TY  - BOOK
AU  - Backman,Michael
TI  - Asian eclipse: exposing the dark side of business in Asia 
SN  - 0471835307 (cloth)
U1  - 338.095 21
PY  - 1999///]
CY  - Singapore, New York
PB  - J. Wiley
KW  - Corporate culture
KW  - Asia
KW  - Industrial management
KW  - Business enterprises
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 399-403) and index; THE FRAMEWORK; The Business of Asian Values; Bureaucrats, Bribery, and Bankruptcy; Auditing Asia; Asia's Corrupted Business Media; FAMILIES, FIRMS, AND FORTUNES; Merchants of Menace?: Conglomerates Asian-Style; Asia's Conglomerates and their Banks; Lambs to the Slaughter: Investing in Asia's Stock Markets; Polygamy and Family Squabbles; ASIA'S TWO GIANTS; What's Wrong with Japan?; China: Rising Star or Black Hole?; THE MINORITY THAT COUNTS; Asia's Overseas Chinese; KINGS, CRONIES, AND PRESIDENTS; Royal Business; President of the Country; Chairman of the Board; President Soeharto and the Fortune 500; Other Politicians; Other Businesses; Seeking Political Access in the West Shopping for the American President; ASIAN ECLIPSE?; Asian Eclipse and Beyond; Endnotes; Bibliography; Index

N2  - The recent downturn in the Asian economies has been blamed on many different factors. In this work, the author analyzes a number of dubious business practices that are endemic in the region and which he believes have played a significant part in Asia's downfall
ER  -