Book description
Southeast Asia has a population of more than half a billion, yet its
economy is dominated by about 40 families, most of Overseas Chinese
descent. Their conglomerates span sectors as diverse as real estate,
telecommunications, hotels, industrial goods, computers and sugar
plantations.
New Asian Emperors
shows how and why Overseas Chinese companies continue to dominate the
region and have extended their reach in East Asia, despite the Asian
financial and SARS crises of the past decade. The authors base their
conclusions on in-depth structured interviews spanning a decade with the
often elusive Overseas Chinese CEOs including Li Ka-shing, Stan Shih,
Victor Fung, Stephen Riady and Sukanto Tanoto, as well as on the
strategic information that their companies use.
The analysis of the
New Asian Emperors' present-day management techniques and practices
draws on the history, culture and philosophical perspectives of the
Overseas Chinese in Southeast Asia. In the midst of today's global
economic crisis, this book also takes a fresh look at the role and
management practices of the Overseas Chinese as they continue to
create some of Asia's wealthiest and most successful companies.
New Asian Emperors explains:
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The sources and characteristics of Overseas Chinese management
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Whether Overseas Chinese management practices will spread in
the same way that Japanese management did in the 1970s
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Whether Western management technologies have found themselves
outmaneuvered in Asia's post-crisis arena
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The Overseas Chinese managers' strategies for the
informational black hole of Southeast Asia and what Western
managers can learn from them
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The New Asian Emperors' unique strategic perspectives and
management styles revealed through exclusive, in-depth interviews
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The implications for successfully co-operating and competing
with the Overseas Chinese of Southeast Asia
New Asian Emperors offers key insights into the Overseas
Chinese and the important role that cultural roots play in their
dominance of Southeast Asian business.
George T. Haley (PhD, University of Texas at
Austin) is Professor of Marketing, University of New Haven and
Founding Director, Center for International Industry Competitiveness.
He has been faculty at ITESM-Monterrey (Mexico), National University
of Singapore, Queensland University of Technology (Aus.), DePaul,
Fordham, and Baruch College. He has presented seminars to
managers/policymakers on four continents, including for the National
Intelligence Council, and the United States International Trade
Commission and testified before the US-China Economic and Security
Review Commission. He has over 100 articles, presentations and books
including The Chinese Tao of Business. He consults with several
multinational companies and governments in Asia, Australia, Latin
America and the USA and serves on the Boards of Directors of listed
companies, manufacturing organizations and government agencies.
Usha C. V. Haley (PhD, New York University) is Asia Programs
Fellow, Ash Institute for Democratic Governance and Innovation,
Harvard Kennedy School, Harvard University and Research Associate at
the Economic Policy Institute in Washington, DC. She has been
Professor at the University of New Haven and prior at University of
Tennessee-Knoxville, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Australian
National University, National University of Singapore and
ITESM-Monterrey, Mexico. She has more than 150 publications,
presentations and books including Multinational Corporations in
Political Environments and The Chinese Tao of Business. She has
testified before the Congressionally mandated US-China Economic and
Security Review Commission and the Committee on Ways and Means, and
presented before the US International Trade Commission. She serves on
several corporate and government boards.
Chin Tiong Tan (PhD, Pennsylvania State University) is the
Deputy President of Singapore Management University. He was a founding
member of SMU and was its Provost from 1999 to 2008. He is active in
management development and consulting. He designed and taught in many
executive programs around the world, and is a regular speaker in the
US, Europe, Australia, New Zealand, Asia and South Africa. He was the
Academic Advisor to Singapore Airline's Management Development Centre
for more than 15 years. He is on the Boards of Directors of several
listed companies and served as strategic and business advisor to many
organizations. He is the co-author of Marketing Management: An Asian
Perspective, 5th Edition, 2009, Prentice Hall (with Philip Kotler).
