Longevity challenges and leadership interventions: Strategy journeys of two Indian banks
研究两家印度银行在八十年间应对社会经济环境变化的战略历程，分析企业内部动态、外部环境与领导者的相互依赖关系，为理解企业长期生存提供洞见。
This article studies the strategic journeys of two Indian banks in evolving socio-political and economic environments, spread across eight decades. It provides a holistic view of longevity challenges by exploring interdependencies between a firm’s internal dynamics, external environment, and its leaders. This article covers the growth of Canara Bank and Syndicate Bank in distinct phases of unrestricted, regulated, and centrally planned economic environment, and in changing socio-political scenarios. It uses within-case and across-case analysis, contextualised in these conditions, to provide rich insights about measures adopted by firms for their long-term survival and sustenance.