2 episodes
Strategy in Perspective by Indian School of Business (ISB) Indian School of Business
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- Business
Prof Anand Nandkumar — Associate Professor of Strategy & Executive Director (Srini Raju Centre for IT & Networked Economy) at the Indian School of Business — will attempt to theoretically frame phenomena that we might have recently read about in the popular press.
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Does Context Matter in Strategy?
How can we apply a theory—which is general in nature and is acceptable universally—across all industries and geographical contexts?
This podcast perhaps will relate more to the latter rather than to the former. -
Why is Theory Important?
Theories are often looked at as something that's far from reality and practice. However, theory does have a very important role to play. Theories are important to structure phenomena that we see and hear around us.
For managers this also means that the parameters of the theory can be altered to gain more insights into the appropriateness of their managerial actions.