Letter to BS: Can any Indian company insist on a six-day, 12-hour work?

When the ideal company operates in a different national culture or political system, it is virtually impossible to imitate it

This is with reference to Shyam Ponappa’s “The Huawei pointer” (May 3), which enumerates the factors that have led to the spectacular success of the Chinese company. Various infrastructure and other factors are necessary for the success of a company, but it is the top leadership, human capital and organisational culture of the company that ensures it a competitive edge under similar market conditions. 
 
However, adoption of the same competencies and work culture in another company is very difficult because unique history, causal ambiguity (reasons for success are too deep-rooted to explain) and bounded rationality (cognitive limitations) come in