Sumantra Ghoushal

If you attempt to visualize a mentor, an author and a consultant in one being you are sure to
find one personality, Sumantra Ghoushal. Born in India, educated in the US and currently
living in Europe, he is a teacher, author and consultant in the field of international
management. He is also founding dean of the Indian School of Business in Hyderabad, a new
venture jointly sponsored by Northwestern University and the London Business School.

He has published eight books, over forty-five articles and several award-winning case studies.
The book “Managing across Borders: The Transnational Solution”,  co-authored with
Christopher A. Bartlett, has been listed as one of the fifty most influential management books
and they have become one of the world's most respected business thinkers.

His most recent work focuses on the need to develop strategy which encompasses people. He
has been critical of the current fad for knowledge management.

Books by Sumantra Ghoushal

 A Bias for Action: How Effective Managers Harness Their Willpower, Achieve
Results, and Stop Wasting Timepublished on 7/1/2004
 World Class in India: A Casebook of Companies in Transformationpublished on
4/15/2002
 Managing Across Borders : The Transnational Solution (1988)*
 Transnational Management (1990)*
 Organization Theory and the Multinational Corporation (1993)*
 The Individualized Corporation (1997)*
 World Class in India: A Casebook of Companies in Transformation
 Managing Radical Change(co-authored with Gita Piramal)

* (co-authored with Christopher A. Bartlett)