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| caption = Prahalad on Nov 8, 2009, at [[World Economic Forum]]'s India Economic Summit 2009.
| caption = Prahalad on Nov 8, 2009, at [[World Economic Forum]]'s India Economic Summit 2009.
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1942|08|08}}<ref name="iimusa">[http://www.iimusa.org/iimusa/NotableAlumni.aspx?AlumniId=3 Notable Alumni: Dr. C K Prahalad]. IIMA USA Chapter.</ref>
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1942|08|08}}<ref name="iimusa">[http://www.iimusa.org/iimusa/NotableAlumni.aspx?AlumniId=3 Notable Alumni: Dr. C K Prahalad]. IIMA USA Chapter.</ref>
|birth_place = [[Coimbatore]], [[Tamil Nadu]], India
|birth_place = [[Coimbatore]], [[Madras State]], India
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2010|4|16|1942|8|8}}<ref name=ft>{{cite news|title=Manifesto writer for business survival |first=Stefan |last=Stern |date=April 19, 2010 |work=Financial Times |url=http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/77f4abf4-4b49-11df-a7ff-00144feab49a.html }}</ref>
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|death_place = [[San Diego]], [[California]], U.S.
|death_place = [[San Diego]], [[California]], U.S.
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'''Coimbatore Krishnarao Prahalad''' (8 August 1942 &ndash; 16 April 2010)<ref name="iimusa" /> was the Paul and Ruth McCracken Distinguished University Professor of Corporate Strategy at the [[Stephen M. Ross School of Business]] in the [[University of Michigan]].
'''Coimbatore Krishnarao Prahalad''' ({{Lang-kn|ಕೊಯೊಂಬತೂರೆ ಕೃಷ್ಣ ರಾವ್ ಪ್ರಹಲಾದ್ }}) (8 August 1942 &ndash; 16 April 2010)<ref name="iimusa" /> was the Paul and Ruth McCracken Distinguished University Professor of Corporate Strategy at the [[Stephen M. Ross School of Business]] in the [[University of Michigan]].


He was renowned as the co-author of "[[Core competency|Core Competence of the Corporation]]"<ref name="core">{{cite journal|last1= Prahalad|first1= C.K.|last2= Hamel|first2= Gary|title= Core Competence of the Corporation|journal= Harvard Business Review|publisher= [[Harvard Business Publishing]]|date= May 1990|url= http://hbr.org/1990/05/the-core-competence-of-the-corporation/ar/1}}</ref> (with [[Gary Hamel]]) and "The Fortune at the [[Bottom of the Pyramid]]"<ref name="bop">{{cite journal|last1= Prahalad|first1= C.K.|last2= Hart|first2= Stuart L.|title= The Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid|journal= strategy + business|publisher= [[Booz Allen Hamilton]] Inc.|year= 2002|url= http://www.cs.berkeley.edu/~brewer/ict4b/Fortune-BoP.pdf}}</ref> (with [[Stuart L. Hart]]).
He was renowned as the co-author of "[[Core competency|Core Competence of the Corporation]]"<ref name="core">{{cite journal|last1= Prahalad|first1= C.K.|last2= Hamel|first2= Gary|title= Core Competence of the Corporation|journal= Harvard Business Review|publisher= [[Harvard Business Publishing]]|date= May 1990|url= http://hbr.org/1990/05/the-core-competence-of-the-corporation/ar/1}}</ref> (with [[Gary Hamel]]) and "The Fortune at the [[Bottom of the Pyramid]]"<ref name="bop">{{cite journal|last1= Prahalad|first1= C.K.|last2= Hart|first2= Stuart L.|title= The Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid|journal= strategy + business|publisher= [[Booz Allen Hamilton]] Inc.|year= 2002|url= http://www.cs.berkeley.edu/~brewer/ict4b/Fortune-BoP.pdf}}</ref> (with [[Stuart L. Hart]]).
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==Early life==
==Early life==
Prahalad was the ninth of eleven children born in 1942 in to a [[Kannada]] speaking family in [[Coimbatore]], [[Tamil Nadu]]. His father was a well-known [[Sanskrit]] scholar and judge in [[Chennai]].<ref name="nyt">{{cite web|url= http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/22/business/22prahalad.html|title= C. K. Prahalad, Proponent of Poor as Consumers, Dies at 68|work= [[New York Times]]|date= 21 April 2010|accessdate= 11 June 2012}}</ref> At 19, he joined [[Union Carbide]], he was recruited by the manager of the local Union Carbide battery plant after completing his B.Sc degree in Physics from [[Loyola College, Chennai]], part of the [[University of Madras]]. He worked there for four years. Prahalad called his Union Carbide experience a major [[inflection point]] in his life. Four years later, he did his post graduate work in management at the [[Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad]].
Prahalad was the ninth of eleven children born in 1942 in to a [[Kannada]] speaking family in [[Coimbatore]], Madras State present-day Tamil Nadu. His father was a well-known [[Sanskrit]] scholar and judge in [[Chennai]].<ref name="nyt">{{cite web|url= http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/22/business/22prahalad.html|title= C. K. Prahalad, Proponent of Poor as Consumers, Dies at 68|work= [[New York Times]]|date= 21 April 2010|accessdate= 11 June 2012}}</ref> At 19, he joined [[Union Carbide]], he was recruited by the manager of the local Union Carbide battery plant after completing his B.Sc degree in Physics from [[Loyola College, Chennai]], part of the [[University of Madras]]. He worked there for four years. Prahalad called his Union Carbide experience a major [[inflection point]] in his life. Four years later, he did his post graduate work in management at the [[Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad]].


At [[Harvard Business School]], Prahalad wrote a [[doctoral thesis]] on multinational management in just two and a half years, graduating with a [[doctor of business administration|D.B.A.]] degree in 1975.<ref name="bio">[http://www.bus.umich.edu/Positive/POS-Research/PositiveSessions/Pos%20Links%20Prahalad%20bio.pdf Professor C.K. Prahalad]</ref>
At [[Harvard Business School]], Prahalad wrote a [[doctoral thesis]] on multinational management in just two and a half years, graduating with a [[doctor of business administration|D.B.A.]] degree in 1975.<ref name="bio">[http://www.bus.umich.edu/Positive/POS-Research/PositiveSessions/Pos%20Links%20Prahalad%20bio.pdf Professor C.K. Prahalad]</ref>

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C. K. Prahalad
Prahalad on Nov 8, 2009, at World Economic Forum's India Economic Summit 2009.
Born(1942-08-08)8 August 1942[1]
Coimbatore, Madras State, India
Died16 April 2010(2010-04-16) (aged 67)[2]
San Diego, California, U.S.
NationalityIndian American
CitizenshipIndia
Alma materLoyola College, Chennai
IIM Ahmedabad
Harvard Business School
OccupationProfessor
SpouseGayatri
ChildrenMurali Krishna, Deepa[3]

Coimbatore Krishnarao Prahalad (Kannada: ಕೊಯೊಂಬತೂರೆ ಕೃಷ್ಣ ರಾವ್ ಪ್ರಹಲಾದ್) (8 August 1942 – 16 April 2010)[1] was the Paul and Ruth McCracken Distinguished University Professor of Corporate Strategy at the Stephen M. Ross School of Business in the University of Michigan.

He was renowned as the co-author of "Core Competence of the Corporation"[4] (with Gary Hamel) and "The Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid"[5] (with Stuart L. Hart).

On April 16, 2010, Prahalad died of a previously undiagnosed lung illness in San Diego, California.[6] He was sixty-seven at the time of his death, but he left a large body of work behind.

Early life

Prahalad was the ninth of eleven children born in 1942 in to a Kannada speaking family in Coimbatore, Madras State present-day Tamil Nadu. His father was a well-known Sanskrit scholar and judge in Chennai.[7] At 19, he joined Union Carbide, he was recruited by the manager of the local Union Carbide battery plant after completing his B.Sc degree in Physics from Loyola College, Chennai, part of the University of Madras. He worked there for four years. Prahalad called his Union Carbide experience a major inflection point in his life. Four years later, he did his post graduate work in management at the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad.

At Harvard Business School, Prahalad wrote a doctoral thesis on multinational management in just two and a half years, graduating with a D.B.A. degree in 1975.[8]

Professorship and teaching

After graduating from Harvard, Prahalad returned to his master's degree alma mater, the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad. But he soon returned to the United States, when in 1977, he was hired by the University of Michigan's School of Business Administration, where he advanced to the top tenured appointment as a full professor. In 2005, Prahalad earned the university's highest distinction, Distinguished University Professor.

Achievements

Writings, interests, and business experience

In the earlier days of Prahalad's fame as established management guru, in the beginning of the 90's, he advised Philips' Jan Timmer on the restructuring of this electronic corporation, then on the brink of collapse. With the resulting, successful, 2–3 year long Operation Centurion he also frequently stood for the Philips management troops.

C. K. Prahalad is the co-author of a number of well known works in corporate strategy, including The Core Competence of the Corporation (with Gary Hamel, Harvard Business Review, May–June 1990) which continues to be one of the most frequently reprinted articles published by the Harvard Business Review.[9] He authored or co-authored several international bestsellers, including: Competing for the Future (with Gary Hamel, 1994), The Future of Competition (with Venkat Ramaswamy, 2004), and The Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid: Eradicating Poverty through Profits (Wharton School Publishing, 2004). His last book, co-authored by M. S. Krishnan and published in April 2008, is called The New Age of Innovation.

Prahalad was co-founder and became CEO of Praja Inc. ("Praja" from a Sanskrit word "Praja" which means "citizen" or "common people"). The goals of the company ranged from allowing common people to access information without restriction (this theme is related to the "bottom of pyramid" or BOP philosophy) to providing a testbed for various management ideas. The company eventually laid off 1/3 of its workforce and was sold to TIBCO. At the time of his death, he was still on the board of TiE, The Indus Entrepreneurs.

Prahalad has been among top ten management thinkers in every major survey for over ten years. Business Week said of him: "a brilliant teacher at the University of Michigan, he may well be the most influential thinker on business strategy today." He was a member of the Blue Ribbon Commission of the United Nations on Private Sector and Development. He was the first recipient of the Lal Bahadur Shastri Award for contributions to Management and Public Administration presented by the President of India in 1999.

Honors and awards

  • In 2009, he was awarded Pravasi Bharatiya Sammaan.[11]
  • In 2009, he was named the world's most influential business thinker on the Thinkers50.com list, published by The Times.[12]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Notable Alumni: Dr. C K Prahalad. IIMA USA Chapter.
  2. ^ Stern, Stefan (April 19, 2010). "Manifesto writer for business survival". Financial Times.
  3. ^ "Management guru C K Prahalad dead". Deccan Herald. 17 April 2010. Retrieved 24 April 2012.
  4. ^ Prahalad, C.K.; Hamel, Gary (May 1990). "Core Competence of the Corporation". Harvard Business Review. Harvard Business Publishing.
  5. ^ Prahalad, C.K.; Hart, Stuart L. (2002). "The Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid" (PDF). strategy + business. Booz Allen Hamilton Inc.
  6. ^ Stern, Stefan (19 April 2010). "Manifesto writer for business survival". Financial Times.
  7. ^ "C. K. Prahalad, Proponent of Poor as Consumers, Dies at 68". New York Times. 21 April 2010. Retrieved 11 June 2012.
  8. ^ Professor C.K. Prahalad
  9. ^ Schumpeter (24 April 2010). "The guru of the bottom of the pyramid". The Economist.
  10. ^ Prahalad, C.K. “The Role of Core Competencies in the Corporation," Research-Technology Management, Vol. 36, No. 6 (November–December 1993), pp. 40-47.
  11. ^ "The NRIs who made India feel proud". Rediff. Retrieved 24 April 2012.
  12. ^ "C K Prahalad voted as most influential mgmt thinker". Business Standard. 14 October 2009. Retrieved 24 April 2012.
  13. ^ "Viipuri Prize goes posthumously to world-renowned Professor C.K. Prahalad". Lappeenranta University of Technology. 16 November 2010. Retrieved 11 June 2012.
  14. ^ "The Viipuri Prize". Lappeenranta University of Technology. Retrieved 11 June 2012.

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