The aim of the course is to help you as students improve in your ability to be an effective global manager, especially in the area of strategy. To achieve this aim, we will use a variety of learning tools, supported by relevant academic thinking where needed. This course builds upon foundational knowledge of strategic management, which you are expected to have acquired previously and focuses on strategic management in a global context. In other words, the object of our interest is how firms formulate and implement strategies when they are operating across national borders or are planning to do so.