Team C

Name ID

Humayra Sharif 1521538660

Anisul Islam 1715267660
Sharmina Akter 1735231660
Taslima khanam 1635059660
 Topic
Emerging Economy Leadership Challenges
for Sustainable Competitive Advantage:
A conceptual Research Framework of Bangladesh Perspective
Abstract

This paper studied the effect of various

leadership styles to gain sustainable
competitive advantage in the South
Asian emerging market.
In this context, the relationship of
leadership styles, national, social and
cultural differences with new paradigm
and economic shifts Western and
Eastern countries has been investigated.
A theoretical model has developed to
show the interrelations between
leadership styles practices in MNCs
across their subsidiaries
 Introduction
The growing importance of emerging
economies has lead to an upsurge of strategy
research on the topic. Leadership
development is important, but it appears that
many companies do not follow proper
leadership styles that meets the demands of
the globalization. This article will point out
and analyzed the significant differences
between various leadership styles of the
West, East and SouthAsia in order to achieve
the root of as well as explanation for those
disparities.
● Rationality of the study
● Significance of the study
● Purpose of the study

1. The purpose of this article is to show how

West and East based MNC’s can export,
import and adopt the effective leadership
style to achieve their sustainable
competitive advantage in South Asian
emerging market.
2. Another purpose is to show the
differences between Western and Eastern
and South Asian leadership style
practices, and how the MNC’s emerges
with the culture.
Theoretical & Conceptual
model development

Socio-cultural differences in South

Asian Emerging Economy
Proposition:1

MNC’s operating in South Asia would

more emphasis on adaptation of social
values, rules, norms, beliefs of host
country( South Asian countries) in
order to minimize he with home
country’s (Western & Eastern
countries) socio-cultural differences
and institutional differences.
Emerging economy & leadership styles in
East, West & South Asian countries

Proposition: 2
MNSC’s operating in emerging
economies would be adaptive,
exportive & importive to get
sustainable competitive advantage in
South Asian countries especially in
Bangladesh.
Effective leadership practices to get
Sustainable Competitive Advantage

Proposition: 3

West & East based MNC’s operating

in South Asian region would
develop a leadership style which
would be effective for leadership
practices in order to get
Sustainable Competitive Advantage
in South Asian emerging markets.
Hypotheses :
H1: Democratic leadership style will be positively associated with SCA in South Asia
H2: Autocratic Leadership style will be positively associated with SCA in South Asia
H3: Laissez-Faire Leadership style will be positively associated with SCA in South
Asia
H4: There will be a positive association between Strategic leadership & SCA
H4: There will be a positive association between Strategic leadership & SCA
H5: There will be a positive association between Transformational leadership & SCA
H6: Transactional leadership style will be positively associated with SCA in South
Asia
H7: Bureaucratic leadership style will be positively associated with SCA in South Asia
Discussion:

The objective of this article was to

examine the significant effect of
leadership style to gain organizational
sustainable competitive advantage. It
was discovered that there is a positive
and negative correlation between
leadership style dimension and
sustainable competitive advantage.
Theoretical Relevance
Managerial Relevance
Practical Relevance
Conclusion:
There isn’t one style that works perfectly in every situation. But if you come up with a style
that’s suited to your business and your team, you could be well on your way to leading a
successful team. In some cases, the most common courses of action are not the most
effective. Of course, these findings are not the final word. Every organization has a unique
culture, employee population, programs, and challenges, and these factors influence which

strategies and tactics are truly best practices.