品牌國家是近年來新興的議題。荷蘭籍學者彼得．范．海姆（Peter van Ham ）於2001年在《外交事務》上發表文章提出：「隨著全球化和媒體革命的發展，已使得每一個國家更明白自身的形象、聲譽及態度，簡言之，即為其品牌。過去的傳統性外交重要性已逐漸消失，在未來政治家必須訓練自己有更好的國家品牌資產經營能力。品牌國家將不僅與他們自己競爭，更需與世界性的超級品牌媲美。」如今許多國家政府對此已相當重視。 本文試圖經由非傳統外交、軟權力、公眾外交、國家行銷等學術探討，對品牌國家的定義及內涵作一個更全面性的研究及瞭解；並藉由芬蘭與諾基亞相互之間關係的案例分析，對品牌國家做更多闡述，期藉此為我國政府運行帶來一些新的想法。 / Brand State is an emerging issue in recent years. In the year of 2001, the Dutch scholar Peter van Ham talked about this concept in Foreign Affairs that “Globalization and the media revolution have made each state more aware of itself, its image, its reputation, and its attitude -- in short, its brand. The traditional diplomacy of yesteryear is disappearing. To do their jobs well in the future, politicians will have to train themselves in brand asset management. Brand states will compete not only among themselves but also with superbrands.” Nowadays, many countries have paid a lot of attention to it. This thesis attempts to illustrate the definition and content of Brand State more comprehensively by researching non-traditional diplomacy, soft power, public diplomacy, national marketing and other academic theories. Also, it examines the case of the relevance between Finland and Nokia to elaborate Brand State more and tries to bring new ideas to our government.