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# Sumantra Ghoshal

(1948–2004)   Economist

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Sumantra Ghoshal was an economist, best known for *Transnational management: text, cases, and readings in cross-border management*.

## Quick Facts About Sumantra Ghoshal

Born September 26, 1948

Died March 3, 2004

Profession Economist

Notable works Transnational management: text, cases, and readings in cross-border management

## About Sumantra Ghoshal

Sumantra Ghoshal was an Indian scholar and educator. He served as a professor of strategic and international management at the London Business School, and was the founding Dean of the Indian School of Business in Hyderabad. Ghoshal met Christopher Bartlett while he was a PhD student at Harvard. Both of whom have gone on to become frequent contributors at Harvard Business Review and both have collaborated in writing several influential books and articles relating to leadership and organization managements.

##  Quotes by Sumantra Ghoshal

> [You cannot have faith in people unless you take action to improve and develop them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sumantra-ghoshal/you-cannot-have-faith-in-people-unless-you-take-action-to-improve-and/)

[Sumantra Ghoshal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sumantra-ghoshal/)

[Action](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/action/)

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> [Yesterday's success formula is often today's obsolete dogma ... We must continually challenge the past so that we can renew ourselves each day.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sumantra-ghoshal/yesterday-s-success-formula-is-often-today-s-obsolete-dogma-we-must/)

[Sumantra Ghoshal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sumantra-ghoshal/)

[Challenges](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/challenges/)

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> [Companies that succeed are driven by internal ambition. Stock price doesn’t drive them. Ambition and values drive them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sumantra-ghoshal/companies-that-succeed-are-driven-by-internal-ambition-stock-price/)

[Sumantra Ghoshal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sumantra-ghoshal/)

[Ambition](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ambition/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/62c/sumantra-ghoshal-72661_ambition_companies-that-succeed-are-driven-by-int_1660421.png)

> [You have to create tension between reality and aspiration](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sumantra-ghoshal/you-have-to-create-tension-between-reality-and-aspiration/)

[Sumantra Ghoshal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sumantra-ghoshal/)

[Aspiration](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/aspiration/)

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