http://www.nextbillion.net/blogs/2007/12/03/ck-prahalad-the-greatest-management-thinker Comments for "CK Prahalad - The Greatest Management Thinker" en http://www.nextbillion.net/blogs/2007/12/03/ck-prahalad-the-greatest-management-thinker#comment-19236 I hope this calls for more attention on the BOP. Anyways, good to see an Indian on top of the pyramid! <br class="clear" /> Tue, 04 Dec 2007 00:01:34 -0500 Santosh Srinivas comment 19236 at http://www.nextbillion.net http://www.nextbillion.net/blogs/2007/12/03/ck-prahalad-the-greatest-management-thinker <img src="http://www.worldchanging.com/postimages/article/5984_largearticlephoto_1.jpg" border="0" width="99" height="157" align="right" />NextBillion joins in congratulating <a href="http://archive.wri.org/staff/board_biosketch.cfm?bid=33" title="Prof. C. K. Prahalad">Prof. C. K. Prahalad</a>. Prahalad, India-born management guru and academician, has been voted the world&#39;s most influential living management thinker in the <a href="http://www.thinkers50.com" title="Thinkers 50">Thinkers 50</a> biennial poll.<br /><br />A professor at the University of Michigans&#39; <a href="http://www.bus.umich.edu/" title="Stephen M Ross School of Business">Stephen M Ross School of Business</a> (and - full disclosure - a member of <a href="http://www.wri.org/about/board" title="WRI&#39;s Board of Directors">WRI&#39;s Board of Directors</a>), Prahalad specializes in corporate strategy research and is a globally <br />known figure consulted by the top management of many of the world&#39;s foremost companies.<br /><br />Prahalad, who is the first Indian-origin thinker to claim the title, was ranked number three in last year&#39;s Thinkers 50 list brought out by <br />Suntop Media.<br /><br />Each guru was assessed against criteria including Originality and Practicality of Ideas, Presentation Style and Communication, Loyalty of Followers, Business Sense, International Outlook, Rigor of Research, Impact of Ideas - and the clincher, &quot;Guru Factor&quot;.<br /><br />Prahalad is probably best known for his work with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Hamel" title="Gary Hamel">Gary Hamel</a> on resource-based strategy, which gave rise to the term &quot;core competence&quot;. The poll might drive new interest in Prof. Prahalad&#39;s work on the <a href="http://digitaldividend.org/pdf/bottompyramid.pdf" title="Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid">Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid</a>.<br class="clear" /><p><a href="http://www.nextbillion.net/blogs/2007/12/03/ck-prahalad-the-greatest-management-thinker">read more</a></p> http://www.nextbillion.net/blogs/2007/12/03/ck-prahalad-the-greatest-management-thinker#comment Strategy Mon, 03 Dec 2007 17:25:10 -0500 Nitin Rao 4911 at http://www.nextbillion.net