Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-248) and index.
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 an 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 -- Tans-national crime in Asia: the drugs, the smuggling, the intellectual property abuse -- Kazakhstan and the other stans: more than just oil and corruptions? -- Flowerhorn fish, hunghuauli & Zi beads: small crazes, big money -- Forcing transparency: how do you find out what's going on in Asia?
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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.
Investments, Foreign-- Asia, Handbooks, manuals, etc.