Asian eclipse : exposing the dark side of business in Asia / Michael Backman.
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TextPublisher: Singapore ; New York : J. Wiley, [1999]Copyright date: ©1999. Description: x, 412 pages ; 24 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0471835307 (cloth)
- 0471835536 (pbk.)
- 338.095 21 B.M.A
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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.
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.
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