The following courses cover topics in Business Strategy. Although some may be part of Learning Pathways offered by the platform delivering the courses, each individual course can still be accessed for free. If you wish to gain a Certificate, you'll need to pay a fee and complete and pass the course.
Introduction to Business Strategy
Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore
Learn how a manager or CEO develops a business strategy, including analyzing the market and creating competitive advantage. In this business and management course, you will develop a strong understanding of how firms compete by learning about important analytical approaches that underlie business strategy.
Free
Scheduled
edX
Foundations of Business Strategy
University of Virginia
Part of a 5-course series, the Business Strategy Specialization
Develop your ability to think strategically, analyze the competitive environment, and recommend firm positioning and value creation. In this course, we will 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. We'll apply these tools in case studies of industry leaders Google, Redhook, Piaggio and Apple.
Free
On demand
Coursera
Advanced Business Strategy
University of Virginia
Part of a 5-course series, the Business Strategy Specialization
Advance your strategic analysis skills in this follow-up to Foundations of Business Strategy. In this course, you'll learn the tools to analyze strategy across time (competitive dynamics), industries ( corporate strategy), geographies (international strategy), and institutions (non-market strategy). We'll introduce the tools you need to complete a comprehensive evaluation and understand the strategy dynamics of an industry: Competitive Lifecycle, Internationalization and Stakeholder Analyses, and Diversification Matrices. We'll apply these tools in case studies of industry leaders Disney, Orascom Telecom Holding, Sony, and GE Healthcare India.
Free
On demand
Coursera
Business Growth Strategy
University of Virginia
Part of a 5-course series, the Business Strategy Specialization
Get the tools you need to analyze, evaluate and recommend specific actions organizations can take to grow their value and avoid common growth pitfalls. Learn to determine how best to build value, whether by scaling existing markets, entering established markets or creating new markets through innovation and acquisitions. Apply these concepts in case studies of industry leaders JetBlue, Starbucks, Intel Corporate Venturing and Tata Motors.
Free
On demand
Coursera
Strategic Planning and Execution
University of Virginia
Part of a 5-course series, the Business Strategy Specialization
Avoid the pitfalls of strategy planning and execution with the tools and skills from this course. You'll learn the pillars of strategy execution--analysis, formulation, and implementation--and how to use the 4A model to effectively approach strategy execution. Finally, a panel of leaders from entrepreneurs, nonprofits, and industry, share their expertise gleaned from years of successful strategy planning and execution.
Free
Scheduled
Coursera
Strategic Management
Copenhagen Business School
Part of a 4-course series, the Strategic Management and Innovation Specialization
This course prepares you to think strategically in an age when companies like Apple, Google, and Microsoft have become more valuable (in market cap terms) than companies like Exxon. Today, business value and competitive advantage arise more often from consumer perceptions of what is "cool" than from physical assets or economies of scale.
Free
On demand
Coursera
Strategy Formulation
Copenhagen Business School
Part of a 4-course series, the Strategic Management and Innovation Specialization
The purpose of this course is to present, analyze and discuss the different facets of business strategy formulation. Emphasizing that strategy can be seen as a unified theme that provides coherence and direction to the actions and decisions of a firm, we will cover a variety of business strategy topics concerned with firm positioning in the context of different markets, industries and locations.
Free
On demand
Coursera
Strategy Implementation
Copenhagen Business School
Part of a 4-course series, the Strategic Management and Innovation Specialization
Even thoroughly developed business strategies may fail if not enough attention is paid to their implementation. This rings particularly true with strategies based on innovation or implemented in complex or fast-changing environments.
In the 20th century successful implementation leveraged stability and typically proceeded through hierarchy and control. Today the key is to stay vibrant and able to quickly respond to trends in competition and technology while not losing sight of the strategic objective. In this course we'll build a toolbox of techniques to execute today's business strategies to help them succeed.
Free
On demand
Coursera
Business Strategy
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Part of a 7-course series, the Strategic Leadership and Management Specialization
In this course you will learn how organizations create, capture, and maintain value, and how it 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).
Free
Scheduled
Coursera
Operations Management
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
In this course, you will recognize the role of operations within the bigger picture of business strategy and master the fundamental aspects of managing the operations of a business.
Free
On demand
Coursera
Scaling Operations: Linking Strategy and Execution
Northwestern University
Over the past several decades, operations strategy has played an increasingly important role in business’ success. In this course, we will equip you with concepts and tools to build operations in a way that not only supports your competitive strategy, but also allows you to create new opportunities in the market place.
Free
Scheduled
Coursera
Introduction to Business Strategy
Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore
Learn how a manager or CEO develops a business strategy, including analyzing the market and creating competitive advantage. In this business and management course, you will develop a strong understanding of how firms compete by learning about important analytical approaches that underlie business strategy.
Free
Scheduled
edX
Foundations of Business Strategy
University of Virginia
Part of a 5-course series, the Business Strategy Specialization
Develop your ability to think strategically, analyze the competitive environment, and recommend firm positioning and value creation. In this course, we will 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. We'll apply these tools in case studies of industry leaders Google, Redhook, Piaggio and Apple.
Free
On demand
Coursera
Advanced Business Strategy
University of Virginia
Part of a 5-course series, the Business Strategy Specialization
Advance your strategic analysis skills in this follow-up to Foundations of Business Strategy. In this course, you'll learn the tools to analyze strategy across time (competitive dynamics), industries ( corporate strategy), geographies (international strategy), and institutions (non-market strategy). We'll introduce the tools you need to complete a comprehensive evaluation and understand the strategy dynamics of an industry: Competitive Lifecycle, Internationalization and Stakeholder Analyses, and Diversification Matrices. We'll apply these tools in case studies of industry leaders Disney, Orascom Telecom Holding, Sony, and GE Healthcare India.
Free
On demand
Coursera
Business Growth Strategy
University of Virginia
Part of a 5-course series, the Business Strategy Specialization
Get the tools you need to analyze, evaluate and recommend specific actions organizations can take to grow their value and avoid common growth pitfalls. Learn to determine how best to build value, whether by scaling existing markets, entering established markets or creating new markets through innovation and acquisitions. Apply these concepts in case studies of industry leaders JetBlue, Starbucks, Intel Corporate Venturing and Tata Motors.
Free
On demand
Coursera
Strategic Planning and Execution
University of Virginia
Part of a 5-course series, the Business Strategy Specialization
Avoid the pitfalls of strategy planning and execution with the tools and skills from this course. You'll learn the pillars of strategy execution--analysis, formulation, and implementation--and how to use the 4A model to effectively approach strategy execution. Finally, a panel of leaders from entrepreneurs, nonprofits, and industry, share their expertise gleaned from years of successful strategy planning and execution.
Free
Scheduled
Coursera
Strategic Management
Copenhagen Business School
Part of a 4-course series, the Strategic Management and Innovation Specialization
This course prepares you to think strategically in an age when companies like Apple, Google, and Microsoft have become more valuable (in market cap terms) than companies like Exxon. Today, business value and competitive advantage arise more often from consumer perceptions of what is "cool" than from physical assets or economies of scale.
Free
On demand
Coursera
Strategy Formulation
Copenhagen Business School
Part of a 4-course series, the Strategic Management and Innovation Specialization
The purpose of this course is to present, analyze and discuss the different facets of business strategy formulation. Emphasizing that strategy can be seen as a unified theme that provides coherence and direction to the actions and decisions of a firm, we will cover a variety of business strategy topics concerned with firm positioning in the context of different markets, industries and locations.
Free
On demand
Coursera
Strategy Implementation
Copenhagen Business School
Part of a 4-course series, the Strategic Management and Innovation Specialization
Even thoroughly developed business strategies may fail if not enough attention is paid to their implementation. This rings particularly true with strategies based on innovation or implemented in complex or fast-changing environments.
In the 20th century successful implementation leveraged stability and typically proceeded through hierarchy and control. Today the key is to stay vibrant and able to quickly respond to trends in competition and technology while not losing sight of the strategic objective. In this course we'll build a toolbox of techniques to execute today's business strategies to help them succeed.
Free
On demand
Coursera
Business Strategy
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Part of a 7-course series, the Strategic Leadership and Management Specialization
In this course you will learn how organizations create, capture, and maintain value, and how it 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).
Free
Scheduled
Coursera
Operations Management
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
In this course, you will recognize the role of operations within the bigger picture of business strategy and master the fundamental aspects of managing the operations of a business.
Free
On demand
Coursera
Scaling Operations: Linking Strategy and Execution
Northwestern University
Over the past several decades, operations strategy has played an increasingly important role in business’ success. In this course, we will equip you with concepts and tools to build operations in a way that not only supports your competitive strategy, but also allows you to create new opportunities in the market place.
Free
Scheduled
Coursera
