Inside Knowledge: Streetwise in Asia / Edition 1

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Overview


Bestselling author Michael Backman 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 come to grips with Asian business and understand how Asia really works.
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Praise for Backman's Asian Eclipse: Exposing the Dark Side of Business in Asia:
"One of the sixteen finest general non-fiction books published for the year."--The Economist
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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9781403942371
  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
  • Publication date: 9/17/2005
  • Edition description: First Edition
  • Edition number: 1
  • Pages: 256
  • Product dimensions: 6.00 (w) x 9.00 (h) x 0.62 (d)

Meet the Author


Michael Backman is an author, business analyst and columnist who specializes in Asian corporate practice. He writes a regular Asian business column for the The Age newspaper in Melbourne.
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Table of 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?
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