Biography
CK PRAHALAD2003 ranking: 12
C. K. Prahalad (b. 1941) is Harvey C. Fruehauf Professor of Business Administration, professor of corporate strategy and international business at the University of Michigan and an independent consultant. He has recently announced that he is to spend more time with his consultancy.
Prahalad is particularly well known for the work he has conducted with fellow strategy expert Gary Hamel. This includes the articles The Core Competence of the Corporation (Harvard Business Review, May-June, 1990), Competing in the New Economy: Managing Out of Bounds (Strategic Management Journal, Vol. 17, No. 3, March, 1996) as well as the bestselling book Competing for the Future: Breakthrough Strategies for Seizing Control of Your Industry and Creating the Markets of Tomorrow (1994).
Prahalad's current research interests include the strategic management of large
diversified corporations and the role of top management. His latest book The
Future of Competition: Co-Creating Unique Value with Customers is due to
be published at the beginning of 2004.
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