Unconventional Wisdom For Asian Business Backman, Michael Primary Author mixed material bibliography Macmillan Palgrave 2004 en English

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x, 294 p. : notes, bibs., index ; 24 cm. Unconventional wisdom -- that is what is needed for business success in Asia, because Asia is like nowhere else. Personalities count for a lot. Culture does too and so does ethnicity. Best-selling author Michael Backman takes the reader on a journey from the outside to Asia's inside in The Asian Insider. To the breakneck development of Shanghai and Beijing; to the messiness of Mumbai (Bombay) and the stunning software and backoffice industries elsewhere in India; to Southeast Asia where Islam is re-awakening as a force in business; to Japan with its moribund economy that literally is dying; to Malaysia with its unique mix of race, politics and business; and to Singapore with all the paradoxes of its state-led economy. Rich in facts, figures and anecdotes, part management guide, part travel narrative, part polemic, The Asian Insider is highly readable and entertaining. Asia's family connections, business practices, politicians, commercial tribes, and business figures -- all are handled in Backman's direct and uncompromising style. TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 The Asian insider : an introduction 2 Asian family connections 3 Is democracy always good? 4 Paying peanuts : politicians’ pay in Asia 5 Police corruption and the rule of law in Thailand 6 Executions and extrajudicial killings 7 Government statistics and other lies 8 Thaksin Berlusconi and Silvio Shinawatra 9 The end of Indonesia 10 Why Singapore is different : the Babas of Singapore 11 Reinventing Singapore? 12 Singapore Inc. or Singapore sink? 13 Singapore’s thriving sex industry 14 Diversity and decency in Malaysia 15 Rumours and gossip in Malaysia 16 Meet Syed Mokhtar Al-Bukhary 17 Allahu Akbar! Islam in Asia 18 Where do Asia’s Muslims fit in? 19 Southeast Asia’s Arabs 20 Pax Islamica : Malaysia and the Middle East 21 Land of the setting Sun : the inevitable death of Japan 22 Law, order and China 23 Is booming China a threat to Asia? 24 Shanghai : China’s financial capital 25 And then there is Beijing 26 The Dalai Lama eats meat 27 The Indian way 28 The world’s biggest democracy 29 Mumbai : India’s financial capital 30 India’s great software revolution 31 India : back office to the world 32 Stunning Korea 33 The insider Business Culture Profiles AZA 55 1403916578 Perpustakaan - Sekolah Tinggi Manajemen PPM Pusat Informasi Manajemen AZA 55 Bac 32052 General (General) AZA 55 Bac download_%252893%2529.jpg.jpg 29938 2004-12-15 00:00:00 2020-01-30 17:52:02 machine generated