Doing Business in South Asia: A Case Study Collection

This concise textbook comprises selected case studies on the strategic challenges and opportunities faced by real-world organizations operating in South Asia.

The collection includes 15 short case studies from across the region, allowing easy comprehension and class discussion, and covers strategic management, localization strategies, strategic challenges, emerging global brands, digital transformation, sustainability, inclusive business, and economic development. Each case has corresponding reflective questions, references, and further reading and activities, making this a perfect comprehensive guide to help students understand and apply concepts to real-world situations.

Providing a solid understanding of the South Asian business environment, this is ideal recommended reading for advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students studying South Asian and International Business, Strategic Management, Emerging Markets, and Global Entrepreneurship. Online, instructors will find complementary teaching notes to support learning.

Muralidhara is currently the Director at ICFAI Business School Bengaluru, India. Prior to this he was the Dean at the renowned Case Research Center at ICFAI Business School Hyderabad, India. Muralidhara has authored or co-authored more than 150 case studies in management on a variety of topics.

His case, IKEA in Russia: Ethical Dilemmas, won the Ethics and Social Responsibility category at The Case Centre Awards and Competitions in 2016. He has also been successful at the EFMD case writing competition, winning the Latin American Business Cases category with Chile’s Concha y Toro: Successfully Selling ’New World’ Wine Globally in 2014, and the Emerging Chinese Global Competitors category with Lenovo: Challenger to Leader in 2013. Further awards include the Nominated award at the 2016 Global Contest for the ’Best China Focused Cases’ for his case Can Huawei Overcome Roadblocks in its Quest for Global Markets? and the first prize in the 2020 oikos Case Writing Competition for the case Hello Tractor - Leveraging Technology to Provide Food Security & Sustainable Agriculture in Africa.

He is currently the Associate Editor for India-focused cases at the International Journal of Instructional Cases.

He has conducted many training programs on case method and case writing at various institutions.