The End of the Nation State

Abstract

Kenich Ohmae published his acclaimed book, The End of the Nation State in 1995. He predicted that because of investment, industry, information technology, and individual consumers, the nation state has become largely unnecessary. That is, nation states no longer have to play a market‐making role and have become unnatural units. Their eclipse, he argued, has been accelerated by the rising influence of global corporations and the ascendancy of global logic in international affairs. Indeed, the demise of the Soviet Union and the abatement of the Cold War has reinforced the impression that the world is moving into an era where business cooperation and economic integration, rather than ideological differences and militaristic competition governing relations among nations and world affairs.

Citation

(2002), "The End of the Nation State", International Journal of Commerce and Management, Vol. 12 No. 3/4, pp. i-vi. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb047449