Kenichi Ohmae
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Kenichi Ohmae (大前 研一 Ōmae Ken'ichi, born February 21, 1943 in Kitakyūshū, Fukuoka Prefecture) is a business and corporate strategist who developed the 3C's Model.[1]
For twenty-three years, Dr. Ohmae was a senior partner in McKinsey & Company, the international management consulting firm. As a co-founder of its strategic management practice, he served companies in a wide spectrum of industries, including industrial and consumer electronics, finance, telecommunications, food and chemicals.
Born in 1943 in Kitakyūshū, he earned a BS from Waseda University, an MS from the Tokyo Institute of Technology, and a doctorate in nuclear engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and subsequently worked as a senior design engineer for Hitachi. He then joined McKinsey & Company, becoming a senior partner, developing and running the company's Japan operations for a number of years.
In 1995, he ran for Governor of Tokyo, but lost to Yukio Aoshima.
Ohmae has written a number of books, including "The Mind of the Strategist", The End of the Nation State and The Borderless World.
He now lives in Tokyo with his wife and two sons.[2]
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[edit] References
- ^ http://www.easy-strategy.com/kenichi-ohmae.html (retrieved on 12 June 2011)
- ^ www.kohmae.com (retrieved on 16 January 2006)
[edit] External links
- website (in Japanese)
- The Next Global Stage: Challenges and Opportunities in Our Borderless World
- Kenichi Ohmae Graduate School of business MBA via distance education
- A List of Kenichi Books available through Amazon UK
