Bestselling author Michael Backman here draws upon a wealth of new examples, case studies and anecdotes to provide crucial insights into Asian business themes. This will provide a valuable guide for anybody whose business takes them into Asia and will enable readers to get to grips with Asian business and understand how Asia really works.
'The brilliant young writer on regional business strategies.' - Rowan Callick, Australian Financial Review
'[Michael Backman] really understands why business evolved the way it did in Asia.' - The Economist
'Michael Backman, an expert on the overseas Chinese...' - former Prime Minister of Singapore, Goh Chok Tong
'Renowned author Michael Backman...Apt and cogent.' - Then Malaysian Transport Minister and MCA President, Ling Liong Sik
'[Michael Backman] raises extraordinarily important questions about the national interest...' - Senator Susan Knowles
Knowledge from the Streets: FAQs on Asia
China's Export Revolution
Backoffice Outsourcing to East Asia: Alternatives to India
The Role of Women in Business in China and East Asia
The Singapore Story: The Struggle for Transparency
Malaysian Business & Politics: the Shadow of Anwar Ibrahim
Asia's Casino and Gambling Industry
Personal and Surnames in Asia: Credit Checks and Other Business Implications
Distressed Debt in Asia & Distressed Debt Markets
Arms Manufacturing and Dealing in Asia
Starbucks & its Competitors in Asia
Who Really Owns Bangkok's Sex Industry?
The International Trade in Rough and Polished Diamonds: the Asian Connection
India's Wealthy Parsi Community
Travel Warnings, Terrorism & Tourism
A Pragmatic Look at Running a Five Star Hotel in Asia
Australians in Asian Business: Guns for Hire
Bollywood and Beyond: Asia's Movie Industry
Birds Nests and the Extraordinary Market for Other Asian Delicacies
Asia's Burgeoning Art & Antique Industry
Trans-national Crime in Asia: The Drugs, The Smuggling, the Intellectual Property Abuse
Kazakhstan and the Other Stans: More than Just Oil and Corruption?
Flowerhorn Fish, Hunghuauli & Zi Beads: Small Crazes, Big Money
Forcing Transparency: How Do You Find Out What's Going on in Asia?
MICHAEL BACKMAN is an author, business analyst and columnist who specializes in Asian corporate practice. He has a reputation for hard-hitting, independent and highly detailed Asian business analysis. Singapore's Prime Minister cited him in his 1998 National Day Address as an expert on overseas Chinese and he has been described in the Australian Financial Review as "the brilliant writer on regional business strategies". He is the author of the international bestseller, Asian Eclipse: Exposing the Dark Side of Business in Asia that was named by The Economist as one of the sixteen finest general non-fiction books published for the year. He writes a regular Asian business column for the The Age newspaper in Melbourne, and has authored numerous articles for The Times of London, International Herald Tribune, Asian Wall Street Journal and Far Eastern Economic Review. He has lived and worked in Asia.
Description
Bestselling author Michael Backman here draws upon a wealth of new examples, case studies and anecdotes to provide crucial insights into Asian business themes. This will provide a valuable guide for anybody whose business takes them into Asia and will enable readers to get to grips with Asian business and understand how Asia really works.
Reviews
'The brilliant young writer on regional business strategies.' - Rowan Callick, Australian Financial Review
'[Michael Backman] really understands why business evolved the way it did in Asia.' - The Economist
'Michael Backman, an expert on the overseas Chinese...' - former Prime Minister of Singapore, Goh Chok Tong
'Renowned author Michael Backman...Apt and cogent.' - Then Malaysian Transport Minister and MCA President, Ling Liong Sik
'[Michael Backman] raises extraordinarily important questions about the national interest...' - Senator Susan Knowles
Contents
Knowledge from the Streets: FAQs on Asia
China's Export Revolution
Backoffice Outsourcing to East Asia: Alternatives to India
The Role of Women in Business in China and East Asia
The Singapore Story: The Struggle for Transparency
Malaysian Business & Politics: the Shadow of Anwar Ibrahim
Asia's Casino and Gambling Industry
Personal and Surnames in Asia: Credit Checks and Other Business Implications
Distressed Debt in Asia & Distressed Debt Markets
Arms Manufacturing and Dealing in Asia
Starbucks & its Competitors in Asia
Who Really Owns Bangkok's Sex Industry?
The International Trade in Rough and Polished Diamonds: the Asian Connection
India's Wealthy Parsi Community
Travel Warnings, Terrorism & Tourism
A Pragmatic Look at Running a Five Star Hotel in Asia
Australians in Asian Business: Guns for Hire
Bollywood and Beyond: Asia's Movie Industry
Birds Nests and the Extraordinary Market for Other Asian Delicacies
Asia's Burgeoning Art & Antique Industry
Trans-national Crime in Asia: The Drugs, The Smuggling, the Intellectual Property Abuse
Kazakhstan and the Other Stans: More than Just Oil and Corruption?
Flowerhorn Fish, Hunghuauli & Zi Beads: Small Crazes, Big Money
Forcing Transparency: How Do You Find Out What's Going on in Asia?
Authors
MICHAEL BACKMAN is an author, business analyst and columnist who specializes in Asian corporate practice. He has a reputation for hard-hitting, independent and highly detailed Asian business analysis. Singapore's Prime Minister cited him in his 1998 National Day Address as an expert on overseas Chinese and he has been described in the Australian Financial Review as "the brilliant writer on regional business strategies". He is the author of the international bestseller, Asian Eclipse: Exposing the Dark Side of Business in Asia that was named by The Economist as one of the sixteen finest general non-fiction books published for the year. He writes a regular Asian business column for the The Age newspaper in Melbourne, and has authored numerous articles for The Times of London, International Herald Tribune, Asian Wall Street Journal and Far Eastern Economic Review. He has lived and worked in Asia.
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