ABSTRACT
Those societies that are undergoing fundamental transformation politically
(Newly Emerging Democracies-NED), economically (Newly Emerging
Markets-NEM), and diplomatically (Newly Independent States-NIS) are
crucial cases for strategic management/planning and its challenges of
systematic strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats. It is clear that
the capabilities in particular of human and material resources of emerging
‘‘supermarkets,’’ such as Russia at the core of the NIS, China and its
acquisition of Hong Kong, Brazil at the core of South America, and
South Africa at the core of Southern Africa, will engender fierce competition
for market entry by the Triad-namely, the United States, European Union/
Europe, and Japan.
