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Overcoming Managerial Challenges to Realize Growth Spurts: Insights from Cases of Three Enterprises

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  • Dixit, M. R.
  • Sharma, Sunil
  • Karna, Amit

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Organizations face several managerial challenges during their growth period. Growth spurts are realized when organizations overcome these challenges. Though the literature is full of studies on the enterprise growth, the knowledge about how these challenges facilitate or hinder growth is limited. We conceptualize and explain five challenges faced by an enterprise along its growth trajectory. For evidence, we then look at history of three organizations from different sectors and trace their strategies to overcome the challenges faced by them. The firm and the environment interact and make certain strategic choices, which in turn results in growth spurts in the organization. We draw insights from their growth stories and discuss the different strategies and interactions between the firm and the environment.

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  • Dixit, M. R. & Sharma, Sunil & Karna, Amit, 2008. "Overcoming Managerial Challenges to Realize Growth Spurts: Insights from Cases of Three Enterprises," IIMA Working Papers WP2008-01-08, Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, Research and Publication Department.
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    1. Deepti Bhatnagar & Mukund Dixit, 2004. "Stages in Multiple Innovations in Software Firms: a Model Derived from Infosys and NIIT Case Studies," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Anthony P. D’Costa & E. Sridharan (ed.), India in the Global Software Industry, chapter 10, pages 246-270, Palgrave Macmillan.
    2. Dixit, M. R. & Sharma, Sunil & Karna, Amit, 2007. "Aspirations, Enterprise Strategy and Sustenance of a Start-up in a Competitive Environment: A Study of Developments in Air Deccan," IIMA Working Papers WP2007-11-03, Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, Research and Publication Department.
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