The Invisible Continent

by Ohmae, Kenichi

• ISBN13: 9780060957421
• ISBN10: 0060957425
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-06-07
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publications

Summary

Kenichi Ohame looks ahead to the future of business in the age of the Internet and sees a rapidly changing landscape -- one to which we must adapt or face the consequences. Ohame unveils this new economy's four basic forces and shows how a dramatic and volatile battleground is forming between companies and the countries that try to regulate them. Just as The Borderless World foresaw a globally interlinked economy, The Invisible Continent maps out the coming technological revolutions and the impact they will have on the businesses around the world. A must read for anyone seeking to attain and keep a competitive advantage in today's markets, The Invisible Continent is a "timely, well-written, and well-organized book" (Library Journal).

Table of Contents

The Age of Exploration	1	(28)
The Four Dimensions of the Invisible Continent	3	(5)
Modeling the New Continent? No Dice	8	(1)
Staking Out a Claim in Four Dimensions	9	(3)
Japan: The Contradictions of a Crisis	12	(3)
A Strategic Approach to the Invisible Continent	15	(6)
Year 15 ``After Gates''	21	(3)
The New Cold War	24	(2)
Learning to Embrace the Old and New	26	(3)
The Golden Platforms	29	(32)
The Platforms of American Success	32	(9)
Principles of Platforms	41	(17)
Seeing the CEO as a CIO	58	(3)
Arbitrage and the New Economy	61	(28)
The Essential Nature of Arbitrage	63	(2)
A Field Guide to the New Arbitrage	65	(13)
A Priceability-Based Economy	78	(4)
The Greatest Economic Strength	82	(2)
A Portal Revolution	84	(1)
The Invisible-Continent Dog and the Old-World Tail	85	(4)
Wake-up Call for Corporate Strategists	89	(30)
Traditional Companies in a Land of Godzillas	92	(4)
A Strategy for the New Continent	96	(7)
Becoming a Godzilla Company	103	(14)
Making the Transition	117	(1)
The People of a Godzilla Company	118	(1)
Regional Winners and National Losers	119	(22)
Setting the Stage for New Relationships Between Corporations and Government	122	(2)
The American Zebra	124	(4)
The Rise of the Region-State	128	(3)
Deer Hunters	131	(2)
Prescriptions for a National Leader	133	(3)
The Role of Regional Government	136	(5)
The Long Tunnel	141	(46)
Following the American Example	149	(5)
Dark Miles Ahead	154	(4)
Understanding the Asian ``Crash of '97''	158	(4)
The Japanese Choice: Borrowing from Our Grandchildren or Ourselves	162	(11)
The Crisis Throughout Asia	173	(11)
Beyond the Asian Crash	184	(3)
The New Cold War	187	(24)
Anatomy of a New Cold War	189	(9)
The Impact of a New Cold War	198	(2)
Sharing a Vision of Wealth in the New Economy	200	(7)
Don't Speak, for Fear It May Happen	207	(4)
Taming the New Wild West	211	(24)
Rethinking the Value of Work	212	(3)
Governing the New Frontier	215	(8)
An Evolving Design for Democracy	223	(4)
Educating the New Citizen	227	(4)
The Revolution Against Ourselves	231	(2)
A Declaration of Interdependence	233	(2)
Epilogue	235	(6)
Endnotes	241	(6)
Index	247