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Here you will find some interesting videos to consolidate your understanding of key terms and theories within business strategy:
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Chapter 1
Henry Mintzberg interviewed by Michael Kull and discussing artificial distinctions between strategy and operations:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4srFC0de4ww&feature=related
Michael Porter on what is strategy:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibrxIP0H84M&feature=related
A synopsis of the business management book Blue Ocean Strategy:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJH0g-EPGDs&feature=related
Chapter 2
Jay Barney talks about the resource-based view (RBV) of the firm:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KN81_oYl1s
Coimbatore K. Prahalad discusses competitive advantage and core competences of the firm:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WfP-VICbLRA&feature=related
Richard Rumelt has a conversion with Duke Whang on what makes good corporate strategy and the focus of resources on business objectives:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43kZDnyDXOc&feature=related
Chapter 3
A New World Order in Innovation - James Andrew, senior partner and head of the global innovation practice at Boston Consulting Group, talks about the Bloomberg BusinessWeek/BCG annual ranking of the most innovative companies, in particular the ascension of Asia:
http://feedroom.businessweek.com/index.jsp?fr_story=477ae4fc5e77520d46b5bd6307b7aef7c58a0605
Phillip Kotler talks about marketing strategy:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bilOOPuAvTY&feature=related
Chapter 4
An example of Lean Manufacturing at work in a Toyota plant in Kentucky:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0_ktNqbQyU&NR=1
John Kay talks about the need for many new perspectives in business and economics, and a constant grounding of theory with actual practices on the ground:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zr2UUK3H2pQ&feature=related
Oren Harari (University of San Francisco professor, speaker and best-selling author) talks about how to lead the market rather than responding to it, and how value can be created in an already crowded marketplace.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9zQiKJzQb4
Chapter 5
Geert Hofstede talks about Power Distance:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jU2gp3QjnNU
Geert Hofstede on Collectivism or Individualism:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-SE-VYfXl4&feature=related
Charles Handy talks about his best-selling book The New Philanthropists which discusses and analyses a new generation of ‘social’ as well as business entrepreneurs (from 2006):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KlvFTTRld0M
Chapter 6
Nicole Bassett, Patagonia's Social Responsibility Manager, talks about what a social audit is and why they are conducted. Alex Kaufman of Global Solutions, a third-party auditing group, describes why social audits are important in the apparel industry:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6NRyB4x66MU
David Norton on the importance of executing strategy in organizations:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0SrIb5qcMU&feature=related
Colleen Cunningham on the increasing move towards global accounting standards (IFRS):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BFAzrMK1YXY&feature=related
Chapter 7
Arnaud de Puyfontaine from Hearst UK talks about digital being the catalyst of change:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhzQHDEUUz0&feature=relmfu
Don Tapscott discusses technology changes and their impact on the world of business:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zF0k6dEm0zQ
Chapter 8
Tips on drawing up a SWOT analysis by Dr David Furse:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSCa2kTMAo8
Chapter 9
Tips on drawing up a SWOT analysis by Dr David Furse:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSCa2kTMAo8
Don Tapscott of Macrowikinomics talks about restructure of the corporation given technological influences:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WrlBrdyqkVY&feature=relmfU
Don Tapscott discusses the impact of the economic climate on business:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5Mq31OynXQ&NR=1
The effect of the Gulf oil spill on local business:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0p3kwkSCC4Y&playnext=1&list=PL6DF2D68A42832F11
Chapter 10
An interview with Michael E. Porter on his five forces model:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYF2_FBCvXw
Chapter 11
Theodore Levitt talking about global markets:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h52W3D-tuf0
George Yip talks about global value chains:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GppysScJ-68
Chapter 12
How to perform a SWOT for an organisation
(Erica Olsen from www.OnStrategyHQ.com):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNXYI10Po6A<p>
Chapter 13
Henry Mintzberg discusses the differences between strategy and operations:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4srFC0de4ww&feature=related
An interview with Michael Porter on the five competitive forces that shape strategy:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYF2_FBCvXw
Chapter 14
Ansoff’s matrix:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KcRVgPBdCNs&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AORoMxgp428&feature=fvwrel
Rick Funston at Deloitte & Touche, LLP, explains how risk avoidance too often undermines successful strategy:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUKCAx6S8r0
Staffan Engstrom, the Strategy Director at Carillion, talks about strategic risk, financial risk and operational risk and adds some examples along the way:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2HEkn0yTWc
Steffan Engstrom on assessing risks:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adgtCisOCdM&NR=1
Chapter 15
Strategies to help grow your business (from Get Set for Business):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7sn6TnSeJmM
Professor J. Fred Weston at the UCLA Anderson School of Management talks about what makes a good merger:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=INUfKoVyVuA&feature=related
The merger of Orange and T Mobile:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ia4RAvU3TUw
The merger of BA and Iberia:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-ZiA5G8n4s
Australian web advertising provider fulfilNET Australia announces its strategic alliance with Google for Yodel Australia to sell the Google AdWords service in South Africa, Ireland and the UK in a move that will propel the company's international expansion strategy under the brand Yodel:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c733ruJzyL8
Chapter 16
The CEO of Zappos describes how Zappos builds company culture:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsLTh9Gity4
Google’s company culture:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bJBeCI0e3U
Chapter 17
Warren Bennis on Leadership Development:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFHaHquIW0g
Leadership styles:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMandjuFsz0
Desmond Tutu discusses what makes a good leader:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IrCeVwwu0Xc&feature=related
Chapter 18
Reid Hoffman, founder and CEO of LinkedIn, talks about how to harness the power of social networking for business development and what it can do for individuals in the midst of rapid globalization:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0SKirf6wtc
Mark Zuckerberg on the three keys to Facebook's success:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vl74ypiwlA4&feature=related
The Open University and their use of Second Life:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tNsKaEJhw4
An overview of the key events in business and technology from the last decade:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pm7FyShb7Bk
Chapter 19
An introduction to the philosophy of W. Edwards Deming, the man who taught the Japanese how to constantly improve systems of production.
Part 1 of 3:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHvnIm9UEoQ&feature=related
Part 2 of 3:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKFGj8sK5R8&feature=related
Part 3 of 3:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WeTaLRb-Bs&feature=related
Joseph M. Juran talks about the impact of technology on the environment:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dyxJljZGUQ
Chapter 20
Coming soon.
Chapter 21
Rajesh Chandy from LBS talks about the role of the digital in emerging markets:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4e0SPBKRao&NR=1
A talk by Hans Rosling on the emergent markets of China and India:
http://www.youtube.com/user/tedtalksdirector?blend=1&ob=4#p/search/25/fiK5-oAaeUs
Nirmalya Kumar from LSB thinks that emerging markets will drive global growth in a year:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhEFwtVBjug&feature=PlayList&p=D7DBB61E158494D6
Nirmalya Kumar from LSB on what can be learned from emerging markets:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4iaNCltEqM4&feature=relmfu
Martin Jacques talks about understanding the rise of China:
http://www.ted.com/talks/martin_jacques_understanding_the_rise_of_china.html
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