In The New Competition for Global Resources, a special
report prepared by the Boston Consulting Group and Wharton, the Triple E threat
driving new understandings about the global future, leadership, and competition
was defined as “the need to compete with everyone, from everywhere, for
everything”.
Answer the following using the case study “PepsiCo
India: On the Road to Sustainable Development?”
Define how the shaping and driving forces PepsiCo
experienced in India impacted the leadership agenda. In particular, address
whether the impact of the forces merely created leadership recognition that
situations needed to be fixed or contained in order for the firm to penetrate
further into the Indian consumer market, or whether the impact of the forces
created a reorientation of the leadership agenda as the PepsiCo mindset changed
because of learning about and exploring a complex set of concerns for the
future.
Question (2)
In the world of global talent and leadership, define which
one or two minds are crucial to the solution of PepsiCo’s dilemma in India.
Defend your choice with information in the case study, in Gardner’s text, or in
more current articles, you are able to find about PepsiCo’s Asian presence.
