Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 22, 2012

Prahalad's 1989 HBR article "Strategic Intent" brought about a discontinuous shift in my career — from a professor of accounting to a researcher on strategy and innovation. Strategic intent takes the long view: the act of such intent is to operate from the future backward, disregarding the resource scarcity of the present.

Goal 9

Goal Prahalad Hamel CPA 9

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 13, 2012

Prahalad and his colleagues more than a decade ago in a series of articles and books, and it has stuck in the minds of businesspeople, policy makers, and nonprofits despite results that can only be described as dismal. Prahalad's brilliance and persuasiveness certainly had something to do with it. It's practically the law of the land.

Microfinance 13

Microfinance Prahalad Bottom-up Banking 13

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 1, 2010

For example, GE has gone from despoiling the Hudson River to jumpstarting the electric car industry through its commitment to purchase tens of thousands of zero emission vehicles. But just because your company is not fully evolved on the social change scale doesn't mean that there's nothing you (as a manager) can do.

Prahalad 15

Prahalad NGO Long-term Energy 15

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 5, 2014

Despite our best efforts, most organizations operate disjointedly. Moving an idea forward is not just a matter of persuasion, but also of managing the connections between constituencies. You need the right mix of cohesion and diversity in order to achieve both innovation and operational efficiency. Managing people'

Organization 8

Organization Airlines Prahalad Hamel 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 5, 2014

Despite our best efforts, most organizations operate disjointedly. Moving an idea forward is not just a matter of persuasion, but also of managing the connections between constituencies. You need the right mix of cohesion and diversity in order to achieve both innovation and operational efficiency. Managing people'

Organization 8

Organization Airlines Prahalad Hamel 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 14, 2011

To forestall unrest, Jordan's King Abdullah II removed his cabinet , and Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh has committed to leave at the end of his term. Such actions are important, but the longer-term question still looms: How will firms deal with the ongoing political risks of operating in the region?

Strategy 13

Strategy Politics Short-term Long-term 13