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I. The Stage
by Kenichi Ohmae
The Next Global Stage Challenges and Opportunities in Our Borderless World
Copyright
Dedication
Acknowledgments
About the Author
Introduction
Some Stage Directions
Notes
The Plot
I. The Stage
1. The World Tour
The Curtain Rises
The World as a Stage
A Speedy Global Tour
Meanwhile in Ireland
Finland: In from the Cold
What Is the Global Economy?
Borderless
Invisible
Cyber-Connected
Measured in Multiples
Notes
2. Opening Night
The World AG
Leading the Dinosaur
The View from the Hotel: Detroit
Busting the Budget
Gates to the Future
14 AG: China
Putting an “e” in Christmas
Notes
3. The End of Economics
Reinventing Economics
Economic Theories That Once Fitted the Times
New Fundamentals Require New Thinking
Turning the Taps On and Off
Deflation and the GDP Deflator
Interest Rates and Nest Eggs
Can Physics Help?
A Complex World
The Curve Ball
Oscillating Wildly
Paradigm II
The Power of Politics
The Difficulty of Changing Habits
Uncle Sam Goes Global
The New Economic Paradigm
Notes
II. Stage Directions
4. Playmakers
Finding Your Bearings on the Global Stage
How Nation-States Retard Economic Development
The Nation-State Fetish
Strong States
The Rise of the Region
Defining the Region-State
Indian Summers
Carried Away in China
Not All Regions Are Created Equal
Surprising China
Microregions
Flexibility
Size and Scale Matter, But Not in a Traditional Way
Regions Are Gaining Their Deserved Recognition
Practical Considerations
What a Successful Region Has to Do
Branding Places
The Will to Succeed
Organizing Regions
Other Unions
Free Trade Area or Fortress?
Notes
5. Platforms for Progress
Relentlessly Forward
Developing Technology Platforms
Language as Platform
English Inc.
The Platform Profusion
Other Platforms
Notes
6. Out and About
Border Crossings
Technology: The Fairy Godmother
BPO: India as a Launch Pad
Dormant India
More Than a One-Country Wonder
BPO as a Platform
Home Sweet Home
Myths and Half-Truths
The View from India
Reaping the Benefits
BPO in a Borderless World
Notes
7. Breaking the Chains
The Portal Revolution
The Search
Have You Been Googled Recently?
Paying the Bill: The Payment Revolution
On the Rails
Delivery: The Logistics Revolution
The Arrival of the Micro Tag
Cool Chains and Fresh Food
Deliverance
Using Logistics to Solve Bigger Problems
For Dinner
Notes
III. The Script
8. Reinventing Government
Disappearing Power
Beyond Distribution
Size Matters
Downsizing and Resizing
A Vision for Change
The Japanese Vision
Mapping the Future
Visions Versus Mirages
Government Vision
Getting Noticed
Only Educate
Closing Down Distance
A New Role for Government
China: Governing the Ungovernable
Malaysia's Corridors of Power
Singapore's Appetite for Reinvention
Swedish Rhapsody
The Craic of the Irish
9. The Futures Market
All Change
The Technological Future
Technological Progress Means Death Is a Fact of Business Life
The Rise of VoIP and Its Impact on Telecoms
Join the March Early
The Personal Future
Embrace Leadership
Value Information and Innovation
Embrace Flexibility
The Corporate Future
The Homeless Corporation
Innovation, Inc.
The Adaptive Corporation
Beyond Hierarchy
Notes
10. The Next Stage
The Regional Future
Hainan Island
Petropavlosk-Kamchatsily, Russia
Vancouver and British Columbia
Estonia
The Baltic Corner
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Khabarovsk, Maritime (Primorye) Province and Sakhalin Island, Russia
São Paulo, Brazil
Kyushu, Japan
11. Postscript
Reopening the Mind of the Strategist
Beyond the Daydream
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