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082	0	4	_a338.095 _221 _bB.M.A
100	1		_aBackman, Michael, _d1967- _94453 _eauthor
245	1	0	_aAsian eclipse : _bexposing the dark side of business in Asia / _cMichael Backman.
264		1	_aSingapore ; _aNew York : _bJ. Wiley, _c[1999]
264		4	_a©1999.
300			_ax, 412 pages ; _c24 cm.
336			_2rdacontent _atext
337			_2rdamedia _aunmediated
338			_2rdacarrier _avolume
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 399-403) and index.
505		0	_aTHE 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.
520			_aThe 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.
650		0	_aCorporate culture _zAsia.
650		0	_aIndustrial management _zAsia.
650		0	_aBusiness enterprises _zAsia.
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