Competitive Environmental Strategy --- This course deals with environmental issues from a strategic perspective.  It focuses on how environmental pressures (e.g. sustainable development) and environmental problems (e.g. global warming, air pollution, waste-disposal), impact corporate mission, competitive strategy, technology choices, product development decisions, and production processes.  Basic concepts of ecology and environmental science are discussed and contrasted to those associated with the traditional economic paradigm.

Managing Social Issues --- The pressure for sustainable development has significant implications for firms, particularly large multinational corporations.  With free trade on the rise, long-term opportunities exist for firms able to identify, develop, and deploy technologies, products, and services that contribute to sustainable practices and resource use in the developing world.  This course examines how long-term competitive positioning can be secured through strategies such as positioning can be secured through strategies such a environmental partnerships, technology cooperation, and collaborative planning.