| Description |
x, 412 pages |
| Contents |
Sect. 1. The Framework. Ch. 1. The Business of Asian Values. Ch. 2. Bureaucrats, Bribery, and Bankruptcy. Ch. 3. Auditing Asia. Ch. 4. Asia's Corrupted Business Media -- Sect. 2. Families, Firms, and Fortunes. Ch. 5. Merchants of Menace? Conglomerates Asian-style. Ch. 6. Asia's Conglomerates and their Banks. Ch. 7. Lambs to the Slaughter: Investing in Asia's Stock Markets. Ch. 8. Polygamy and Family Squabbles -- Sect. 3. Asia's two Giants. Ch. 9. What's Wrong with Japan? Ch. 10. China: Rising Star or Black Hole? -- Sect. 4. The Minority that Counts. Ch. 11. Asia's Overseas Chinese -- Sect. 5. Kings, Cronies, and Presidents. Ch. 12. Royal Business. Ch. 13. President of the Country; Chairman of the Board. Ch. 14. President Soeharto and the Fortune 500. Ch. 15. Other Politicians; Other Businesses. Ch. 16. Seeking Political Access in the West. Ch. 17. Shopping for the American President -- Sect. 6. Asian Eclipse? Ch. 18. Asian Eclipse and Beyond |
| Summary |
In this account, leading analyst Michael Backman tears away the myths of Asian business and reveals the dark side of the Asian success story. From endemic corruption to rampant cronyism, Asian Eclipse is a tale of capitalism gone sour, it names the perpetrators and offers timely advice on what is really needed for Asia to clean up its act |
| Analysis |
Asia |
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Private sector |
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Company management |
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Asian values |
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Asian financial crisis |
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Corruption |
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Financial services |
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Corporate governance |
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Chinese |
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Suharto, General |
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Overseas item |
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Corporate culture |
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Hassanal Bolkiah, Sultan of Brunei |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 399-403) and index |
| Subject |
Conglomerate corporations.
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Business -- Corrupt practices.
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Corporate culture -- Asia.
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Industrial management -- Asia.
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Business enterprises -- Asia.
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| Author |
Backman, Michael, 1967-
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| LC no. |
99012262 |
| ISBN |
0471835307 cloth |
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0471835536 paperback |
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