Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 17, 2013

Prahalad , the guru of “ core competence ,” doing a strategy audit for a huge Indian conglomerate. The company, Prahalad tells the CEO, is simply too complex and diverse. FedEx’s competencies in digital and transportational networks are its innovation platforms. Customers Innovation Strategy'

Core Competence 8

Core Competence Prahalad Supply Chain Hamel 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

trade deficit with Japan grew through the 1980s, for example, influential thinkers increasingly focused on how managerial innovations used in Japanese firms might be imported and adapted in the U.S. So what did Hamel and Prahalad add? Similarly, scholars in the U.S. As the U.S. Pick an Apt Objective. Link the New to the Old.

Prahalad 15

Prahalad Hamel Core Competence Leadership 15

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 12, 2012

This is especially problematic when companies decide to innovate. If you don't have a clear understanding of why you are pursuing an innovation, you risk being wasteful and ineffective, and could lack strong differentiators from incumbents. What are our core insights that will lead us to market-shaping innovations?"

Core Competence 14

Core Competence Prahalad Hamel Brand 14

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 4, 2014

Prahalad and I urged managers to think in a different way about the building blocks of competitive success. Businesses are, on average, far less adaptable, innovative, and inspiring than they could be and, increasingly, must be. Almost 25 years ago in the pages of HBR , C.K. Strategy gets set at the top. Power trickles down.

Bureaucracy 9

Bureaucracy Short-term Long-term Intellectual Capital 9

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 4, 2014

Prahalad and I urged managers to think in a different way about the building blocks of competitive success. Businesses are, on average, far less adaptable, innovative, and inspiring than they could be and, increasingly, must be. Almost 25 years ago in the pages of HBR , C.K. Strategy gets set at the top. Power trickles down.

Bureaucracy 9

Bureaucracy Short-term Long-term Intellectual Capital 9

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 5, 2014

A study of star engineers at Bell Labs found that the most accomplished ones worked in a close-knit group, but also frequently reached out to people outside of it. You need the right mix of cohesion and diversity in order to achieve both innovation and operational efficiency. Prahalad called this concept strategic intent.

Organization 8

Organization Airlines Prahalad Hamel 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 5, 2014

A study of star engineers at Bell Labs found that the most accomplished ones worked in a close-knit group, but also frequently reached out to people outside of it. You need the right mix of cohesion and diversity in order to achieve both innovation and operational efficiency. Prahalad called this concept strategic intent.

Organization 8

Organization Airlines Prahalad Hamel 8