The Art of Strategy

This is a great book with historical, cross-cultural, and comparative perspectives. Jeng Liu, Professor of Sociology, Dean of College of Social Sciences, Tunghai University, Taiwan With an excellent synthesis of leading strategists of the East and West, this landmark study provides a fascinating, thought-provoking read for experts, students, and members of the larger business community who are looking for new ideas and strategies. Gi-Wook Shin, Tong Yang, Korea Foundation, and Korea Stanford Alumni Chair of Korean Studies and Professor, Department of Sociology, Sanford University There could not be better time for reading such a book where the West meets the East, the Ancients meet the Moderns, the generals meet the businessmen, and Sun Tzu meets Michael Porter. Brilliantly written and well structured around thirteen main themes, The Art of Strategy delivers a wealth of original perspectives, messages and questions that readers will want to return to again and again. Patrick Messerlin, Professor Emeritus of Economics and Director, Groupe d'Economie Mondiale (GEM), Sciences Po, Paris. Few people have conducted a comparative study of military and business theories as insightful as Moon who, in this theoretically inspiring and empirically grounded study, provides a rigourous theoretical comparison between Sun Tzu, the most renowned ancient military strategist in the East, and Michael Porter, the leading contemporary business thinker in the West. By continuously supporting intellectual implications with clear examples of respective military and business cases including Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor and Sony's experience with the Walkman, this brilliant and remarkably mind-opening book will become an essential reading for anyone who wishes to pursue a more sophisticated wisdom of strategic thinking. Jong-Ho Jeong, Professor, Graduate School of International Studies, Seoul National Univirsity Dr. Moon does a great job integrating Sun Tzu's military strategy with Michael Porter's business strategy. This book offers new, broad, and profound insights into the essence of strategy. Kazuhiro Asakawa, Mitsubishi Chaired Professor of Management, Graduate School of Business Administration, Keio University