SPRING 2005 SEMINAR SERIES
Entrepreneurship in Asian High-Tech Industries

C. K. Prahalad

Professor, University of Michigan 

C.K. Prahalad, the Harvey C. Fruehauf Professor of Business Administration at the University of Michigan Business School, specializes in corporate strategy. His books include Multinational Mission: Balancing Local Demands and Global Vision (1987), co-authored with Yves Doz, Competing for the Future (1994), co-authored with Gary Hamel and printed in fourteen languages, and named the Best Selling Business Book of the Year in 1994. The Future of Competition: Co-Creating Unique Value with Customers (2004) (co-authored with Venkatram Ramaswamy), and translated into ten languages.  Business Week described the book as “provocative” and “an important book full of disruptive ideas”.  The Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid: Eradicating Poverty through Profit (2004). The book was selected as one of the best books of the year 2004 by The Economist, Fast Company and Amazon.com.  He was a member of the UN Commission on Private Sector and Development. 

He is also the author of numerous award-winning articles.  Harvard Business Review awarded him McKinsey Prizes for: “The End of Corporate Imperialism”, co-authored with Kenneth Lieberthal (1998); “The Core Competence of the Corporation”, co-authored with Gary Hamel (1990), and “Strategic Intent”, also co-authored with Gary Hamel (1989);  “Weak Signals vs. Strong Paradigms”, published in the Journal of Marketing Research (1995), was awarded the 1997 ANBAR Electronic Citation of Excellence;  “The Dominant Logic: A New Linkage between Diversity and Performance (1986), co-authored with Richard Bettis, was selected the Best Article published in the Strategic Management Journal for the period 1980-88; “The Role of Core Competencies in the Corporation” (1993) received the 1994 Maurice Holland Award as the Best Paper published in Research Technology Management in 1993; “A Strategy for Growth:  The Role of Core Competence in the Corporation” won the European Foundation for Management Award in 1993. 

A prominent world-class figure, Professor Prahalad has consulted with the top management of many of the world’s foremost companies, such as Ahlstrom, AT&T, Cargill, Citicorp, Eastman Chemical, Oracle, Phillips, Quantum, Revlon, Steelcase, and Unilever. 

He serves on the Board of Directors of NCR Corporation, Hindustan Lever Limited and the World Resources Institute. He is the Chairman and Founder of The Next Practice. 

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