Anil K. Gupta

Companies need to grow to attract and retain top talent, sustain competitive advantage, and create shareholder value. Drawing on his years of experience serving on the boards of several high-growth technology ventures as well companies like GE, IBM, and Walmart, University of Maryland Professor Anil Gupta addresses why businesses need to grow to survive and explains why profitable growth is hard. Using a number of examples and mini-case studies, he outlines a framework for identifying… Show more

Companies need to grow to attract and retain top talent, sustain competitive advantage, and create shareholder value. Drawing on his years of experience serving on the boards of several high-growth technology ventures as well companies like GE, IBM, and Walmart, University of Maryland Professor Anil Gupta addresses why businesses need to grow to survive and explains why profitable growth is hard. Using a number of examples and mini-case studies, he outlines a framework for identifying high-potential growth opportunities, for assessing and choosing among them, and for implementing the chosen growth strategy. He also discusses the organizational and leadership requirements for creating a high-growth company. Show less

Globalization is a double-edged sword. Global firms benefit from a larger market, scale- and location-based cost efficiencies, and exposure to a multiplicity of new product and process ideas. However, globalization also exposes the firm to numerous challenges resulting from a dramatic increase in diversity, complexity, and uncertainty.

This course is aimed at helping managers learn how to maximize the benefits while minimizing the costs and risks associated with global expansion. Anil K.… Show more

Globalization is a double-edged sword. Global firms benefit from a larger market, scale- and location-based cost efficiencies, and exposure to a multiplicity of new product and process ideas. However, globalization also exposes the firm to numerous challenges resulting from a dramatic increase in diversity, complexity, and uncertainty.

This course is aimed at helping managers learn how to maximize the benefits while minimizing the costs and risks associated with global expansion. Anil K. Gupta, Michael Dingman Chair in Strategy and Globalization at The University of Maryland's Smith School, and one of the world's leading experts on global strategy, outlines the logic of global strategy and the questions you need to address in order to globalize your company's market presence and leverage global resources. Show less

Competitive advantage is not about how good you are but about whether you're faster, better, or cheaper than competitors in your particular market. In this course, global strategy expert Anil Gupta, a professor at the University of Maryland, provides an overview of the sources of competitive advantage. He explains how and why companies are always simultaneously competing in two arenas—onstage and backstage—and how competitive advantage is dynamic; an advantage you have today may not be an… Show more

Competitive advantage is not about how good you are but about whether you're faster, better, or cheaper than competitors in your particular market. In this course, global strategy expert Anil Gupta, a professor at the University of Maryland, provides an overview of the sources of competitive advantage. He explains how and why companies are always simultaneously competing in two arenas—onstage and backstage—and how competitive advantage is dynamic; an advantage you have today may not be an advantage tomorrow. Show less