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This is a summary of the session 5.1 and 5.2 of the fifth week of Theories of Strategy. This summary is generated by Claude, based on my own input of lecture notes, notes on articles, powerpoint slides, videoclips and readings.

Comprehensive lecture notes for Session 5.2 of Theories of Strategy (MSc BA Strategy, UvA), covering the Dynamic Capabilities View and Resource-Based View III. The document explores Teece, Pisano & Shuen's (1997) seminal DCV paper, evolutionary theory foundations, Winter's capabilities and routines framework, and Stoelhorst & Bridoux's (2015) 3R configuration model, with detailed analysis of processes, positions, paths, and the critique of DCV theory. Ideal for exam preparation on 12 Oc...

Meeting 5.1 lecture notes from the Master Business Administration Strategy course at UvA, focusing on the Resource-Based View's Low Church approach. Covers asset stock accumulation (Dierickx & Cool 1989), knowledge-based view (Grant 1996), and core competencies (Prahalad & Hamel 1990), with the PTT Post case study and detailed exploration of how firms build competitive advantages through capabilities rather than resource picking. Essential for exam preparation on October 12, 2026 – includes...

This is a summary of session 4.1 and 4.2 of Theories of Strategy. This summary is generated by Claude, based on my own input of lecture notes, notes on articles, powerpoint slides, videoclips and readings.

This is a summary of sessions 3.1 and 3.2 of the third week of Theories of Strategy. This summary is generated by Claude, based on my own input of lecture notes, notes on articles, powerpoint slides, videoclips and readings.

Study summary for Meeting 4.1 of the Theories of Strategy course at UvA's MSc Business Administration program, covering the shift from positional to dynamic views of competition. Topics include Schumpeter's creative destruction, Porter's later work, the Austrian view on entrepreneurship, risk versus uncertainty, and Schumpeterian profit versus Ricardian rent, with analysis of the Amazon case. Comprehensive exam prep material with clear definitions, study questions, and links to course c...

Lecture notes from Theories of Strategy meeting 4.2 at UvA's Master Business Administration program, covering the Schumpeterian view of creative destruction. Topics include bounded rationality, asymmetric expectations in factor markets, disruptive and architectural innovation, incumbent failure mechanisms, and the distinction between entrepreneurial profit and Ricardian rent. Essential for understanding how decision-making under uncertainty explains firm success and failure, with practical fr...

This is a summary of session 2.1 and 2.2 in the second week. This summary is generated by Claude, based on my own input of lecture notes, notes on articles, powerpoint slides, videoclips and readings.

Study notes on the Added Value View applications from the Theories of Strategy course at Universiteit van Amsterdam. Covers Brandenburger & Stuart's framework for competitive advantage, the three core principles (feasibility, stability, adding-up), and five basic market situations for solving exam problems. Includes worked examples, competitive vs. pure bargaining concepts, and integration of Porter and RBV theory—essential preparation for understanding how value is created and divided amon...

Lecture notes from Meeting 3.2 of the Theories of Strategy course at UvA's MSc Business Administration program, focusing on the stakeholder view of the firm. Covers the core tension between value creation and value appropriation, comparing shareholder primacy (Jensen, agency theory) with stakeholder theory (Freeman), plus Coff's bargaining view and Stoelhorst's stakeholder RBT. Includes reading guides, study materials, and lecture slides distinguishing descriptive from normative theory—essenti...

This is a combination of 2 summaries of session 1.1 and 1.2 of the first week of Theories of Strategy. This summary is generated by Claude, based on my own input of lecture notes, notes on articles, powerpoint slides, videoclips and readings.

Lecture notes from Session 2.1 on the Resource-Based View (RBV) High Church, part of the Master Business Administration Strategy course at Universiteit van Amsterdam. This summary is generated by Claude, based on my own input of lecture notes, notes on articles, powerpoint slides, videoclips and readings. Covers Barney's VRIN framework, Peteraf's four economic conditions, Ricardian rent theory, and how the RBV explains firm performance differences through superior resources and factor m...

Summary of Meeting 2.2 from the Theories of Strategy course at UvA, covering cooperative game theory and the added value view as a framework for understanding value creation and appropriation. This summary is generated by Claude, based on my own input of lecture notes, notes on articles, powerpoint slides, videoclips and readings. Topics include value created vs. value appropriated, willingness-to-pay, opportunity costs, the value net, PARTS model, and connections between Brandenburger's a...

Summary of Session 1.2 on Porter's early work and the Industrial Organization view for the MSc Business Administration Strategy course at UvA. This summary is generated by Claude, based on my own input of lecture notes, notes on articles, powerpoint slides, videoclips and readings. Covers the S-C-P paradigm, Bain-type IO theory, market types (perfect competition through monopoly), entry barriers, and the positioning school framework. Essential exam preparation material for the 12 October 2...

Study summary for Meeting 1.1 of Theories of Strategy (MSc Business Administration) at UvA, covering the economic foundations of competitive advantage. This summary is generated by Claude, based on my own input of lecture notes, notes on articles, powerpoint slides, videoclips and readings. Topics include perfect competition, the five schools of strategy (Design, Planning, Positioning, Resource-based, and Process), Porter's positioning school, Barney's resource-based view, and Rumelt'...