Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Case-in-point: the Bottom of the Pyramid theory, created by Indian-American researcher and author CK Prahalad. Prahalad argued that the world’s poorest people constituted the “bottom of the pyramid” (BoP) and presented a massive opportunity for the world’s wealthiest companies.

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Prahalad Productivity Products Marketing 22

First Friday Book Synopsis

DECEMBER 14, 2012

Prahalad, a close colleague and friend, he is at the origin of the integration responsiveness (I/R) grid, which became a core framework in international management. Yves Doz is Professor of Strategic Management and Solvay Chaired Professor of Technological Innovation, INSEAD. Together with C.K. Their book, The Multinational [.].

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Prahalad Innovation Technology Books 80

Marshall Goldsmith

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

Marshall Every two years there is a global survey to determine the world’s top 50 business thinkers. In 2009 Marshall's friend the late CK Prahalad was ranked #1 and Marshall was ranked #14. When direct reports read worry and concern on the face of a leader, they begin to lose confidence in the leader's ability to lead. Life is good.

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Prahalad Uncertainty CEO Leadership 127

Marshall Goldsmith

SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

Marshall Every two years there is a global survey to determine the world’s top 50 business thinkers. In 2009 Marshall's friend the late CK Prahalad was ranked #1 and Marshall was ranked #14. . - The company will not deliver the benefits that are being sold to the receiver of the message. Life is good.

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Prahalad Credit Rating Short-term Long-term 110

Marshall Goldsmith

OCTOBER 31, 2011

Marshall Every two years there is a global survey to determine the world’s top 50 business thinkers. In 2009 Marshall's friend the late CK Prahalad was ranked #1 and Marshall was ranked #14. Respect your successor enough to let her choose her own key advisers. Life is good. To participate in the 2011 Thinkers 50, visit [link].

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Prahalad Objective Survey Participative 127

Marshall Goldsmith

OCTOBER 3, 2011

Marshall Every two years there is a global survey to determine the world’s top 50 business thinkers. In 2009 Marshall's friend the late CK Prahalad was ranked #1 and Marshall was ranked #14. Please send any examples of cases where you have stereotyped yourself - or seen others stereotype themselves - in ways that inhibited change.

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Prahalad Definition Long-term Survey 123

Marshall Goldsmith

OCTOBER 10, 2011

Marshall Every two years there is a global survey to determine the world’s top 50 business thinkers. In 2009 Marshall's friend the late CK Prahalad was ranked #1 and Marshall was ranked #14. I hope that these suggestions are helpful to any readers in companies that have been - or are about to be - acquired. Life is good.

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Advice Prahalad PR Loyalty 105

Marshall Goldsmith

AUGUST 29, 2011

Marshall Every two years there is a global survey to determine the world’s top 50 business thinkers. In 2009 Marshall's friend the late CK Prahalad was ranked #1 and Marshall was ranked #14. I doubt they would write me hate mail because you read this column and made those changes. Life is good.

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Prahalad Advice Report Learning-by-Doing 175

Marshall Goldsmith

AUGUST 15, 2011

Marshall Every two years there is a global survey to determine the world’s top 50 business thinkers. In 2009 Marshall's friend the late CK Prahalad was ranked #1 and Marshall was ranked #14. Thank you, Susanne. Life is good. To participate in the 2011 Thinkers 50, visit [link].

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Advice Execution Marketing Prahalad 107

Marshall Goldsmith

AUGUST 22, 2011

Marshall Every two years there is a global survey to determine the world’s top 50 business thinkers. In 2009 Marshall's friend the late CK Prahalad was ranked #1 and Marshall was ranked #14. Get started on the activity within two weeks - or take it off the list - and quit tormenting yourself. Life is good.

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360-Degree Feedback Prahalad Follow-up Participative 129

Marshall Goldsmith

OCTOBER 17, 2011

Marshall Every two years there is a global survey to determine the world’s top 50 business thinkers. In 2009 Marshall's friend the late CK Prahalad was ranked #1 and Marshall was ranked #14. Don't let this happen to you. I hope that these suggestions are helpful. Life is good. To participate in the 2011 Thinkers 50, visit [link].

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Prahalad Banking Budgeting Motivation 120

Marshall Goldsmith

OCTOBER 24, 2011

Marshall Every two years there is a global survey to determine the world’s top 50 business thinkers. In 2009 Marshall's friend the late CK Prahalad was ranked #1 and Marshall was ranked #14. In my thirty years of being a "road warrior", I have only missed on client meeting because of travel issues (a blizzard in Chicago). Life is good.

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Travel Tips Prahalad Transportation 117

Marshall Goldsmith

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

Marshall Every two years there is a global survey to determine the world’s top 50 business thinkers. In 2009 Marshall's friend the late CK Prahalad was ranked #1 and Marshall was ranked #14. Life is good. To participate in the 2011 Thinkers 50, visit [link].

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Prahalad Commitment Open-book Resistance 120

Marshall Goldsmith

AUGUST 1, 2011

Marshall Every two years there is a global survey to determine the world’s top 50 business thinkers. In 2009 Marshall's friend the late CK Prahalad was ranked #1 and Marshall was ranked #14. But I hope that these ideas help you manage a thorny situation in the best way you can. Life is good.

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Prahalad How To Guidelines Class 105

Marshall Goldsmith

AUGUST 8, 2011

Marshall Every two years there is a global survey to determine the world’s top 50 business thinkers. In 2009 Marshall's friend the late CK Prahalad was ranked #1 and Marshall was ranked #14. He is now looking forward to "something" - every practice, and especially, every Sunday. Life is good.

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Succession Prahalad Executive Coaching Advice 101

Marshall Goldsmith

JULY 18, 2011

Marshall Every two years there is a global survey to determine the world’s top 50 business thinkers. In 2009 Marshall's friend the late CK Prahalad was ranked #1 and Marshall was ranked #14. I hope these ideas are useful for you or young people you are striving to help. Life is good.

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Ulrich Hersey Prahalad Mission Statement 134

Marshall Goldsmith

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

Deepa Prahalad – Focused on design and emerging markets. Mark Tercek – President and CEO, Nature Conservancy – world leader in global conservation. World Economic Forum – Global Leader for Tomorrow. Former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Global Debt Registry (MHR). World authority on project management.

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Executive Coaching CEO Magazine Banking 70

Marshall Goldsmith

SEPTEMBER 5, 2011

Marshall Every two years there is a global survey to determine the world’s top 50 business thinkers. In 2009 Marshall's friend the late CK Prahalad was ranked #1 and Marshall was ranked #14. Please send in any comments with your ideas. The measurements that will help you may also help them. Life is good.

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Prahalad Document Goal Learning-by-Doing 114

Marshall Goldsmith

JULY 25, 2011

Marshall Every two years there is a global survey to determine the world’s top 50 business thinkers. In 2009 Marshall's friend the late CK Prahalad was ranked #1 and Marshall was ranked #14. Make your own two lists: figure out your "in spite of" - and get to work. Life is good. To participate in the 2011 Thinkers 50, visit [link].

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Succession Prahalad Bottom-up Survey 117

Sales Wolf Blog

JULY 9, 2010

Prahalad, but you'll also get the thoughts and opinions of business professionals from successful start-ups, non-profits, and boutique enterprises that serve very specific niches in their respective markets. .  Not only will you find some of the biggest names in business like Alan Mullaly, Mark Zuckerberg, and C.K.

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Company Human Resources Prahalad Resources 140

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 18, 2014

Prahalad and Stuart Hart’s seminal book The Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid gained a wide audience when it was published in 2004 and has continued to be widely read ever since. On the fifth anniversary of the book’s publication, Professor Prahalad was interviewed by Knowledge@Wharton. Entrepreneurship Global business'

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Entrepreneur Prahalad Bottom-up Price 9

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

Prahalad and Gary Hamel referred to that in an award-winning HBR article Strategic Intent. As Hamel and Prahalad point out, a snapshot by itself yields little information about "whether the driver is out for a quiet Sunday drive or warming up for the Grand Prix.". Two decades ago, the late C.K.

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Power McTaggart Prahalad Hamel 15

Harvard Business Review

MAY 17, 2011

Prahalad, put it there), the struggle to understand its role as a market and as a source of innovation continues. Yes, there are notable examples of BOP innovation from global corporations (such as the GE portable ECG machine ) and emerging market companies (such as the Chotukool refrigerator) that have broken through in global markets.

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Prahalad Business Model Early Adopters Innovation 15

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 21, 2011

Others like Kodak and Nokia are re-strategizing in order to remain relevant in a dynamic global market. Prahalad and Gary Hamel's HBR classic Core Competence of the Corporation made popular the notion that knowing and mastering core business factors can be leveraged across products and markets.

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Core Competence Prahalad Film Hamel 15

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. How are you preparing yourself today to compete in tomorrow's global economy? That's why the late C.K.

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Prahalad Outsourcing Drucker Class 14

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 1, 2010

Prahalad called the bottom of the pyramid. On a more modest scale, encourage your team members to do volunteer work in local communities; or have your team "adopt" specific development projects, such as those with Global Giving. Encourage your people to get engaged with what C.K.

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Prahalad NGO Long-term Energy 15

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.

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Microfinance Prahalad Bottom-up Banking 13

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 14, 2011

That is the question that the Thinkers50, the biennial global ranking of management thinkers , seeks to answer. Prahalad's earlier insights on the opportunities waiting to be found at the bottom of the pyramid. Who is the most influential living management thinker? The results for 2011 are published today — 14 November.

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Blue Ocean Strategy Management Christensen Balanced Scorecard 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 17, 2016

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. In his book The Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid , the late C.

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Price Airlines Govindarajan Advertising 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 11, 2013

Prahalad's " bottom of the pyramid ," that began life as academic research. It is the business of a social entrepreneur to stay ahead of the curve when it comes to the social impact of various phenomena, and to be academically honest about what they learn.

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Entrepreneur Microfinance Supply Chain Prahalad 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. This post is part of a series leading up to the 2014 Global Drucker Forum , taking place November 13-14 in Vienna, Austria. Almost 25 years ago in the pages of HBR , C.K. See the rest of the series here.

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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. This post is part of a series leading up to the 2014 Global Drucker Forum , taking place November 13-14 in Vienna, Austria. Almost 25 years ago in the pages of HBR , C.K. See the rest of the series here.

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Bureaucracy Short-term Long-term Intellectual Capital 9

The Horizons Tracker

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

Through the work of the Global Institute of Innovation Districts they highlight the work of ecosystems from Melbourne to Milan, St Louis to Stockholm, all of whom are working to further the development of a vaccine for the virus. Globally competitive. Speeding the recovery. growth and dynamism.

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Innovation Venture Capitalist Entrepreneur Crisis 84

Harvard Business Review

MAY 12, 2015

Prahalad and Gary Hamel’s 1990 article, “ The Core Competence of the Organization ”). Aggressive outsourcing and partnering to improve efficiencies (perhaps a reference to “ The Origins of Strategy, published in 1989 by the granddaddy of strategy consulting, BCG founder Bruce Henderson).

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Strategy Porter Blue Ocean Strategy Luehrman 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 5, 2014

There, they will find that they are confronted with local majorities opposed to the global leadership view and, in time, even leaders will conform. Prahalad called this concept strategic intent. That’s what appears to have happened at Blockbuster. In nature, the purpose of a system is hardwired. Gary Hamel and C.K.

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Organization Airlines Prahalad Hamel 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 5, 2014

There, they will find that they are confronted with local majorities opposed to the global leadership view and, in time, even leaders will conform. Prahalad called this concept strategic intent. That’s what appears to have happened at Blockbuster. In nature, the purpose of a system is hardwired. Gary Hamel and C.K.

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Organization Airlines Prahalad Hamel 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 14, 2011

Prahalad noted several years ago, multinationals can both serve a key market and make profits by serving the "bottom of the pyramid." Finally, in terms of host country strategies , the importance of developing a market strategy that focuses on the poor is crucial given the huge underclass in Egypt.

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Strategy Politics Short-term Long-term 13