203.01 Business Strategy for Lawyers
This course presents the fundamentals of business strategy to a legal audience. The course is designed to introduce a wide variety of modern strategy frameworks and methodologies, including methods for assessing the strength of competition, for understanding relative bargaining power, for anticipating competitors' actions, for analyzing cost and value structures, and for assessing the potential for firm growth through innovation. Although the case studies will span a variety of different industries, there will be an emphasis on high technology firms. The ideas in this course have relevance to anyone seeking to manage a law firm, advise business clients, engage in entrepreneurship, or lead a large company.
The class sessions include mainly case discussions coupled with some traditional lectures. The lecture topics and analytical frameworks are drawn from MBA curriculums at leading business schools. The cases are selected primarily for their business strategy content and secondarily for their legal interest. We will be hosting a number of general counsels who will discuss the GC's role in the strategies of their own companies.
Students enrolled in Business Strategy must (a) have previously taken or be concurrently enrolled in Analytical Methods OR (b) have taken an undergraduate course in economics. Students that currently hold an MBA or are enrolled in the JD-MBA program may not take this course. THIS IS A FAST TRACK COURSE.
Special Notes:
Meets 8-22 to 10-12. Exam will be held last class 10-12Fall 2023
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Final Exam
Research and/or analytical paper(s), 5-10 pages
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John M. de Figueiredo | ||
Sakai site: https://sakai.duke.edu/portal/site/LAW-203-01-F23 | |||||
Email list: LAW-203-01-F23@sakai.duke.edu |
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Course Requirements - JD
Course Requirements - JD-LLM-LE
Course Requirements - LLM
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