About this course: The course aims to transfer the fundamental knowledge and to form the basic competencies necessary for the development and the implementation of a business strategy in an emerging market. The students are going to improve their analyzing, decision making, and planning skills as well as the ability to recognize strategic opportunities and threats. The course requires the knowledge of basic economics concepts as the pre-requisite. It is preferable that the students have some practical entrepreneurial or marketing experience, but this is not obligatory. The course has a distinct stress to the practice of strategic management. Although a few fundamental theories are mentioned, the bulk of the ideas are based on simple though efficient applied model that are easy to understand and convenient to use. The multitude of examples and stories from the personal consulting and managerial experience of the author are the hallmark of the course. The author’s original drawings make the key concepts well memorable ad cozy to deal with.
Who is this class for: This course is designed for master students, MBA students and entrepreneurs.
Created by: Higher School of Economics
Taught by: Mikhail Plotnikov, Professor
Department of General and Strategic Management
| Level | Intermediate |
| Language | English |
| How To Pass | Pass all graded assignments to complete the course. |
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Syllabus
WEEK 1
Intro
1 reading
Generating business core idea
Dear student!
In this module you will learn how to generate a good business idea for an emerging market. You are going to study the key peculiarities of emerging markets and some clues how to fit them. On completing the module you will be able to define your ...
6 videos, 2 readings
Graded: Emerging and advanced markets
Graded: Product value
Graded: A B2B client sandwich
Graded: Market structure and types
Graded: Sun Tsu’s fundamentals
WEEK 2
Designing your business model
Dear student! In this module you will learn how to design a coherent and strong business model out of a business idea. You are going to study how to segment you potential market and how to establish marketing, distribution and partnerships in order to meet the...
6 videos, 2 readings
Graded: Emerging market’s specific traits
Graded: Choosing a target audience
Graded: Positioning for emerging markets
Graded: Research and promotion
Graded: The types of a middleman
Graded: Three types of activities
Graded: Developing a business model
WEEK 3
Elaborating your value proposition
Dear student! In this module you will learn how to make your offer truly attractive and highly competitive. You are going to study the main factors of competition and the key ideas how to win it. On completing the module you will be able to analyze the competi...
6 videos, 2 readings
Graded: Developing the map of competitors
Graded: Analyzing a competitor
Graded: Resources, abilities and connections
Graded: A commercial offer structure
WEEK 4
Choosing and supporting strategies
Dear student! In this module you will learn how to choose and support the strategies for the different aspects of your business. You are going to study the fundamental strategies for finance, marketing, business structure and human resources. On completing the...
5 videos, 1 reading
Graded: Functional strategies
Graded: Market entry and competitive strategies
Graded: The characteristics of internal processes strategies
Graded: Human capital development
Graded: Financial system development
WEEK 5
Business tactics
Dear student! In this module you will learn numerous specific tactics to improve your strategic strength and value. You are going to study the patterns to analyze the business environment and industry, as well as the most efficient ways to attract clients and ...
5 videos, 1 reading
Graded: PESTEL-analysis
Graded: Industry value chain and tactics
Graded: Competitive struggle tactics
Graded: A marketing-sales model and four sales channels
WEEK 6
Recognizing strategic opportunities
Dear student! In this module you will learn how to recognize and pursue the most prominent strategic opportunities in emerging markets. You are going to study the major ways of business developmentas well as the instruments to analyze the necessary data and de...
5 videos
Graded: Ways to lead the business
Graded: The stages of business development
Graded: SBUs and strategic architecture
Graded: Calculating MPI
Graded: The BCG matrix
WEEK 7
Managing sales in emerging markets
Dear student! In this module you will learn how to build and manage a strong sales system. You are going to study the sales system and its most important parts – the sales strategy, process, metrics, instruments and skills. On completing the module you will be...
5 videos, 1 reading
Graded: Sales DNA model
Graded: Identification of three types of sales
Graded: Planning sales techniques
Graded: Sales force
WEEK 8
Strategy implementation
Dear student! In this module you will learn how to establish a coherent strategic process in a company operating in an emerging market. You are going to study the nine steps of the strategic process, the hints and recommendations how to implement them, as well...
5 videos, 1 reading
Graded: The stages of a strategic management system
Graded: Vision statement's functions
Graded: Generating a vision statement
Graded: Types of scenarios
Graded: Strategic sessions
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Good Course for Marketing
Very good course, extensive information, examples to form a clear picture on business strategies in general and in particular in emergent market like Russia.
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very good, organize and developed.