World Top 50 Business Thinkers

Who are 50 influential business thinkers or expert in the world? CrainerDearlove, leadership consulting firm, compile a list of 50 influential business thinkers in the world. This list is the fifth edition. Who are they?

IN making this list, CrainerDearlove, 3500 has been to survey business people in the world to compile a list of 100 business thinkers. Furthermore, the panel set a list of top 50 world's top business thinkers.
Prahalad ranked first in this list successive editions since 2007. Because there are economic tragedy in 2008, no change singnifikan on the list.
A total of 13 thinkers first appeared on the list of 2009. Brands include economics Nobel laureate, Muhammad Yunus, founder of Grameen Bank and author of Banker to the Poor. He was ranked 6th.
The names are dropped from the list of these rankings, including Scott Adams, creator of Dilbert, and former Federal Reserve chief Alan Greenspan, who ranked third in 2007. In total there are 19 people who dropped from the top 50 business thinkers.

1. C.K. Prahalad
Country: India and the United States (U.S.)
Academics University of Michigan
In 2007, Rank 1

"Influence C.K. Prahalad really big in the business world, "said Dearlove December, making up the global ranking of business thinkers list by Stuart Crainer. "He invented the term 'core competencies' in the era of 1990, where he set the agenda for a generation of business management strategies. Her latest book entitled The Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid have demonstrated the role of business in overcoming poverty in the world. "



2. Malcolm Gladwell
Country: Canada
New York columnist
In 2007, Rank 18

Surged in 2009 in ranking, is a Canadian-born writer and journalist, Malcolm Gladwell. With the best-selling book 'The Tipping Point, Blink, and Outliers', Gladwell tried to write with storytelling as an art form to express his perception,''noted Stuart Crainer. ''He said''the best original policy.

3. Paul Krugman
Country: U.S.
Princeton University Academics
2007 Ranking: None

Back in the top 50 business thinkers is Paul Krugman. He ranked third. Prize Winner of this economy to make a breakthrough with his impressive versama Nobel prize winner Joseph Stiglitz, who ranked 22nd.

4. Steve Jobs
Country: U.S.
One founder of Apple Computer
2007 Ranking: None

Steven Paul Jobs was born in San Francisco, California, United States, February 24, 1955. He is one of the founders of Apple Computer, after Steve Wozniak in 1976. He popularized the concept of home computer with the Apple II. Later, he was one person who first realized the potential to commercialize the graphical user interface and mouse, developed at Palo Alto Research Center Xerox company, and then the technology is applied into the Apple Macintosh. Jobs also led the Pixar Animation Studios, a leading company in the world of computer animated big screen.

5. W. Chan Kim & Renée Mauborgne
Country: Korea and U.S.
Academics Insead
2007 Ranking: 6

Its ranking rose is INSEAD academics-namely Korean, W. Chan Kim and American partners, Renée Mauborgne. Follow up the success of his books best-seller, Blue Ocean Strategy (sold 2 million copies) picked it ranked 5th in Aas his opponent Gary Hamel. "

6. Muhammad Yunus
Country: Bangladesh
Founder of Grameen Bank, Economist
2007 Ranking: None

Muhammad Yunus is one of 50 newcomers thinkers. Citizens of Bangladesh who micro-credit expert and author of Banker to the Poor is a Nobel prize-winning entry in the top 10 business thinkers.

7. Bill Gates
Country: U.S.
The founder of Microsoft, Social Charitable Activities
2007 Ranking: 2

Gates is now synonymous with the word kapitalism. He calls "creative capitalism." Not everyone ingiun like Bill Gates, but many people acknowledge the steps the business so as to achieve a richest on the planet.

8. Richard Branson
Country: United Kingdom
Virgin Founder, Entrepreneur
2007 Ranking: 9

Virgin founder is still maintaining the spirit of maneuvering in the field of public relations and business that they do. Supported by a team of great people, he still lived his life happy and friendly.

9. Philip Kotler
Country: U.S.
Academics Northwestern University Academic
2007 Ranking: 11

One of the largest book by Kotler, Marketing Management. Kotler has dominated the world market since the past three decades. From the beginning he says that marketing can make a difference. Her latest book, Chaotics, reflecting the seriousness out of the boundaries in general and express an opinion. So necessary to read.

10. Gary Hamel
Country: U.S.
One of the founders MLab, Consultant
2007 Ranking: 5

Hamel latest book The Future of Management, the less exposure to displaying interesting about business competition in the future. With MLab, Hamel known as the champion raises new manajamen-labeled Management 2.0.

Rank 2007 Rank Name Country Day Job

1 C.K. Prahalad an Indian / U.S. University of Michigan Academic
2 Malcolm Gladwell New Yorker columnist Canada 18
3 Paul Krugman - U.S. Princeton Academic
4 Steve Jobs 29 U.S. CEO of Apple
5 W. Chan Kim & Renée Mauborgne 6 Korea / U.S. Insead Academics
6 Muhammad Yunus - Bangladesh Founder of Grameen Bank, Economist
Bill Gates 2 U.S. 7 Founder of Microsoft, Philanthropist
8 Richard Branson 9 U.K. Founder of Virgin, Entrepreneur
9 Philip Kotler 11 U.S. Northwestern University Academic
10 Gary Hamel 5 U.S. Co-founder Mlab, Consultant
11 Michael Porter 4 U.S. Harvard Academic
12 Ratan Tata - Chairman of Tata India
13 Ram Charan 22 India Executive Coach
34 U.S. 14 Marshall Goldsmith Executive Coach
15 S. Kris Gopalakrishnan - Indian Co-founder and CEO of Infosys
U.S. 39 16 Howard Gardner Harvard Academic
Jim Collins 10 U.S. 17 Consultant
18 Lynda Gratton 19 U.K. London Business School Academic
19 Tom Peters 7 U.S. Consultant
20 Jack Welch 8 U.S. Retired Executive
21 Eric Schmidt - U.S. CEO of Google
22 Joseph Stiglitz - U.S. Columbia Academic
23 Kjell Nordstrom & Jonas Ridderstrale 13 Sweden Speakers and Academics
24 Vijay Govindarajan 23 India / U.S. Academic in Residence for GE
25 Marcus Buckingham 38 U.K. Speaker
26 Richard D'Aveni 46 U.S. Dartmouth Academic
27 Rosabeth Moss Kanter 28 U.S. Harvard Academic
25 U.S. 28 Clayton Christensen Harvard Academic
Stephen Covey 15 U.S. 29 Speaker and Author
30 Thomas Friedman 26 U.S. New York Times columnist
31 David Ulrich 42 U.S. University of Michigan Academic
32 Roger Martin - Canada Dean of the University of Toronto's Rotman School
33 Henry Mintzberg 16 Canada McGill Academic
Daniel Goleman 37 U.S. 34 Author and Consultant
35 Chris Anderson - U.S. Wired Editor-in-chief
36 Warren Bennis 24 U.S. University of Southern California Academic
37 Robert Kaplan & David Norton 12 U.S. Consultants
Jeff Immelt 31 U.S. 38 CEO of General Electric
39 Don Tapscott - Canada Consultant
40 Nassim Taleb - Lebanese Academic
John Kotter 30 U.S. 41 Harvard Academic
42 Niall Ferguson - U.K. Harvard and Oxford Academic
Ireland 14 43 Charles Handy Author
Rakesh Khurana 44 45 India / U.S. Harvard Academic
45 Manfred Kets De Vries - Holland Academic Insead
46 Tammy Erickson - U.S. Author and Consultant
Cyprus 44 47 Costas Markides London Business School Academic
48 Barbara Kellerman - U.S. Harvard Academic
49 Rob Goffee & Gareth Jones 32 U.K. Academics
50 Jimmy Wales - U.S. Co-founder of Wikipedia

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