The course helps students develop their strategic thinking, strategy formulation and execution skills. It uses a series of cases involving companies in different strategic situations such as in an emerging industry, mature industry, transforming industry, network effects industry, etc. and engages students in formulating strategy, refining strategy and very importantly evaluating strategy in these varied contexts. Of course, post facto, observed firm performance provides a possible evaluation of strategy; the challenge is to evaluate strategy while something can still be done about it. The class develops and improves processes of strategic thinking through a variety of logical thinking techniques including but not limited to identification (and correction) of perception and thought biases, the use of structured thinking and frameworks, consistent logical analysis, and other techniques such as factoring, sorting, analysis and synthesis. Contextually, the course focuses especially in the second half, on the role of technology in disrupting industries as well as providing new means to create and capture value.