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Strategy and Competitiveness

Code 14408
Year 1
Semester S1
ECTS Credits 6
Workload OT(15H)/TP(30H)
Scientific area Management
Entry requirements Not applicable.
Mode of delivery face-to-face
Learning outcomes To enable students to understand and extend its range of scientific knowledge in this area; and to transmit a set of concepts, tools and analysis techniques, to ascertain, investigate and analyze the main tools strategic analysis and competitiveness.

To understand and apply strategic tools for competitive analysis business, to evaluate and diagnose the competitive position of a sector, region and/or country, and to develop research skills on this area.
Syllabus I - CONTEXT OF STRATEGY AND COMPETITIVENESS
1.1- Introduction
1.2 - Competitive Strategy and Industrial Sector

II - STRATEGY ANALYSIS AND COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE
2.1 - Industry Structural Analysis
2.2 - Positioning within the Industry
2.3 - Sources of Competitive Advantage
2.4 - Technology and Competitive Advantage

III - BUSINESSES COMPETITIVENESS
3.1 - Introduction
3.2 - The need for a new paradigm
3.3 - A new theory of national competitive advantage
3.4 - The competitive advantage of companies in global industries
3.5 - Determinants of competitive advantage
3.6 - The dynamics of national advantage
3.7 - Competitive advantages: the Portuguese case
Main Bibliography Ansoff, I. (1977). Estratégia Empresarial, Ed. McGraw-Hill, S. Paulo. Barney, J. (2010). Gaining and Sustaining Competitive Advantage, 4th Edition, Prentice Hall. Barney, J.; Clark, D. (2007). Resource-Based Theory: Creating and Sustaining Competitive Advantage; Oxford, University Press. Barney, J.; Hesterly, W. (2018). Strategic Management and Competitive Advantage: Concepts and Cases, 6th Edition, NY, Person. Dess, G., McNamara, G., & Eisner, A., Lee, S-H (2021). Strategic Management: text and Cases, 10th Edition, McGraw-Hill, NY. Faukner, D., & Campbell, A. (2006). Strategy: A Strategy Overview and Competitive Strategy, Oxford, University press. Fleisher, C., & Bensoussan, B. (2003). Strategic and Competitive Analysis: Methods and techniques for Analyzing Business Competition, Prentice-Hall, New Jersey. Freire, A. (2020). Estratégia – Criação de Valor Sustentável em Negócios Tradicionais e Digitais, Bertrand Editora. Helfat, C. E, Finkelstain, S., Mitchell, W., Peteraf, M., Singh,
Teaching Methodologies and Assessment Criteria The Unit gives particular emphasis to the activities of research, organization, and study conducted by the student, and the accomplishment of a theoretical-practical research work. The classes are organized by combining two complementary teaching techniques: (i) lecture and discussion classes (supported by slides and also by articles and/or book chapters used to motivate the discussion, as well as other supporting material made available through the platform E-content); (ii) practical and oriented classes (they are oriented to the realization of a research work about strategy.
The evaluation will be carried out according to the following criteria:
(1) Written research work: 70%.
(2) Oral presentation of research work: 30%
Language Portuguese. Tutorial support is available in English.
Last updated on: 2024-02-03

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