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person1990s-present

Gary Hamel

Disciplines:
business strategy
management

Summary

American management theorist who co-developed the core competency framework with C.K. Prahalad and has advocated for fundamental reinvention of management practices.

Core Contribution

Competing for the Future (with Prahalad): companies need a strategic intent — a highly leveraged vision — and must build core competencies (the roots of competitive advantage, not individual products). Management Innovation: the next competitive advantage is innovation in management itself, not just products or processes.

Notable Works & Achievements

Competing for the Future

Leading the Revolution

The Future of Management

Historical Influences

Michael Porter C.K. Prahalad

Intellectual Lineage

Business Strategy Management Theory

Contemporaries & Peers

C.K. Prahalad Clayton Christensen

Minds Influenced

Strategic Management

Intellectual Posterity

Core Competency Theory

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