Winning the Global Game: A Strategy for Linking People and Profits

by Jeffrey Rosensweig

Book Overview

In the 21st century global economy, emerging nations will provide almost half of the potential customers for western goods and services, concludes international business expert Jeffrey A. Rosensweig.... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0684849194
• ISBN13: 9780684849195
• Release Date: July 1998
• Publisher: Free Press
• Length: 259 Pages
• Weight: 1.11 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.6"

Customer Reviews

Great Read

Rosenweig has a knack for delivering a difficult and complex message in a compelling and easy to understand manner. I thoroughly enjoyed this book and learned a great deal. I have borrowed several of the concepts for discussions with my clients. Whether you are a student of the global game or a veteran practitioner, I strongly recommend this book to gain a fresh and intriguing perspective.

Incredible insight into the future of the global economy

Jeff Rosensweig's book, Winning the Global Game, easily has been the most insightful and practical book about international business and the future of the global economy that I have read in many years. Not only does he make economic theories and business strategies very digestible for people of all walks of life, but Rosensweig also writes in an entertaining style. A MUST READ FOR ANYONE SEEKING TO DO BUSINESS ABROAD, MAKING ANY DECISION WITH EXPLICIT OR IMPLICIT INTERNATIONAL IMPLICATIONS OR WISHING TO BROADEN THEIR KNOWLEDGE OF GLOBAL TRENDS

A fresh approach to global economy.

Winning the Global Game Jeffrey A. RosensweigThe book presents one great discovery, what is well above the average. So it is worth of reading. But if you want to learn how the global economy is structured in next 50 years and if your business depends on global developments the reading is vital. Rosensweig likes models, what the readers not speaking about students, normally do not like. But he also likes clarity and simple sentences. So what you have in the book, is a lot of figures and scientific accuracy, but all of it in clear and easy to follow form. The conventional knowledge is that the population of developed nations compared to developing nations is declining. And if you take the standard population and output statistics then you have to agree with it. But if you forget the national statistics and try to look on the world as set of economic regions the result is different. And this is what Rosensweig actually does. Few years ago US former labor secretary Robert Reich in his book "The Work of Nations" and Japanese management thinker Kenjiti Ohmae in his book "The End of the Nation State: The Rise of National Economies" argued that thinking in the terms of nation states is not valid any more. Economic regions are more important to describe the new world economic development. Now we see Rosenswig to use the concept. His discovery is that if by year 2000 the share of developed regions in the world population is 33,8%, then by year 2010 it will be 44%. Why so? Simple, you just have to ignore the nation states and look on huge emerging countries as China for example just as set of regions. The result is that you see some of regions belonging to almost developed industrial world and some of them to rather poor agricultural world. Rosenswig also briefly desribes how it is possible for the nations to get out vigorous circle of generating the poverty. But what is especially important he presents the examples of the nations who could do it.

Excellent reading for the corporate leaders of tomorrow

Rosensweig's book offers a new perspective on the "global game" that corporations will play in the future. It provides an insightful peak behind the curtain of the global markets of the future. The early chapters focus on the traditional triad of industrialized regions. The author provides details of the growth in the markets of Norht America, Western Europe and Japan. He then forecasts population growth for all the regions of the world and opines that the "populous south" will be an emerging economic region that offers great potential. As a corporate executive, I found his perspective extremely refreshing and insightful.

Clear and Useful Even for the Not-So-Business Savvy

I am not a business student or executive, but President Carter's back cover review intrigued me enough to buy Rosensweig's book. What a wonderful surprise! I found the book to be incredibly insightful. There are two aspects of the book that I would highlight: its lucidity and its thoroughness. Rosensweig has a unique ability to speak to the layman and the expert alike. By combining graphs and charts with specific examples and a clear writing style, Rosensweig has produced a book that is both readable and informative. Indeed, the fluidity of the text made it a joy to read. In addition to being well written, the other reason that I highly recommend Rosensweig's book is because it is so comprehensive. He is comfortable and informed at various levels of analysis. The book moves from a view of the global economy, down to individual nations and specific corporations. Then at the end, Rosensweig discusses strategies for individual career development. The result is that all the bases are covered, from a picture of the global economy on down to what you as an individual can do to get yourself into the "global game." While "Global Game," is part of the tittle, more important to me was the idea of "connecting people with profits." Just as this phrase is a subtitle that underlines the title, the idea is also a sub-theme that underlies the book. Rosensweig's insight is that companies can do well while at the same time doing good. I could not think of a more timely message for the 21st century and the emerging global economy.