Browsing by Author "Sharma, Sunil"
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Globalization of sports merchandise: a case study of Liverpool FC in India
Tripathi, Sakshi; Jhirwal, Jitesh (Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2018)Liverpool FC is one of the best known football clubs around the world. With a loyal fan following, the club has amassed a stronghold in India. There are many supporter groups in multiple cities. These are not only highly ... -
Growth strategies for a theatre company in India
Sagar, Akanksha; Mehrotra, Shivam (Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2019)Theatre and India have unbroken ties of over two thousand years. Ancient India produced its own encyclopedic manual on theatre called Natyashastra which guided performances for centuries to come. While the first millennium ... -
Growth strategies of Indian firms
Kumar S., Ashwin; N., Sriram; Prasad M, Vinod (Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2014) -
Identification and building of capabilities for knowledge intensive, highly risky and uncertain activities: a study in the oil and gas sector
Sharma, Sunil (2009)Upstream petroleum firms acquire blocks to explore oil and gas, These decisions are strategic choices for the firm exercised under conditions of high uncertainty and risk. Firms, therefore, continuously strive to improve ... -
Impact of regulatory framework on bidding behavior of firms: policy implications for the oil & gas sector
Sharma, Sunil; Sud, Mukesh (Energy Policy, 2019)India's economy is heavily dependent on foreign oil with the country importing nearly 80% of its crude requirement. Consequently, government of India has been keen to encourage private investment in this sector through ... -
Imprinting effects of exposure to the Indian independence movement on export intensity of firms
Karna, Amit; Banerjee, Saikat; Sharma, Sunil (Elsevier, 2022-05-31)Extending the concept of historical imprinting and organizational learning, we propose that the prior exposure to the Indian independence movement negatively influences the export intensity of firms. Firm-specific ... -
Innovation in business group firms: influence of network diversity
Kerai, Anita; Sharma, Sunil (Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2015)Extant research on influence of ownership structure on innovation suggests a positive relationship between business group affiliation and innovation. While it is true that firms affiliated to business groups seem to benefit ... -
An Integrative Delineation of the Determinants of Dynamic Capabilities: A Study in the Information Technology Industry.
Pathak, Atul Arun (Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2015)Dynamic capabilities are the capabilities of an organization to systematically change its resources base by sensing opportunities and making appropriate and timely decisions (Barreto, 2010; Teece, Pisano, & Shuen, 1997; ... -
Internationalization of emerging market firms: A dynamic capability perspective
Purkayastha, Anish (Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2017)The dissertation empirically explains how dynamic capabilities enable emerging market firms (EMFs) to expand into international markets and generate higher performance through international expansion. With the help of three ... -
Internationalization of firms from emerging economies: an organizational learning framework
Sharma, Sunil (Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2015)Increasing globalization of economy has provided fresh impetus to internationalization efforts of firms from both developed and emerging economies. Extant research in this area has been carried out with the perspective of ... -
The invisible barrier to energy security
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Measuring the effectiveness of strategic planning: proposing a second order operationalization
Sharma, Sunil; Dixit, Mukund R.; Vohra, Neharika; Batra, Safal (Emerald Group Publishing Ltd., 2016)Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate a multi-dimensional second-order operationalization of strategic planning, to advance the understanding of this construct. Design/methodology/approach: Data on the ... -
Metamorphosis of Entrepreneurial Ventures: A Holistic Paradigm from Two Tales
Dixit, Mukund R.; Karna, Amit; Sharma, Sunil (2009-08-07)Some entrepreneurial ventures grow into large organizations within a relatively short duration. These startups rapidly increase their scale and scope to turn into matured organizations. Though the literature is replete ... -
New environmental stimuli, challenges of entrepreneurial firms and growth leaps: evidences from multisector case studies
Dixit, Mukund R.; Sharma, Sunil; Karna, Amit (2010-09-07)This paper conceptualises and delineates five challenges – faced by entrepreneurial firms in responding to the stimuli for growth provided by the new environment of globalisation, deregulation and liberalisation. It ... -
Organization design for knowledge transfer in alliances
Sharma, Sunil (Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2015)With increasing globalization, competitive landscape has undergone tremendous change. To cope up with turbulent environmental demands, firms are entering into alliances to bridge capability gap. However, movement from skill ... -
Overcoming Managerial Challenges to Realize Growth Spurts: Insights from Cases of Three Enterprises
Dixit, Mukund R.; Sharma, Sunil; Karna, Amit (2009-08-07)Organizations face several managerial challenges during their growth period. Growth spurts are realized when organizations overcome these challenges. Though the literature is full of studies on the enterprise growth, the ... -
Performance implications of industry appropriability for manufacturing SMEs : the role of technology orientation
Batra, Safal; Sharma, Sunil; Dixit, Mukund R.; Gupta, Vishal; Vohra, Neharika (Emerald Group Publishing Limited, 2014)Purpose – Industry appropriability – the degree to which firms in an industry can appropriate benefits from their innovations – is a crucial dimension of industry environment. Small and medium manufacturing enterprises ... -
Relevance of resource based view themes for capability evolution
Sharma, Sunil (Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2015)RBV implicitly assumes omnipotent nature for certain firms. These are the firms that can create rent generating capabilities anytime and therefore forever. While theoretically, it seems plausible, empirically it may remain ... -
Retail pharmacy scenario in Kolkata after the introduction of retail chains
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Role of resource investment management and strategic resource deployment capabilities in internationalization-performance relationship
Purkayastha, Anish; Karna, Amit; Sharma, Sunil; Badra, Dhiman (Elsevier, 2024-01-23)The performance implications of internationalization have been a matter of debate in management literature for decades. Similar to developed market multinational enterprises (DMNEs), scholars found that emerging-market ...