Strategy, sustainability and innovation

Summary

The current world of business is changing fast, in particular through the need to find a more sustainable economic model and through the rise of new technologies. These changes generate constraints but also tremendous opportunities to rethink competitive landscapes & to come up with disruptive strat

Content

Keywords

Strategic disruption
Sustainable strategies
Industry structure analysis
Business models innovation
Strategy implementation

Learning Prerequisites

Required courses

Basic strategic management frameworks

Recommended courses

Strategic Management 101

Important concepts to start the course

Industry structure

Value chain

Business model

Learning Outcomes

• Assess / Evaluate
• Formulate
• Contextualise
• Decide

Transversal skills

• Assess progress against the plan, and adapt the plan as appropriate.
• Set objectives and design an action plan to reach those objectives.
• Communicate effectively with professionals from other disciplines.
• Take responsibility for health and safety of self and others in a working context.
• Demonstrate a capacity for creativity.
• Demonstrate the capacity for critical thinking

Teaching methods

Lectures

Case discussions

Assessment methods

Evaluation carried out during the course. No final exam

- Individual write-up: 20%
- Group work: 30%
- Final assignment: 50%

Supervision

Resources

Moodle Link

• https://go.epfl.ch/MGT-475