Strategy
UCLA Anderson’s Strategy area trains Ph.D. students to analyze a firm’s response to its environment and its competitors. Our faculty study external interactions of firms with customers, competitors, suppliers and government, and internal interactions with current and potential employees. We use economics as the main discipline to answer strategic questions, augmented by other disciplines such as psychology, sociology and political science. Our program introduces students to broad fields in strategic management such as competitive strategy, innovation, human resource management, entrepreneurship, global strategy, organization theory and market institutions.
From the Strategy Ph.D. Liaison

"As the Strategy area Ph.D. liaison, I welcome you to the study of strategic management at UCLA Anderson. Our program has a strong analytical orientation. Students take courses in strategic management, economics and other fields. The Strategy area at the UCLA Anderson School of Management administers the program. If you are motivated to create new knowledge and innovative research to help advance the field of business strategy, we encourage you to get in touch and apply."
Mariko Sakakibara, Ph.D.
Strategy Ph.D. Liaison