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15 Best Business Strategy Courses for Beginners

We compared 15 Business Strategy courses currently listed on Coursera, Udemy and edX, priced from $19.99 to $956.80. 9 come from a named university or institution, including Harvard Business School, Goldman Sachs and Tecnológico de Monterrey. They are ordered by our CourseAsk score, which is built from how thoroughly each course describes what it teaches, whether it comes from a named institution, and how it compares on price — not from star ratings, which our course data does not include.

Courses compared
15
Price range
$19.99 – $956.80
Providers
Coursera, Udemy, edX
Last updated
18 Sep 2026
How these 15 courses were chosen

Every course below is a real, currently listed course from Coursera, Udemy, edX, matched to "business strategy" by our catalog and ordered by our CourseAsk score. Courses whose own title names the topic rank above those only tagged with it.

The grade on each entry scores how much the provider publishes about the course before you pay — the length and detail of the description, whether it lists learning outcomes and objectives — and whether a named university or institution stands behind it. A is fully documented and institution-backed; E is little more than a title and a price. Courses with almost nothing published are left ungraded rather than marked down, because an unknown course and a poor one are not the same thing.

There are no star ratings on this page — the course feeds we license do not include them, and we would rather leave a column out than fill it with a number we cannot stand behind. What we do have is price: these range from $19.99 to $956.80, as listed by the provider when we last updated the page.

  1. 1
    Coursera MOOC / Non-credit Grade A University-backed

    Introduction to Business Strategy

    Offered by Harvard Business School

    What drives sustainable competitive advantage in business? This specialization introduces a distinctive approach to business strategy centered on value creation and competitive advantage. Using Harvard Business School Pr...

    $49.00
    listed price
  2. 2
    Udemy Certificate Grade C

    Business Strategy and Management Fundamentals

    After 10,000+ hours of consulting businesses and entrepreneurs we developed this powerful course with 7 KEY AREAS that you need to understand to manage and grow your business effectively. This course is specially develop...

    $39.99
    listed price
  3. 3
    Coursera MOOC / Non-credit Grade A University-backed

    Fundamentals of Management, with Goldman Sachs 10,000 Women

    Offered by Goldman Sachs

    This free online course is one of 10 courses available in the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Women collection, designed for entrepreneurs ready to take their business to the next level. This course focuses on the most critical res...

    $49.00
    listed price
  4. 4
    Coursera Certificate Grade A University-backed

    Fundamentals of entrepreneurship in the family business

    Offered by Tecnológico de Monterrey

    Nowadays, family businesses are indispensable in our economy. However, it is very important to identify the tools and strategies of success that allow them to transcend in a competitive environment. For that reason, this...

    $49.00
    listed price
  5. 5
    Coursera MOOC / Non-credit Grade A University-backed

    Introduction to Business Analytics and Information Economics

    Offered by University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

    This specialization targets learners who seek to understand the opportunities that data and analytics present for their organization and those interested in the value of and implications for data as an asset to their org...

    $49.00
    listed price
  6. 6
    Coursera MOOC / Non-credit Grade A University-backed

    Introduction to Artificial Intelligence

    Offered by University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

    Artificial Intelligence is revolutionizing industries, reshaping business strategies, and transforming the way we work. Are you ready to understand AI’s potential and harness its power? In this engaging online course, yo...

    $49.00
    listed price
  7. 7
    Coursera MOOC / Non-credit Grade A University-backed

    From Zero to Hero - Digital Product Development From Scratch

    Offered by Amazon Web Services & Technical University of Munich (TUM)

    Welcome to our Coursera course on contemporary digital product development! Throughout this course, you'll gain invaluable insights into the inner workings of digital product development. Drawing from the extensive exper...

    $49.00
    listed price
  8. 8
    Coursera MOOC / Non-credit Grade A University-backed

    Introduction to Corporate Sustainability

    Offered by University of Colorado Boulder

    This course explores foundational sustainability concepts, including the economic, environmental, and social dimensions. Learners will explore key frameworks such as the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Corporate So...

    $49.00
    listed price
  9. 9
    Coursera MOOC / Non-credit Grade B University-backed

    Fundamentals of Finance

    Offered by University of California, Irvine

    Welcome to Fundamentals of Finance. This 4 module course will help you understand and affect the performance of your unit or organization’s profitability. By the end of this course, you will be able to implement finance...

    $49.00
    listed price
  10. 10
    Udemy Certificate Grade B

    Introduction to Operations Management

    The course provides a broad introduction to operations management and the associated tools and techniques that support the design, planning, and improvement of systems or processes. Learn to analyze and improve business...

    $94.99
    listed price
  11. 11
    Udemy Certificate Grade B Lowest price here

    Risky Business: Beginners' Guide to Planning a New Business

    So here you are- you have a business idea you want to pursue. You want to be your own boss and you've got the gumption to follow through on it. Congratulations! That takes a lot of courage and dedication. But before you...

    $19.99
    listed price
  12. 12
    Udemy Certificate Grade B

    College Level Introduction to Business Administration 101A

    OutcomesTaking Introduction to Business Administration 101A will expose you to college-level Business Administration academia. This course is great for students who are considering a career path in business administratio...

    $19.99
    listed price
  13. 13
    edX MOOC / Non-credit Grade C University-backed

    Introduction to Finance & Entrepreneurship

    Offered by New York Institute of Finance

    This course offers a solid introduction to the principles of finance and entrepreneurship, helping you understand essential concepts that underpin successful business ventures. You'll explore how to analyze financial sta...

    $956.80
    listed price
  14. 14
    edX MOOC / Non-credit Grade C University-backed

    Business Fundamentals

    Offered by University of British Columbia

    This course explores the fundamental concepts that underpin modern business practices. You'll gain insights into key areas such as finance, marketing, operations, and strategy, making it a great foundation for anyone loo...

    $405.00
    listed price
  15. 15
    Udemy Certificate Grade C

    Beginner’s Guide to ICO (Initial Coin Offering)

    This course offers the fundamental knowledge of ICO (Initial Coin Offering) for any beginners - with or without experience in cryptocurrency.  You may have heard that most ICOs are scams or majority fail within the first...

    $99.99
    listed price

Best Business Strategy Courses for Beginners compared

# Course Provider Offered by Price
1 Introduction to Business Strategy Coursera Harvard Business School $49.00 View →
2 Business Strategy and Management Fundamentals Udemy $39.99 View →
3 Fundamentals of Management, with Goldman Sachs 10,000 Women Coursera Goldman Sachs $49.00 View →
4 Fundamentals of entrepreneurship in the family business Coursera Tecnológico de Monterrey $49.00 View →
5 Introduction to Business Analytics and Information Economics Coursera University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign $49.00 View →
6 Introduction to Artificial Intelligence Coursera University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign $49.00 View →
7 From Zero to Hero - Digital Product Development From Scratch Coursera Amazon Web Services & Technical University of Munich (TUM) $49.00 View →
8 Introduction to Corporate Sustainability Coursera University of Colorado Boulder $49.00 View →
9 Fundamentals of Finance Coursera University of California, Irvine $49.00 View →
10 Introduction to Operations Management Udemy $94.99 View →
11 Risky Business: Beginners' Guide to Planning a New Business Udemy $19.99 View →
12 College Level Introduction to Business Administration 101A Udemy $19.99 View →
13 Introduction to Finance & Entrepreneurship edX New York Institute of Finance $956.80 View →
14 Business Fundamentals edX University of British Columbia $405.00 View →
15 Beginner’s Guide to ICO (Initial Coin Offering) Udemy $99.99 View →

Prices shown are the provider's listed price when we last updated this page. Confirm on their site before enrolling.

What the prices here tell you

The 15 priced courses on this page run from $19.99 to $956.80, with the middle of the range around $49.00 — a spread of $936.81. That is a wide gap for one subject. A higher price on this page usually reflects who is behind the course rather than how much material it contains, so it is worth opening two or three at different price points and comparing their syllabus before deciding.

Who is behind these courses

These courses come from Coursera, Udemy and edX. The platforms differ in how they sell: some charge once per course, others expect a subscription, and the listed price is not always what you pay at checkout after a promotion. 9 of these are produced by a named university or institution, including Harvard Business School, Goldman Sachs and Tecnológico de Monterrey — which usually means a fixed syllabus and a recognised certificate, rather than an individual instructor’s own course.

Before you enrol

Open the provider’s own page and check three things this comparison cannot tell you: when the course was last updated, what the syllabus actually covers in its later sections, and what recent learners say. Prices shown here are the provider’s listed price when we last rebuilt this page on 18 September 2026 — they change often, and a promotion can move them substantially. We earn a commission if you enrol through our links, which costs you nothing and never affects the order courses appear in.

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