From the deeply personal to the public governmental and business reactions to this cascade of tragedies, the Japanese have quietly shown the world how to deal with adversity. At the same time, inadvertently, this period has given us a chance to...

Last week, we offered the first part of a detailed look at what may be the most important company in the world - not solely because of its strategic positioning in core communications markets, nor because of its amazing growth story, but rather...

This week we offer the first part of a detailed look at what may be the most important company in the world - not solely because of its strategic positioning in core communications markets, nor because of its amazing growth story, but rather...

After a few decades of unbridled growth, the economic powerhouses of Asia are beginning to encounter self-imposed limits that will drop their GDP figures by perhaps 20%-30% in the near term. These limits include, but are not limited to, top-down...

In this issue, Eric shares data with us on new strategic issues and movements that are moving minds and money in Japan, ASEAN, and China: post-crisis reawakening of the nuclear export market, U.S. pressure on the new TPP agreement, Japan's...

Once again, our Asia Editor has brought us an on-the-ground look at the world from a Tokyo-based, post-tsunami perspective. I expect all of our members will find the results of this view to be useful and, to some degree, surprising.

Two divergent tendencies are becoming almost painfully obvious among companies and countries. The fact that both are driven by the same motive force, that of the growth of e-Services, makes their differences all the more striking.

The current triple crisis has put Japan under stresses far beyond what any planner had imagined. In doing so, it has provided an opportunity to see the real Japanese global economic model laid bare.

We have science, based on the discovery and repeated proving of what is objectively real, and which benefits society. And then we have everything else, even things called science which are not.

We are at a time when we're about to move from a fascination with social networks to the question of how those networks will be used. Without any doubt, one of the answers will be to provide information of some kind to each and every member.

(17-Feb-11) While a cyber attack similar to the one that compromised three key federal departments will almost certainly happen again, the damage can be limited if the government acts to break down technology silos and implement selective...

It takes many things to make a success in the hyper-competitive computer hardware market. This is even more true for the sub-categories of personal computers, desktops, CarryAlongs (pads and netbooks), media players, and smartphones.

I am writing to you today for two reasons. First, because until these announcements, you seemed to understand the China Model and its one-sided intentions. And second, because you seem to be making the most poorly informed and most damaging...

A friend of mine gave the gift of a new Kindle for Christmas. Being the thoughtful type, he told the recipient he would leave it on his own Amazon account, and that she could buy as many books as she wished for the next couple of weeks. Another...

In order to fully appreciate our concept of "Economic Cyberwar," one should start with the idea that the form of war preferred by mercantilist states is not militarist, but economic. Any military conflict is the result of poor planning, and...

Publisher's Note: For several years now, we have been watching, predicting, and documenting the basic military profiles of China and Japan, but only as they have affected international trade and markets. The latest aspect of this would be the...

After watching various forces and trends pick up speed in the aftermath of the 2007 collapse, we are suddenly in the midst of a wrenching global change, and it isn’t exactly the one everyone has been preparing to face.

As you will see from the letter that follows, Rafiq is keenly aware of the difference in perspectives between those inside, and outside, of India, and his current view will help those trying to form their own (perhaps revised) strategies to get...

This marks the first in a series of Pinnacle Conversations, the intent of which are to provide state-of-the-art information on critically important issues facing the world today, in technology and economics. This first conversation is with...

This concludes the first in a series of Pinnacle Conversations, the intent of which are to provide state-of-the-art information on critically important issues facing the world today, in technology and economics. This first conversation is...

A couple of months ago, I predicted that 2010 would be a record year in sales for two key industries: Personal Computers and Cars. For those who understand the roles these two items play in the global economic universe, this is all...

This issue is based on the transcript of an interview of Mark Anderson, CEO of SNS, by Art Kleiner, editor-in-chief of strategy+business, which took place at the SNS Future in Review conference at the Terranea Resort in Palos Verdes, California,...

If one were to go back to 1995 and take a good look at the work being done here, one would see a basic integrative method in play. Starting with individual technologies (i.e., chip types and software), moving through industry keiretsu that...

Apple and Google had interlocking boards, Adobe was Apple's lifelong development partner and ally, and even Intel had come back from the Dark Side of Wintel to make the chips used in Apple machines. What a happy family, all playing around the...

Publisher's Note: Asia Editor Scott Foster has again brought this continent, with its issues, challenges, and connections, directly into members' view with this latest quarterly update. If you are doing business in Asia, you will be glad we all...

I had the opportunity to make a new friend last week – someone who had, it turned out, recently attended my annual predictions talk in Bellingham. He had spent the last 20 years building two communications companies for a Japanese parent corp:...

Driven by cost pressures and a desire for increased business agility, offshoring of IT services has seen consistent growth since the 90s that paused briefly during the global recession but is now rebounding. Both large and small organizations...

Two weeks ago, we published the issue "What Is China?" Since then, we have gotten the largest response wave in our history. At the request of members, we allowed extended distribution of the issue, and later put it up on our blog, "A Bright...

Most people probably assume that the reason for China's enormous economic growth rates is simply size: anything powered by 1.2B people is bound to make a big splash. But India, with the self-proclaimed "oldest democracy in the world," is about...