Subject(s): Strategic planning. -- Business planning. -- Approaches to strategy : History of strategy and some throughts about future, boundary of the firm, evolutionary theory, institutional approaches to business strategy, strategic management of technology and intellectual property strategy and valuation, knowledge- based view of firm -- Competitive strategy : Analyzing the environment, strategic groups- theory and practice, scenario thinking and strategic modelling, analyzing internal and competitor competences resources, capabilities and management processes, dynamic capabilities, formulating strategy, organizational learning, strategy in service organizations -- Corporate strategy : Four decades of management thinking, rationale for multi- SBU companies, role of parent company, mergers and acquisitions motives, value creation and implementation, cooperative strategy strategic alliances and networks -- International strategy : Strategies for multinational enterprises, globalization and multinational enterprise -- Change : Managing strategic change, turnarounds, organizational structure, strategy innovation -- Flexibility : Game theory in Strategy, strategy, heuristics and real options, strategic flexibility creating dynamic competitive advantages