CK Prahalad

  Strategy

 

C.K. Prahalad, the Harvey C. Fruehauf Professor of Business Administration at the University of Michigan Business School, in Ann Arbor, specialises in corporate strategy and the role and value added of top management in large, diversified, multinational corporations.

His books include Competing for the Future (1994) co-authored with Gary Hamel and printed in fourteen languages, which was named the Best Selling Business Book of the Year in 1994; and Multinational Mission: Balancing Local Demands and Global Vision (1987), co-authored with Yves Doz. He is also the author of numerous award-winning articles. Harvard Business Review awarded McKinsey Prizes for: "The End of Corporate Imperialism," co-authored with Kenneth Lieberthal (1998); "The Core Competence of the Corporation," co-authored with Gary Hamel (1990), and "Strategic Intent," also co-authored with Gary Hamel (1989). "Weak Signals vs. Strong Paradigms," published in the Journal of Marketing Research (1995), was awarded the 1997 ANBAR Electronic Citation of Excellence; "The Dominant Logic: A New Linkage Between Diversity and Performance" (1986), co-authored with Richard Bettis, was selected the Best Article published in the Strategic Management Journal for the period 1980-88; "The Role of Core Competencies in the Corporation" (1993) received the 1994 Maurice Holland Award as the Best Paper published in Research Technology Management in 1993; and "A Strategy for Growth: The Role of Core Competence in the Corporation" won the European Foundation for Management Award in 1993.

Professor Prahalad's recent publications include "Co-opting Customer Competence", with Venkatram Ramaswamy, Harvard Business Review, Jan/Feb 2000; "The New Meaning of Quality in the Information Age", with M.S. Krishnan, Harvard Business Review, Sept/Oct 1999, and "Bank of America Roundtable on Business Unit Efficiency Versus Leveraging Corporate Competencies", Journal of Applied Corporate Finance, Summer 1999.

A globally known figure, Professor Prahalad has consulted with the top management of many of the world’s foremost companies. In addition, he serves on the Board of Directors of NCR Corporation.