Get the tools you need to analyze, evaluate and recommend specific actions organizations can take to grow their value and avoid common growth pitfalls. In this course, developed at the Darden School of Business at the University of Virginia and taught by top-ranked faculty, you will learn to determine how best to build value, whether by scaling existing markets, entering established markets or creating new markets through innovation and acquisitions.
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About this Course
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Try Coursera for BusinessWhat you will learn
How to identify and evaluate opportunities to scale an organization
How to enter new markets and apply game theory to analyze, assess, and respond to competitors
How to assess the impact of a potential merger and acquisition and avoid common pitfalls of this type of growth
How to unlock the keys to innovation, from building an innovative capability to adding value from innovation to determining an innovation strategy
Skills you will gain
- Mergers And Acquisitions (M&A)
- innovation strategy
- Strategic Thinking
- Business Strategy
- growth strategy
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Syllabus - What you will learn from this course
Growth through Scaling
Growth through Entry
Growth through Acquisition
Growth through Innovation
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- 5 stars78.72%
- 4 stars18.08%
- 3 stars2.24%
- 2 stars0.16%
- 1 star0.80%
TOP REVIEWS FROM BUSINESS GROWTH STRATEGY
What a great opportunity to be part of this course. Thank you to all the lecturers and the course providers.
One would learn intersting concepts like Scenerio planning, game theory, M&A etc. Higly recommended for enterpreneurs and someone who is responsible for growth in an organisation.
It was pleasure and helpful to know the strategies of the business world. Anew picture all together for the students like us which will be helpful to gain knowledge.
This is a solid strategy course where you'll learn about grown through scaling, new market entry, acquisition, innovation and performance excellence.
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