The End of the Nation State [rare books] by Kenichi Ohmae

"Ken Ohmae is the best writer in the world at summarizing and forecasting the fast-paced changes in international business. The End of the Nation State is his finest work to date."

-PHILIP H. KNIGHT, CHAIRMAN AND CEO, NIKE, INC.

From the world-renowned business strategist Kenichi Ohmae comes a profound and revolutionary work that explores the rise of the region state (an area linked by economic activity but not confined by national boundaries) and its effects on the global economy

Today's nation state has lost its capacity to control exchange rates and protect its currencies and, because it no longer generates real economic activity, the nation state has forfeited its role as a critical participant in the global In its place, investment, industry, information technology, and individual consumers have usurped the economic power once held by the nation state. The result? The rise of the region state, a natural economic zone that has emerged, for example, between San Diego and Tijuana, Boston and Washington, Singapore and parts of Malaysia and Indonesia. In illustrative detail, Ohmae describes how region states are more closely linked to other region states in the global economy than to their "host" nations-and how they constitute essential growing markets for the goods and services of global corporations.

A masterful analysis, The End of the Nation State is certain to redefine the logic and workings of the global economy-now and for generations to