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C.K. Prahalad

Former Paul and Ruth McCracken Distinguished University Professor of Strategy; University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business

The late C.K. Prahalad was the Paul and Ruth McCracken Distinguished University Professor at the Stephen M. Ross School of Business,  specializing 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 twelve 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.

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Madras Cements, Ltd.
A leading cement producer in southern India, Madras Cement is having trouble controlling costs due to its disorganized reporting processes. This case documents the company’s two attempts to resolve these…
Publication Date: 07/11/2014 Product ID: 1-428-925
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Business Model Innovation at TutorVista: Personalization and Global Resource Leverage
How do you convince American parents living in the Midwest to hire tutors from India? How do you convince them to hire a tutor that they and their children will…
Publication Date: 12/14/2012 Product ID: 1-428-916
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Bharti Airtel (B)
This case study on India’s wireless giant Bharti Airtel (Airtel) is the second of two cases on the company that show how the firm exemplifies many of the tenets set…
Publication Date: 12/19/2011 Product ID: 1-428-864
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Bharti Airtel (A)
India’s wireless giant Bharti Airtel (Airtel) exemplifies many of the tenets set forth in the book The New Age of Innovation by CK Prahalad and MS Krishnan. Divided into two…
Publication Date: 05/23/2011 Product ID: 1-428-834
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ITC e-Choupal 3.0
This case study is an in-depth analysis of ITC’s initiative to develop third-generation e-Choupals, or internet-enabled computer stations based in villages. The first e-Choupals provided information on weather, best practices,…
Publication Date: 05/23/2011 Product ID: 1-428-915
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Annapurna Salt: Hindustan Lever Ltd.
In India, Iodine Deficiency Disorder (IDD) hinders the growth and intellectual development of 70 million people, with 20% of the population at risk. Yet up to 50% of the iodine…
Publication Date: 12/01/2010 Product ID: 1-429-155
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Selling Health: Hindustan Lever and the Soap Market
Around the world, 2.2 million people die from diarrheal disease every year. Children are especially at risk – one child dies every 30 seconds. India alone contributes thirty percent of…
Publication Date: 12/01/2010 Product ID: 1-429-156
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Voxiva: Minimizing the spread of AIDS
Peru’s struggle in the early 1990s to control a cholera outbreak took years, cost thousands of lives, and meant over $770 million dollars in lost productivity, trade, and tourism for…
Publication Date: 12/01/2010 Product ID: 1-429-157
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Jaipur Foot: Challenging Convention
With five and a half million amputees, there is an almost overwhelming need for an inexpensive artificial foot/lower limb prosthesis in India. Any solution also has to meet the needs…
Publication Date: 12/01/2010 Product ID: 1-429-145
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Casas Bahia: Fulfilling a Dream
In fifty years, Casas Bahia has grown from one man selling blankets and bed linens door-to-door to the largest retail chain in Brazil, offering electronics, appliances, and furniture. With its…
Publication Date: 12/01/2010 Product ID: 1-429-148
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