The Great Disruption
This is a fan page for the book: The Great Disruption by Dr. Srividya Jandhyala. Wharton PhD, and famed professor of Management, Strategy, and Geopolitics at ESSEC Business School, Singapore.Book release: June 2025
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What is the book about?
The Great Disruption: How Geopolitics Is Transforming the Business WorldIn a world where geopolitical forces shape industries and markets worldwide, The Great Disruption offers a critical look at how businesses are being reshaped. As power shifts from one region to another, global dynamics are becoming unpredictable. This book delves into how geopolitics is impacting modern industries, with examples that show the profound effects of changing geopolitical landscapes on managers and executives.From tech giants to semiconductor companies, from financial institutions to AI companies and beyond, navigating through a volatile global economy, this book provides insights that will equip readers to navigate these changes. It’s not just about policy; it's about understanding how companies are responding to uncertainty—and the risks they face.The book also highlights the call for firms to adapt quickly as geopolitical events play a growing role in shaping business strategies. From supply chain disruptions to financial crises, there’s no escaping the fact that businesses need to stay flexible and responsive. This book is not just informative—it’s a call to action for those looking to thrive in an increasingly interconnected world.** Most importantly, the book is accessible, written for the general reader who can immediately apply what they read, while providing deep insight.**
Table of Contents
1 – Changing Global Order
2 – Corporate Nationality
3 – Geopolitics and Innovation
4 – Corporate Strategies for Managing Geopolitics
5 – Managing Geopolitics: Whose Job Is It?
6 – Geopolitics and the Future of Work
7 – Computational Geopolitics
8 – Geopolitics and E-Commerce
9 – Geopolitics and Green Energy
10 – Looking Ahead
Meet the Author, Dr. Srividya Jandhyala
Advance Praise for the Book
‘Srividya Jandhyala’s analysis of the new geopolitical realities and how companies can cope is pathbreaking and highly informative. The specific applications to the future of work, e-commerce, and green energy throw light into some of the most vexing issues affecting global competition. Her skillful use of examples and her insights concerning the interaction between business and government make this a unique book.’
Mauro F. Guillén, The Wharton School, The University of Pennsylvania‘A timely and erudite work, written by an expert scholar, who has spent her career developing a unique and compelling understanding of the world of Geopolitics as it connects to the world of management. The Great Disruption is a gripping read, filled with rich anecdotes and the sharp thinking that has been a mainstay of Professor Jandhyala’s scholarship and career.’
Andrew Delios, NUS Business School, National University of Singapore‘The Great Disruption is a timely book that offers several tools to better understand and deal with geopolitical shifts and the unpredictable global business environment. By highlighting the importance of corporate nationality, geopolitical allies and rivals, and a structural perspective, this book helps managers to understand and navigate geopolitical tensions.'
Heather Berry, Georgetown University
‘A masterclass in weaving academic perspective together with headline news to offer insight into the resurgent role of geopolitics in global strategy. Jandhyala offers clear and cogent examples, updating the field of political risk management from its historical focus on infrastructure with applications spanning the new economy.’
Witold Henisz, The Wharton School, The University of Pennsylvania‘Multinational corporations previously stood astride a borderless world, in search of maximum efficiencies. Jandhyala’s book is a valuable guide to an emerging world, where companies must find their long-lost passports and navigate a new era where the economics of efficiency are joined by the economics of statecraft to determine commercial success.’
James R. Sullivan, CFA, King’s College London
Keywords
Supply Chains, Geopolitics, Strategy, Business, Sanctions, Treaties, Trade, Management, Executives, Disruption, Innovation, Change, Revenue, Profit