Sumantra Ghoshal on Management: A Force for Good

A force for good: The life and work of Sumantra Ghoshal

<authorgroup>Julian Birkinshaw</authorgroup>

In the first few years of the twenty-first century, the world of business was in good shape. Most companies had recovered from the collapse of the dotcom sector, and were moving into a new cycle of growth. Consumer confidence had returned, and economic growth was solid. The business press was once again focusing its attention on stories of growth and turnaround, rather than on scandals and bankruptcies.

But for Sumantra Ghoshal, Professor of Strategic and International Management at London Business School, these superficial signs of good health hid an underlying malaise and creeping sclerosis in the world of business. Addressing 500 business leaders ...