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 12

Microfinance Prahalad Bottom-up Banking 12

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 4, 2012

I innocently follow up by asking the last time an industry upstart called looking to license a corporate brand (typical answer: never). Gary Hamel and CK Prahalad laid out their view in the Harvard Business Review classic "Core Competence of the Corporation." The next contender is typically scale.

Company 15

Company Competitive Advantage Prahalad Hamel 15

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 4, 2012

I innocently follow up by asking the last time an industry upstart called looking to license a corporate brand (typical answer: never). Gary Hamel and CK Prahalad laid out their view in the Harvard Business Review classic "Core Competence of the Corporation." The next contender is typically scale.

Company 15

Company Competitive Advantage Prahalad Hamel 15

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 21, 2011

The Eastman Kodak Company was an iconic industry leader. The latter just signed a partnership agreement with Microsoft to develop new mobile solutions, after the new CEO acknowledged that the phone maker has been left behind by its competitors. They develop chipsets and license to manufacturers who then produce and sell.

Core Competence 14

Core Competence Prahalad Film Hamel 14

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. Xerox at that time was the undisputed leader of the copier industry, leasing a wide range of copiers to corporate copy centers through a huge sales force.

Goal 8

Goal Prahalad Hamel CPA 8

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. Similarly, Nike went from being vilified for its unfair treatment of workers to being applauded for setting industry standards for overseas working conditions.

Prahalad 14

Prahalad NGO Long-term Energy 14

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 29, 2011

Prahalad used to recommend that a company's strategy should be developed by its thirty-year-old rookies instead of its veterans: The new guard will be more vested in the future than the past. And when that happens, we hesitate to venture into new territory, to learn new skills, to develop new relationships.

Prahalad 13

Prahalad Outsourcing Drucker Class 13

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 12, 2012

Toyota had industry survey data showing that customers said they would pay up to 20% more for hybrid cars. Toyota's counterintuitive realization about what would motivate buyers came from understanding cultural, behavioral, economic, and technologic trends, and this insight drove development choices as well as marketing.

Core Competence 14

Core Competence Prahalad Hamel Brand 14

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 11, 2013

It is unthinkable, for instance, to imagine a social entrepreneur treating research on the health effects of tobacco use the way the tobacco industry, market analysts, and investors did in the 1960s and '70s. Prahalad's " bottom of the pyramid ," that began life as academic research. They can be more analytical.

Entrepreneur 8

Entrepreneur Microfinance Supply Chain Prahalad 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 17, 2016

airline industry in the early 1990s highlights this distinction. Prahalad said that the ongoing growth in China, India, and other emerging economies means that every year millions of consumers acquire enough purchasing power to afford mass-produced products for the first time, albeit at ultra-low prices.

Price 8

Price Airlines Govindarajan Advertising 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 20, 2011

As the industrial revolution progressed, society was enjoying enormous benefits from mass production, which brought former luxuries within middle class reach. Just as electronic commerce would later sweep business, mass production came to one industry after another. But unlike websites, factories were capital intensive. As the late C.

ROE 11

ROE Debt to Equity Ratio Innovation Incentives 11