When I began teaching a new graduate course ten years ago–an elective course that considered the impact of globalization on entrepreneurship–I assigned The Lexus and the Olive Tree as required reading.  The diploma for the masters degree was coming from Cornell University, the course was being taught in Paris, and my students were from 23 different countries.  The discussion around that book were the best I ever experienced as a professor.

I am now based in India, in a business partnership with a student from that course, and we often find ourselves using words like hot, flat and crowded as shorthand when discussing strategy (ours is an entrepreneurial business much affected by technology and globalization). 

So, a short tribute to that author, who also has published an editorial today, signed from a location not far from where I write. And, I think, he gets it right once again.