Competitive Strategy and Innovation
offered by LSE

Public University
1 Campus
Estd. 1900

Competitive Strategy and Innovation
at
LSE
Overview

Evaluate and leverage your organisation's internal resources to foster innovation for sustainable competitive advantage

Duration	8 weeks
Total fee	₹2.24 Lakh
Mode of learning	Online
Course Level	UG Certificate

Competitive Strategy and Innovation
at
LSE
Highlights

Earn a certificate of completion from The London School of Economics and Political Science

Competitive Strategy and Innovation
at
LSE
Course details

Who should do this course?

For Professionals, from any industry, looking to become more resilient in the face of disruption
For Business leaders who want to help their organisations become agile and turn them into a vehicle for innovation
For Consultants and entrepreneurs who are looking for insights on competitive strategy

What are the course deliverables?

Define what makes your business unique and learn how to protect and bolster it
Explore design thinking as a strategy to foster consistent innovation in your organisation
Learn to use blue ocean strategy to enhance your competitive positioning
Harness customer journey mapping to build customer centric products and experiences
Draft a strategic innovation plan for an organisation of your choice

More about this course

The Competitive Strategy and Innovation online certificate empowers strategic leaders to make informed decisions about fostering and resourcing the right innovations for the most positive business impact, and is relevant for all professionals impacted by disruption
The course teaches you to identify and leverage existing resources in your organisation to set your business apart
By adopting a resource-based view, you'll approach innovation through a practical lens as you identify your business's unique capabilities and analyse how your current assets can be used to your competitive advantage
The course will teach you underlying principles of competitive strategy, but also how to translate them into action
You'll discover frameworks that can be used to evaluate your existing resources, stimulate and manage innovation, and build a long-term competitive strategy
The course also illustrates several practical examples of innovation in response to the COVID-19 disruption

Competitive Strategy and Innovation
at
LSE
Curriculum

Module 1

The resource-based view of the firm

Module 2

The trade-off between value creation and value capture

Module 3

Value proposition and strategic resources

Module 4

Cumulative resources and internal organisation

Module 5

Innovation, competition, and blue ocean strategy

Module 6

Disruption and competence destruction

Module 7

Design thinking for an innovation system

Module 8

Customer journey mapping and innovation in practice

Competitive Strategy and Innovation
at
LSE
Faculty details

Dr Lourdes Sosa, Associate Professor of Management

Dr Lourdes Sosa joined LSE as Associate Professor. Prior to LSE, she spent seven years at the London Business School where she taught on the MBA, Executive MBA, Master’s in Management and Executive Education programs. She received her PhD degree at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management.