IT, outsourcing, real estate, and China: An old economy business leader’s take on boom sectors in India

Prabhakar, Guru Prakash; Saran, Pankaj

Abstract

This article features an interview with Gaurav Dalmia, Chairman of Landmark Holdings. He is a third generation tycoon from the Dalmia group, an Indian business conglomerate. Today the family-owned business powerhouse has interests in cement, industrial ceramics, chemicals, engineering, and trading. They have now started going into new areas. In services, for instance, they are into software, investment business and real estate financing etc. He was also selected as the global leader for tomorrow for the year 2000 by the World Economic Forum.

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Publication Date: Jun 8, 2015
• Deposit Date: Aug 4, 2015
• Publicly Available Date: Mar 9, 2016
• Journal: Strategic Direction
• Electronic ISSN: 0258-0543
• Publisher: Emerald
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 31
• Issue: 7
• Pages: 1-4
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/SD-06-2015-0090
• Keywords: India, leadership, CEO
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/830614
• Publisher URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/SD-06-2015-0090
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• Contract Date: Mar 9, 2016