“Kenichi Ohmae's "New Capital Theory": Challenging the Invisible Economic Continent" Kenichi Ohmae / Naoto Kira Price: ¥2200 Toyo Keizai Inc. (Released 2001/11) The spine of the cover shows some yellowing (see photo). The text is a beautiful, unused copy. [Publisher's Introduction] Kenichi Ohmae, who caused a sensation in the US and UK, releases his first full-fledged business book of the 21st century in a while. A masterpiece following "The Mind of the Strategist" and "The Borderless World." It clarifies the essence of management. The author, selected as one of five "gurus of modern society" by The Economist (UK), depicts the "new economic society of the 21st century." What is the "winning strategy" required in the new era? [Table of Contents] Chapter 1: The Age of Exploration - Discovery of a New Continent! Chapter 2: Wealth is Born from Platforms Chapter 3: The Essence of Arbitrage Chapter 4: Wake Up, Corporate Strategist - Strategies Have Fundamentally Changed Chapter 5: Regions that Become Winners and Nations that Become Losers Chapter 6: The Long Tunnel Chapter 7: The New Cold War Chapter 8: Taming the Wild West [Author Introduction] Kenichi Ohmae Born in Fukuoka Prefecture in 1943. After graduating from the Faculty of Science and Engineering at Waseda University, he received a master's degree from the Graduate School of Nuclear Engineering at the Tokyo Institute of Technology and a doctorate from the Graduate School of Nuclear Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. After working as an engineer in the Nuclear Development Department of Hitachi, Ltd., he joined McKinsey & Company, Inc. in 1972. He served as Director, President of the Japanese branch, and Chairman of the Asia-Pacific region. In November 1992, he established the policy-oriented citizen group "Heisei Ishin no Kai" and became its representative. In July 1994, he retired from McKinsey & Company, Inc. after more than 20 years of service. He is currently the head of the "Isshinjuku" (a place for discovering and nurturing talent), the founder and representative director of Ohmae & Associates, Sky Perfect TV!'s business channel "Business Breakthrough (BBT757)", and Jasdic Park Co., Ltd., a joint venture specializing in software development with India. He also serves as a director of Graviton, ACI, Square, and E-System Co., Ltd. He is also a professor at the UCLA Graduate School of Public Policy, a board member and director and visiting professor at Bond University in Australia, a visiting professor at the Graduate School of International Corporate Strategy at Hitotsubashi University, and a board member of the SEI Center at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.