The Quest for Global Dominance: Transforming Global Presence into Global Competitive Advantage

by Anil K. Gupta, Vijay Govindarajan

The current transformation of isolated state-dominated economies into market-driven globally integrated economies is creating business challenges and opportunities around the globe. Over the last ten years, these authors have studied over one hundred global corporations through a variety of research methods and here distill their findings into four essential goals that executives must achieve in order to transform a company into a global success: Identify and pursue opportunities in key markets. Convert global presence into global competitive advantage. Cultivate a global mindset in order to recognize and exploit good ideas wherever they arise. And constantly reinvent the global game by creating value for customers. Case studies involving Yahoo!, Wal-Mart, and other global players show how the authors' findings can be applied in real-world situations.

Genres: Business, Economics

320 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2001

About the author

Anil Kumar Gupta is a scholar in the area of grassroots innovations. He is the founder of the Honey Bee Network and has been a Professor at the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad. Besides, he holds the Executive Vice Chair of the National Innovation Foundation.

Reviews

[Mike · Rating 3 out of 5]

It was used as a textbook for my Global Strategy class. As such, it wasn't the most entertaining book. It did present some interesting frameworks for looking at globalization. However, it seemed to borrow a lot from "The World is Flat", especially when discussing opportunities in India and China.

[Kartik Balakrishnan]

Nice read, very informative on how corporations have taken their learning's from both positive and negative experiences in one market and turned it around to their advantage in a future strategy.