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Inside knowledge :

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1403942374

(Number (ISBN

9781403942371

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b743299

Title Proper

Inside knowledge :

General Material Designation

[Book]

Other Title Information

streetwise in Asia /

First Statement of Responsibility

Michael Backman.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

New York :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Palgrave Macmillan,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

2005.

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

ix, 259 pages ;

Dimensions

25 cm

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-248) and index.

Text of Note

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.

Commerce.

Economic history.

Investments, Foreign.

Asia, Commerce, Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Asia, Economic conditions, 1945-

Asia, Commerce, Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Asia.

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Backman, Michael,1967-

Date of Transaction

20201204034953.0

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[Book]

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