threats and Game theory need not look any further.

Got very good insights on the application of the various aspects of Game Theory in the real world scenario.

Nice course for a preliminary understanding of Game Theory!

In order to be more clear with the exposition, the course started with a game theory introduction and that works a lot for me.

The contents excited me and I deliberately deal with Game Theory.

Game theory is now one of my favourite themes in Economics.

It's an excellent exercise in applying game theory to competitive situations.

Very good starter into Game Theory and Competitive Strategy It has helped me to view business in a new way Thanks for a wonderful course.

It gave me insight into game theory and marketing and product development concepts.

I learned to combine traditional strategic concepts with game theory.

A very interesting course, not only for beginners but also for people who have already heard of the game theory and who want to deepen their knowledge!

It teaches much better than the game theory I took Very good course, interesting and helpful.

Enjoyed the class, Game Theory has always been interesting to me.

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easy to follow

This course is easy to follow even for a non-specialist, but introduces the concepts in a very broad manner allowing the knowledge to be applied across a wide range of situations.

Course is well articulated, relatively easy to follow and quite funny at times (just thinking about the logistics of bringing the AT-AT along on field trips!).

The course is very interesting and easy to follow, but there are some concepts that are not that easy to grasp.I had to watch some videos a few times so I could fully understand some concepts.The test were real tests that made you study and think.

Fantastic course, it was really easy to follow and Interesting and informative course!

Easy to follow and served in adequate portions.

It is well structured and easy to follow, clearly communicated through a rich set of exmaples.

I loved this class it was very easy to follow along.

Easily set up hence easy to follow!

Materials are well organized and easy to follow.

Easy to follow without prior knowledge.

Very easy to follow, even if sometimes concepts are a bit complex.

I enjoyed learning and it felt easy to follow the content because of the many good examples.

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advanced competitive strategy

Feedback from last year's participants: Feedback from last year's participants: A nice, simple yet well-thought out introduction to competitive strategy provided by Prof Kretschmer, and I am now mid-way through his second course Advanced Competitive Strategy.

I would definitely go for Advanced Competitive Strategy.

Doing Advanced Competitive Strategy now.

I just enrolled in the advanced competitive strategy course.

I liked the course, it opened my eyes to new ways of thinking, and I'm continuing the advanced competitive strategy course.

I am looking forward to continue this course series with the Advanced Competitive Strategy.

So I decided to subscribe to the second course "advanced competitive strategy" as well.

Definitely need the second course - Advanced Competitive Strategy.

Can't wait for Advanced Competitive Strategy!

I'm glad I took this course and I'm signing up for the follow-up Advanced Competitive Strategy course.

That being said I will head up to the advanced competitive strategy course hoping to see real life exemples.

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highly recommend

I highly recommend this course for all beginners who want to have a broad understanding of what firms think in a competitive environment.

I highly recommend it to those who want to learn about competitive strategy.

Great course, I highly recommend it.

I highly recommend this course to everyone who are interested in strategic management.

I highly recommend it!

Highly recommend it.

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well structured

It provides some applicable knowledge in case you are planning or working to develop your own company Very well structured course with good examples/cases.

Very well structured, overall good (sometimes slow) pacing.

Very good Excellent course... Well structured course and considerable amount of materials covered.

Very clear, concise and well explained with cases well structured, engaging, educating with good use of modern communicaton tools Great course.

well structured course for every learner.

Very well structured.

press Kretchmer is very well spoken and explicit with his content Well structured and really interesting.

amazing course learnt a lot It's a pretty well structured course with one exercise after every lecture that helps you to learn properly.

very well structured course, good to have no limitations on start or end dates.

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really enjoyed this course

I really enjoyed this course.

I really enjoyed this course!

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very well explained

It I VERY VERY INTERESTING AND INFORMATIVE I LOVE THIS COURSE Interesante Very well explained Excellent course.

Interesting examples and useful contents for strategists lectures are very well explained by the professor and slowly the complexity of the subject is exposed.

A very well explained course on how to break down decision making purely on rational and analytics .

It is very well explained by the LMU professor.

very well explained I always wondered why businesses took to certain actions, now I understand the reasoning for some business decisions.

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tobias kretschmer

The cours is informative and I'm really grateful to professor Tobias Kretschmer and course staff for the opportunity to improve myself.

I would like to thank professor Tobias Kretschmer and his team at LMU for teaching me this course.

very interesting and challenging course Great Course Basic knowledge of Game Theory and Marketing Good course Was really good I really enjoy learning from Professor Tobias Kretschmer.

The interactive way of teaching by respective professor Tobias Kretschmer has created great curiosity.

Mr Tobias Kretschmer really his way to teach is great, Obviously you can realize how he love that he is teaching, Simple great !!

Tobias Kretschmer is a great presenter and lecturer.

I hope we see more courses from Herr Tobias Kretschmer and the LMU.

I had a great time with Prof. Tobias Kretschmer.

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so much

I am thankful for the opportunity of learning so much information with such a high level of quality.

I've learned so much doing this course and that knowledge was really helpful in my later postgraduate course.

Very interesting, thank you~ Its very good for understanding purpose thank you so much Impecable!

Excelent course, I've learned so much.

It is so much fun!

Thank you so much.

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highly recommended

Highly recommended.

Highly recommended as a starting point to understand competitive behaviour and strategies The Course is an amazing gift from LMU.

Highly recommended!

This course is extremely well paced and Tobias is great at explaining the competitive landscapes.Highly recommended.

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decision making

The course gave me important insights about competition and decision making in different scenarios.

I really liked this course, it taught me a new world about decision making that I will carry forever Very well put together, explaining in a simple and direct manner many concepts that were forgotten to me.

Excellent for anyone searching for better comprehension on strategy and decision making.

It only explained in systematic decision making scenarios.

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learning experience

This course was a truly exciting learning experience.

Amazing course and the curriculum Awesome learning experience.. Best course.. :D great material and video quality, love it.

Awesome learning experience.

Exceptional and practical case studies Awesome course, great learning experience !

Thank you so much for this excellent learning experience!

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Rating 4.7 based on 467 ratings
Length 7 weeks
Effort 10 hours of videos and quizzes
Starts Jul 3 (46 weeks ago)
Cost $79
From Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU) via Coursera
Instructor Tobias Kretschmer
Download Videos On all desktop and mobile devices
Language English
Subjects Business
Tags Business Business Strategy

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