HBS RC Strategy: Conversations in Strategy
HBS RC Strategy is a podcast series produced by Harvard Business School students, where they discuss the key ideas, cases, and frameworks from the Required Curriculum Strategy course. Each episode features a conversation between two students exploring one of the course's six modules, including industry attractiveness, competitive advantage, and strategic interaction. The discussions reflect on how strategy is taught, debated, and lived inside the classroom, applying economic and competitive frameworks to real-world cases.
Episodes
Strategy Across the S-Curve Module Takeaways
This podcast is a lively wrap-up to the RC Strategy course — an energetic finale called “Strategy Across the S-Curve: Module Takeaways.” Charlotte and Marc guide listeners through how great companies sustain competitive advantage as industries evolve.They use the S-curve framework — from ferment to takeoff to maturity — to show how strategic priorities shift over time. Each stage is illustrated wi
Corporate Strategy Module Takeaways
The podcast, “Corporate Strategy Module Takeaways,” features two MBA students, Sócrates and Grace, reflecting on what they learned in their Corporate Strategy course. Using the Disney and Pixar cases as examples, they explore the central ideas of corporate strategy — the better-off test (whether being part of the same company makes business units more competitive) and the ownership test (whether c
Crafting Strategy Module Takeaways
In this episode of Crafting Strategy Module Takeaways, Macarena and Grant explore how strategy moves from analysis to creation — from diagnosing what’s broken to building something coherent, resilient, and future-ready.They trace the module’s three-act arc:The Problem (LEGO) — A case study in what happens when a firm’s choices fail the three tests of a good strategy: external consistency, internal
Strategic Interaction Module Takeaways
In this episode of Strategic Interaction Module Takeaways, Prim and Obinna unpack the moment strategy “clicked.” It’s not just what a firm does—it’s how every move triggers countermoves from rivals, regulators, suppliers, and customers. Through three vivid cases—Ryanair (retaliate or accommodate?), Fiber Optics (Corning vs. Alcatel in a game-theory chess match), and Keroche (competing when the rul
Competitive Advantage Module Takeaways
Welcome to Competitive Advantage Module Takeaways, where two HBS students wrap up one of the most powerful modules in the RC Strategy course: how firms actually win.In this episode, they break down four unforgettable cases — Walmart, Royal Opera House, Hurtigruten, and Hilti — to uncover what it really means to build and sustain a competitive advantage. From Walmart’s genius in stripping out costs
Industry Attractiveness Module Takeaways
Welcome to Industry Attractiveness Module Takeaways, where two HBS students — Montse and Joey — relive one of the most eye-opening parts of the RC Strategy course and try to make sense of it all.In this fast-paced, caffeine-fueled episode, they travel from aluminum smelters in China to cola bottlers in America to AI labs battling for dominance in 2025, using classic strategy tools to decode why so
HBS RC Strategy: Course Introduction
Welcome to HBS RC Strategy, the podcast that kicks off your journey through one of Harvard Business School’s most iconic first-year courses.Hosted by Liza and Hiroki, two students standing right where you are — at the starting line — this series gives you an insider’s look at what’s ahead in the RC Strategy experience. From defining what strategy really means (“an integrated set of choices that po
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