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The recent passing (on April 16, 2010) of brilliant management and strategy guru Professor C. K. Prahalad is a great loss to both academia and industry
He was the Paul and Ruth McCracken Distinguished University Professor of Strategy at the Ross School of Business, The University of Michigan. He is a globally recognised management thinker. In 2007, the Times of London and Suntop Media elected him as the most influential management thinker, while BusinessWeek named him the most influential thinker on business strategy.
Among his published works are The Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid, coauthor of Competing for the Future, The Future of Competition, and The New Age of Innovation.
He had won the McKinsey Prize for the best article four times, and had received several honorary doctorates. He had worked and consulted with many of the world's leading companies. He was a board member of NCR Corporation, Pearson PLC, Hindustan Unilever Ltd., The World Resources Institute, and The Indus Entrepreneurs.
Read more:
Leading management thinker C.K. Prahalad passes away at 68
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/leading-management-thinker-ck-prahalad-passes-away-at-68-2010-04-19?reflink=MW_news_stmp
Global CIO: C.K. Prahalad, Management Genius and Humanitarian, RIP
http://www.informationweek.com/news/global-cio/interviews/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=224400624
RIP Prof C.K. Prahalad (includes a few video presentations)
http://www.pluggd.in/c-k-prahalad-death-few-bop-lessons-297/
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