Harold L. Sirkin
Harold "Hal" L. Sirkin (born 1959, died 2022) is an American business consultant and author, who often writes about trends in innovation and global business competition. He graduated summa cum laude from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in 1980 with a B.S. in Economics, and from the University of Chicago in 1981 with an M.B.A. He is also a professor at Kellogg School of Management and a CPA.[1]
Career[edit]
He is the co-author of two books: Payback: Reaping the Rewards of Innovation,[2] which advises companies to adopt a systematic approach to innovation, and Globality: Competing with Everyone from Everywhere for Everything,[3] which explores strategies for economic competition under globality, the end state of globalization. Payback was named one of the "Best Innovation and Design Books for 2006" by BusinessWeek magazine.[4] Globality was picked by The Economist as one of the best business books of 2008.[5] Sirkin has also contributed to Time and the Harvard Business Review.
Selected bibliography[edit]
Books[edit]
- Sirkin, Harold L.; Hemerling, James W.; Bhattacharya, Arindam K; with John Butman (2008). Globality: Competing with Everyone from Everywhere for Everything. New York: Business Plus: ISBN 0-446-17829-2
- Sirkin, Harold L.; Andrew, James P.; Butman, John (2007). Payback: Reaping the Rewards of Innovation. Cambridge, MA: Harvard Business School Press: ISBN 1-4221-0313-7 ISBN 978-1-4221-0313-5
- Sirkin, Harold L.; Rose, Justin R.; Zinser, Michael (2012). The US Manufacturing Renaissance: How Shifting Global Economics Are Creating an American Comeback. Philadelphia, PA: Knowledge at Wharton: ISBN 9781625399380
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Sirkin, Harold L.; James P. Andrew, and John Butman (2007-01-09), Payback: Reaping the Rewards of Innovation, Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard Business School Press, pp. 228, ISBN 978-1-4221-0313-5
- ^ Sirkin, Harold L.; James W. Hemerling, and Arindam K. Bhattacharya (2008-06-11), Globality: Competing with Everyone from Everywhere for Everything, New York, New York: Business Plus, pp. 304, ISBN 978-0-446-17829-7
- ^ "Innovation and Design Books 2006". BusinessWeek. 2006-12-06. Archived from the original on December 8, 2006. Retrieved 2008-10-22.
- ^ "Books of the year: Pick of the pile". The Economist. 2008-12-04. Archived from the original on December 8, 2006. Retrieved 2009-06-29.
External links[edit]
- Globality (Boston Consulting Group website dedicated to the book by Sirkin et al.)
- BusinessWeek. "Why Multinationals Need Chinese MBAs". January 9, 2006.
- BusinessWeek. "Being Global"[dead link]. July 14, 2008.
- Knowledge@Wharton. "Whether You Agree with Globality of Disagree, Don't Ignore It". August 20, 2008.
- BusinessWeek. "Global Talent Growth"[dead link]. September 15, 2008.
- Knowledge@Wharton. "BCG's Hal Sirkin on 'Globality' and the New Two-way Street of Global Business". September 22, 2008
- The Washington Post. "Competing With Everybody From Everywhere For Everything". November 3, 2008.
- Knowledge@Wharton. "'Globality': Why Companies Are Competing with Everyone from Everywhere for Everything". November 20, 2008.
- The Economist. "Books of the Year". December 4, 2008.
- Hal Sirkin’s commentaries on bcg.perspectives
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