Program Experience

Highlights and Key Outcomes

Participants will learn how to:

  • Create a value chain
  • Position yourself in the market
  • Perform network and industry analyses
  • Create strategic leadership and vision
  • Optimize outsourcing, acquisitions, and alliances

Experience and Impact

Modules Include:

  • The Firm and the Industry
  • Industry Analysis and Competitive Dynamics
  • Corporate Strategy and Firm Scope
  • Firms in a Context

What Do I Earn?

CEU Credits

To receive CEUs for your Wharton Online course(s), you must complete all coursework and pass all assessments in a CEU-eligible program of study with a score of 70% or above.

CEUs are included with every Wharton Online course. Upon successful course completion, learners automatically earn one CEU, which is noted in the digital credentials.

Credentialing

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Who Should Attend

  • Business leaders and executives seeking to develop and implement effective strategies to differentiate their organizations
  • Managers looking to enhance their ability to evaluate and respond to competitive industry dynamics
  • Entrepreneurs aiming to identify their niche and create a unique value proposition in the marketplace
  • Professionals interested in mastering industry and network analyses to inform strategic decisions
  • Decision-makers focused on optimizing outsourcing, acquisitions, and alliances to achieve organizational goals
  • Leaders aspiring to build strategic vision and leadership skills for long-term success
  • Analysts and strategists eager to understand value chain creation and market positioning
  • Individuals looking to align business strategies with financial and marketing objectives

Group Enrollment

To further leverage the value and impact of this program, we encourage companies to send cross-functional teams of executives to Wharton. We offer group-enrollment benefits to companies sending four or more participants.

Faculty


Nicolaj Siggelkow

Nicolaj Siggelkow, PhDSee Faculty Bio

David M. Knott Professor; Professor of Management; Co-Director, Mack Institute for Innovation Management, The Wharton School

Research Interests: Competitive strategy, firms as systems of interconnected choices


Harbir Singh

Harbir Singh, PhDSee Faculty Bio

Mack Professor; Professor of Management; Co-Director, Mack Institute for Innovation Management; Wharton School Faculty Director for the Huntsman Program in International Studies and Business, The Wharton School

Research Interests: Corporate governance, corporate restructuring, management buyouts, strategies for corporate acquisitions

Date, Location, & Fees

Self-Paced$1,200Start dates: Enroll immediately
Duration: 4–6 weeks
Commitment: 2 hours per week
Program format: 100% online program
Tuition: $1,200
CEU Credit Eligible


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