Topic: C.K. Prahalad

Q&A: C.K. Prahalad - Pyramid Schemer

Three years ago, C.K. Prahalad unearthed the "fortune at the bottom of the pyramid." It is, he says, still very real.READ»

The Untapped, $5 Trillion Market

C. K. Prahalad, the University of Michigan strategy guru and author of the best seller "The Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid," has lately taken some flack for his have-it-both-ways proposition that multinational corporations ...READ»

Can C.K. Prahalad Pass the Test?

One of the business world's most influential professors and consultants has invested millions of dollars of his own money to put himself to the test. Can he build a company around the principles that he has been teaching other high-powered leaders? And can he possibly change the world in the process?READ»

Smart Strategies: Putting Ideas To Work

"There have been several great eras in strategy," says one consultant. "This is not one of them." Still, there are signs of a renewed appetite for new thoughts. To get a sense of the enduring power of a big idea, we look at five companies that are putting smart strategies into action.READ»

A New Path To Profit

Save the world (and make a fortune) by selling to the world's poor, says C.K. Prahalad.READ»

Smart Strategies: Putting Ideas To Work

"There have been several great eras in strategy," says one consultant. "This is not one of them." Still, there are signs of a renewed appetite for new thoughts. To get a sense of the enduring power of a big idea, we look at five companies that are putting smart strategies into action.READ»

FC's Best Business Books of 2004

This week has seen a number of publications put out their lists of best business books. Heck, even Forbes put out a list (Trump's How to Get Rich at #5? Please. Now we know what happens to your brain when you watch too much reality ...READ»

Thinkers50 Business Guru Competition

The Times of London hosts the annual business guru competition. READ»

Please Don't Feed the Consultants

Consultant Debunking UnitREAD»

Will the World's Cheapest Solar Lantern Pull in Profits While Igniting Economic Development?

When the sun goes down, much of the world goes dark. At-home productivity sinks--you can't read or learn without light--unless you can afford to buy kerosene, which emits noxious fumes. D.Light, a company that originated as a ...READ»

Tata, Maker of the $2,000 Car, to Build $8,000 Apartments

Tata Motors, India's largest automobile company, has unveiled plans to build what might be the world's cheapest high-rise apartments--ranging in price from $7,800 to $13,400. The company is already famous for it's $2,000 ...READ»

C.K. Prahalad on How Corporations Capitalize on Innovation at the Bottom of the Pyramid

C.K. Prahalad, author of The Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid, chronicles the evolution of corporate social responsibility, or CSR, from hands-off projects which were primarily for publicity to innovative experiments that lead to ...READ»

Fast 50 Face-off: A Conversation with Innovation Guru Dev Patnaik

Innovation specialist Dev Patnaik of Jump Associates on which companies were ingenuity champs and which ones needed to "kick it up a notch."READ»

• Presenting the 2008 Fast 50
• The World's Most Innovative Companies

Thought Leaders: The Next 30

So many people are interested in who else is on this list and where they rank that I thought it would be helpful to share with you the next 30. So here they are: 21. Jeffrey Pfeffer 22. Philip Kotler 23. Robert C. Merton 24. C.K. ...READ»

What We Learned In The New Economy

What We Learned A Brief History Profiles Vocabulary Where Are They Now? What You Learned It's a foggy, rainy December afternoon at the port of Redwood City, California--the kind of day that makes reality hard to discern, ...READ»

More on Thought Leaders

Expanding on John's three previous entries in August about thought leaders featured in the book What's the Big Idea?, authors Laurence Prusak and Thomas Davenport winnow down the ranking even further in the December issue of Harvard ...READ»

Jones Soda's Secret

Peter van Stolk is getting people jonesin' for his soda by turning the brand over to them.READ»

The Perfect Vision of Dr. V.

At the Aravind Eye Hospital in Madurai, India, 82-year-old Dr. Govindappa Venkataswamy has solved the mystery of leadership: He brings eyesight to the blind and light to the soul.READ»

Fast Company Library

Books previously featured in Fast Company (2001)READ»

Man of Mystery

Ram Charan lives nowhere and goes everywhere, consulting for the largest and most powerful companies seven days a week, 365 days a year. Work is all he does, and all he wants to do. But even more than his dedication, it's his insights that have won him the ear of hundreds of top managers. Find out why.READ»

Fast Foundation

Zoë Baird and her colleagues at the Markle Foundation have embraced a daring approach to the risk-averse world of philanthropy. The results have been remarkable -- and controversial.READ»