Strategic Interaction Module Take...

Strategic Interaction Module Takeaways

HBS RC Strategy: Conversations in Strategy by RC Strategy Teaching Group

Episode notes

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 rules keep shifting)—they show how to play the long game with dynamic consistency: do today what sets you up to win tomorrow.

Expect punchy frameworks and real-world judgment:

  • Retaliation vs. accommodation—when fighting destroys value and when it preserves it.
  • Closed vs. open worlds—from payoff matrices to  ... 
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