# Lecture Notes

LEC # | TOPICS / READINGS | NOTES
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I. What is Marketing Strategy?
1 | Introduction. | (PDF)
2 | Coors. Harvard Business School Case #9-388-014. | (PDF)
II. What is Finding Profit Opportunities Strategy?
3 | Prelude. Harvard Business School Case #9-373-052. | (PDF)
4 | The Walt Disney Company: The Entertainment King. Harvard Business School Case #9-701-035. |
5 | Nintendo & Sega. Harvard Business School Cases #9-795-102 & 9-795-103. | (PDF)
6 | Browser Wars. Harvard Business School Case #9-798-094. | (PDF)
III. Creating Competitive Advantage
7 | Wernerfelt, Birger. "An Efficiency Criterion for Marketing Design." |
8 | EMI and the CT-scanner (A). Harvard Business School Case #9-383-194. | (PDF)
9 | Nutrasweet (A-G). Harvard Business School Cases #9-794-079,…,085 (B-G given out in class). | (PDF)
10 | Flightsafety (A-B). Harvard Business School Cases #9-799-113 & 9-799-114 (B given out in class). | (PDF)
11 | Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. Harvard Business School Case #9-794-024. | (PDF)
12 | Mid-term Exam. |
13 | Marks and Spencer. Harvard Business School Cases #9-391-089 and 9-391-090. | (PDF)
IV. Challenging Competitive Advantage
14 | Collis and Montgomery. "Resources and Rents." |
15 | Southwest Airlines (A). Harvard Business School Case #9-575-060. | (PDF1) (PDF2)
16 | Head Ski. Harvard Business School Case #6-313-120. | (PDF1) (PDF2)
17 | Complaint Letters. | (PDF)
18 | SAS (A). Harvard Business School Case #593-001-1. | (PDF)
19 | Fox. Harvard Business School Case #9-387-096. | (PDF)
20 | E-trade. Stanford Case #M-286. | (PDF)
V. Creating Corporate Advantage
21 | Collis and Montgomery. "Creating Corporate Advantage." Harvard Business Review. #98303. |
22 | Costco Companies. Harvard Business School Case #9-599-041. | (PDF)
23 | Newell. Harvard Business School Case #N9-799-139. | (PDF)
24 | Final Lecture. |
25 | Final Exam / Paper Due. |