---
id: "quote-country-level-lens"
type: "quote"
source_timestamps: ["¶5"]
tags: ["ecosystems", "strategy"]
related: ["concept-country-level-ai-ecosystem"]
speaker: "Yasuhiro Yamakawa and Thomas H. Davenport"
speakers: ["Yasuhiro Yamakawa", "Thomas H. Davenport"]
sources: ["futures"]
sourceVaultSlug: "hbr-seg-futures"
originDay: 2
articleStem: "hbr-cl-94-ai-strategy-beyond-us-china"
sourceUrl: "https://hbr.org/2025/12/your-ai-strategy-needs-to-expand-beyond-the-u-s-and-china"
sourceTitle: "Your AI Strategy Needs to Expand Beyond the U.S. and China"
---
# Viewing AI through a country-level lens

> "Importantly, viewing AI through a country-level lens is about engaging with that country's ecosystem—its companies, talent, universities, and cultural norms—rather than just its government."

— [[entity-yasuhiro-yamakawa]] and [[entity-thomas-h-davenport]]

Clarifies that a national AI strategy is not just about government relations but about embedding into the broader societal and commercial fabric of a nation. This is the authors' own definition-in-context of [[concept-country-level-ai-ecosystem]].