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 28

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. Practical solutions. Without it, I worry about a bleak picture for the recovery and follow-on growth.”.

Innovation 84

Innovation Venture Capitalist Entrepreneur Crisis 84

Strategy Driven

MARCH 16, 2016

Prahalad or The Business Solution to Poverty by Paul Polak and Mal Warwick. They prove that the most economically disadvantaged people on the planet create a great market for social entrepreneurs – AND provide a terrific testing ground for innovation and cost control. Two examples: Let There Be Light. million in annual revenues.

Productivity 50

Productivity Products Prahalad Open-book 50

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. The bar for usability is very high in developed markets because of an abundance of choice and competition. The same is increasingly true in developed economies. In the U.S.,

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Prahalad Business Model Early Adopters Globalization 16

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.

Microfinance 17

Microfinance Prahalad Bottom-up Banking 17

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. But this approach seldom works.

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Entrepreneur Prahalad Bottom-up Price 12

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 21, 2011

To survive, it has stopped selling film cameras, focusing on the digital ones that dominate the market. Organizations such as IBM and GE have adapted over the years to remain competitive in the market. Others like Kodak and Nokia are re-strategizing in order to remain relevant in a dynamic global market. But it arrived late.

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Core Competence Prahalad Film Hamel 15

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 1, 2010

Leaders of these companies now believe that "doing good" can be a powerful strategy for growing markets, stimulating innovation, motivating employees, tapping into new talent pools, and actually reducing costs. Prahalad called the bottom of the pyramid. As Jason Saul argues in his new book Social Innovation Inc. , Educate your team.

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Prahalad NGO Long-term Energy 16

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 4, 2012

Gary Hamel and CK Prahalad laid out their view in the Harvard Business Review classic "Core Competence of the Corporation." But if you are a services company, your ability to quickly develop young talent could be your secret sauce. Luckily, strategists have studied the "what makes you special" question for some time.

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Company Competitive Advantage Prahalad Hamel 16

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 4, 2012

Gary Hamel and CK Prahalad laid out their view in the Harvard Business Review classic "Core Competence of the Corporation." But if you are a services company, your ability to quickly develop young talent could be your secret sauce. Luckily, strategists have studied the "what makes you special" question for some time.

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Company Competitive Advantage Prahalad Hamel 16

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 15, 2011

At the same time, design consultancies are increasingly looked at to spearhead the development process — from consumer research to design to prototyping, manufacturing and packaging. I've found shortcutting this process, or failing to explore how design can align with strategy, will only limit market and financial success.

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Prahalad Budgeting Creativity Fashion 15

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 12, 2012

They get stuck making incremental improvements that are rooted in existing competencies, markets, and business models. When combined with a smart marketing campaign, the car became a symbol of the whole environmental movement. A core insight provides forward-looking understanding of customer needs, behaviors, and market trends.

Core Competence 15

Core Competence Prahalad Hamel Brand 15

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 14, 2011

Developments in the Middle East — first the removal of long-time Tunisian President Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali in January 2011 and now Hosni Mubarak's stepping down in Egypt — suggest that authoritarian regimes in the region are not immune to "people power."

Strategy 15

Strategy Politics Long-term Short-term 15

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 11, 2013

It is unthinkable, for instance, to imagine a social entrepreneur treating research on the health effects of tobacco use the way the tobacco industry, market analysts, and investors did in the 1960s and '70s. Prahalad's " bottom of the pyramid ," that began life as academic research. They can be more analytical.

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Entrepreneur Microfinance Supply Chain Prahalad 13

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 12, 2013

Her confession was blurted out in the midst of our first conversation about the new digital marketing strategy which we would eventually advise them on: "You know, I don''t think I believe in segmentation anymore." In others, marketers were still adamant that segmentation was the only way to go, but couldn''t explain its benefits.

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Ramaswamy Levitt Prahalad Christensen 10

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 17, 2016

Don’t engage in over-the-top discounting that trains customers, both in B2C and B2B markets, to buy cleverly on price and price alone. It also determines which market segments the company will serve and what channels it will use to reach them. Honda once dominated the motorbike market in Vietnam, with a share of 90%.

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Price Airlines Advertising Long-term 8

Marshall Goldsmith

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

Deepa Prahalad – Focused on design and emerging markets. 14th Administrator, United States Agency for International Development. Rod MacKenzie – Executive Vice President, Chief Development Officer for Pfizer, member of Pfizer’s Executive Leadership Team. HR and talent development roles with General Motors Australia.

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Executive Coaching CEO Banking Magazine 70

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 20, 2011

Conversely, why market cigarettes? He reasoned that if marketers worked on maximizing return on sales, production managers were rewarded for the sales they squeezed out of their physical plant, and finance managers focused on minimizing the amount of equity capital they needed, ROE would take care of itself. Social media spending?

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ROE Debt to Equity Ratio Innovation Incentives 14