Master of Science in Business Administration

Dear Groups prospectively attending the challenge,

over the next week, as anticipated, the colleagues from Accenture will be available, if needed, for a quick online Teams session.

The session will be held on March, 12th, 5pm-5.30pm.

In case you are interested, the link to the meetings follows:

Dear Students of Strategic Management/Enterprise Evolution,

good morning.

In terms of class materials regarding week 3, what we have developed can be summarized as follows:

1. March, 3rd, 2026 - Tweelin: Teaching Notes on the course website (Part 2);
2. March, 3rd, 2026 - The Liability of Newness: JMH 2012 article and teaching notes on the course website (Part 2);
3. March, 4th, 2026 - Strategies for Competitive Selection: Teaching Notes on the course website (Part 3);

Over the next week, we will conclude our explanation about the strategies for competitive selection and we will then explain the models for enterprise evolution.

Please, also remember that, since the next week, our lectures will be held on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, 11am-1pm.

Thanks and have a nice week end.

Gianpaolo Abatecola

Dear Students of Strategic Management/Enterprise Evolution,

good morning.

In terms of class materials regarding week 2, what we have developed can be summarized as follows:

- February, 24th, 25th, 2026 - Venture Capital and Unicorns: Teachig Notes on the course website (Part 2).

Over the next week, we will end Part 2 regarding start-ups/natural selection and will enter Part 3 regarding growth/competitive selection.

Thanks and best wishes.

Gianpaolo Abatecola

Dear Students of Strategic Management/Enterprise Evolution,

good morning.

As far as the Accenture Challenge introduced yesterday is concerned:

1) the "Accenture Challenge" folder now includes the teaching notes related to the lecture held on 23rd February;

2) on Monday, 2nd March, the lecture about how to use POWER BI will be held;

Thanks and best wishes.

Gianpaolo Abatecola

Dear Students of Strategic Management/Enterprise Evolution,

good afternoon.

As far as the Accenture Challenge introduced yesterday is concerned:

1) the course website now includes a folder called “Accenture Challenge”, with the teaching notes related to the yesterday's lecture;

2) if interested in participating to the challenge, from the folder above please download the file called “Timing” and use the link to form a group (5 students, with a contact person). Deadline 25^th February, 4pm;

3) if interested in participating to the challenge, from the folder above please also download the file called “Power BI Installation Guide” and install Power BI on your laptop by 23th February, 2pm;

As explained yesterday, participating to the challenge can be an amazing, useful experience, but is not compulsory. Groups formed by February 25^th will have the possibility to withdraw in due course, if their agenda makes continuing not feasible. In such those cases, there will not be any need to communicate the withdrawal. At the same time, because of organizational reasons, groups formed after the deadline above will not be given the possibility to enter the challenge.

On next Monday, additional details about the challenge (and related next steps) will be covered.

Thanks and best wishes.

Gianpaolo Abatecola

Dear Students of Strategic Management/Enterprise Evolution,

good morning!

In terms of class materials regarding week 1, what we have developed can be summarized as follows:

1. February, 16th, 2026 - Fundamentals of Strategic Management: Teaching Notes (website - Part 1);
2. February, 17th, 2026 - Darwin's Legacy and Co-Evolution: JMG 2016 article, EMJ 2014 article and Teaching Notes (website – Part 1).

Through a separate mail, I'll be sending you all the further details about the Accenture challenge introduced yesterday.

Thanks and best wishes.

Gianpaolo Abatecola