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

by Anil K. Gupta, Vijay Govindarajan, Haiyan Wang

Anil K. Gupta, Vijay Govindarajan, and Haiyan Wang are among the most distinguished experts in the field of globalization. In The Quest for Global Dominance they present the lessons from their twenty-year study of over two hundred corporations. They argue that, in order for a company to create and maintain its position as a globally dominant player, executives must ensure that their company leads its industry in the following four essential Identifying market opportunities worldwide and pursuing them by establishing the necessary presence in all key markets Converting global presence into global competitive advantage by identifying and developing the opportunities for value creation that global presence offers Cultivating a global mindset by viewing cultural and geographic diversity as an opportunity, not just a challenge Leveraging the rise of emerging markets especially China and India to transform the company's growth prospects, global cost structure, and pace of innovation

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.