{"product_id":"new-asian-emperors-isbn-9780470823347","title":"New Asian Emperors","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. \u003ci\u003eNew Asian Emperors\u003c\/i\u003e 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.  \u003cp\u003eThe 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.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew Asian Emperors\u003c\/i\u003e explains:\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003e \u003cdiv\u003eThe sources and characteristics of Overseas Chinese management\u003c\/div\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e \u003cdiv\u003eWhether Overseas Chinese management practices will spread in the same way that Japanese management did in the 1970s\u003c\/div\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e \u003cdiv\u003eWhether Western management technologies have found themselves outmaneuvered in Asia’s post-crisis arena\u003c\/div\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e \u003cdiv\u003eThe Overseas Chinese managers’ strategies for the informational black hole of Southeast Asia and what Western managers can learn from them\u003c\/div\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e \u003cdiv\u003eThe New Asian Emperors’ unique strategic perspectives and management styles revealed through exclusive, in-depth interviews\u003c\/div\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e \u003cdiv\u003eThe implications for successfully co-operating and competing with the Overseas Chinese of Southeast Asia\u003c\/div\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew Asian Emperors\u003c\/i\u003e offers key insights into the Overseas Chinese and the important role that cultural roots play in their dominance of Southeast Asian business.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface xi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments xiii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I: The Foundations of Understanding\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 1\u003c\/b\u003e: \u003cb\u003eIntroducing the Overseas Chinese of Southeast Asia 3\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePatterns of Chinese Migration 6\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe trader pattern 6\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe coolie pattern 7\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe sojourner pattern 7\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe re-migrant pattern 7\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWho Are the Overseas Chinese? 8\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat Is a Network? 15\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Role of the Overseas Chinese in Southeast Asia 26\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Role of the Overseas Chinese Worldwide 30\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFollowing Chapters 31\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 2\u003c\/b\u003e: \u003cb\u003eConfucianism Plus: The Philosophical and Cultural Roots of the Overseas Chinese 33\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConfucianism’s Influence on Chinese Trade and Economics 42\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Family 50\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Relationships and Ethical Behavior 54\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDiffering Ethical Concepts 57\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 3\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e: The Overseas Chinese Today: Not the Family Business, But the Family as a Business 61\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat Is a Chinese Network? 62\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDiscontinuity 62\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHierarchical and dyadic ties 63\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUprightness 65\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eContextual morality 67\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFlexible boundaries 68\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHistorical and Environmental Effects on the Overseas Chinese Business Networks 68\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDistinguishing Cultural Traits 79\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFirm-related attributes 80\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLoyalty-related attributes 82\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTrust-related attributes 83\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHow Networks Permeate Formal Structures 85\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II: The Foundations of Analysis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 4\u003c\/b\u003e: \u003cb\u003eIntroduction to an Informational Void: The Black Hole of Southeast Asia 91\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Informational Black Hole of Southeast Asia 94\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOperating in an Informational Black Hole 114\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHands-on experience 127\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTransfer of knowledge 128\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eQualitative information 130\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHolistic information processing 132\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAction-driven decision making 132\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEmergent planning 133\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 5\u003c\/b\u003e: \u003cb\u003eStrategic Management of the Overseas Chinese Business Groups: Deciphering Patterns 137\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTacit Knowledge and the Informational Black Hole 138\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStrategic Planning and the Networks 141\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePlanning, classically 142\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDeveloping core competencies 144\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCrafting strategies 145\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Summary of Overseas Chinese Management Practices 148\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Overseas Chinese and crafting strategy 149\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHow the Overseas Chinese plan 151\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Overseas Chinese and their core competencies 158\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III: The Implications for Business\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 6\u003c\/b\u003e: \u003cb\u003eIn the Aftermath of the Asian Crises: Revolution or Evolution? 169\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Path of Destruction 170\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe 1997–1998 Asian financial crisis 170\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe 2002–2004 SARS crisis 173\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Post-crises Evolution of Overseas Chinese\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBusiness Groups 175\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCompetitive Advantages of the Overseas Chinese 180\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSpeed 182\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eKnowledge 183\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eGuanxi \u003c\/i\u003e185\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEmpowerment 188\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCompetitive Disadvantages of the Overseas Chinese 190\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHome turf only 190\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSusceptibility to blind-siding 192\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePoor proprietary capabilities 193\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ex new asian emperors\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFamily limits 194\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLack of professionalization 196\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 7\u003c\/b\u003e: \u003cb\u003eCompetitive Implications of the Overseas Chinese: Doing Business with the New Asian Emperors 199\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGeneral Implications for Multinationals 200\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSpecific Implications for Multinationals 204\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStrategic competitiveness 204\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHuman resource practices 206\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eProducts and technology 209\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eContract flexibility 211\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDistribution 212\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePromotion and pricing 213\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eImplications for Regional Governments 213\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eImplications for Researchers 219\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSpeculations About the Future 221\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Adaptive-Action Road Map 224\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe road of knowledge 228\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe road of speed 229\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe road of action 229\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe road of results 230\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe road of relationships 230\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe road of quality 232\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe road of passion 232\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe road of legacy 233\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliography 235\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix: List of Interviewees 245\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 247\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cb\u003eGeorge T. Haley\u003c\/b\u003e (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.  \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eUsha C. V. Haley\u003c\/b\u003e (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.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChin Tiong Tan\u003c\/b\u003e (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).\u003c\/p\u003e  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.  \u003cp\u003eThe 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.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNew Asian Emperors explains:\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003e \u003cdiv\u003eThe sources and characteristics of Overseas Chinese management;\u003c\/div\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e \u003cdiv\u003eWhether Overseas Chinese management practices will spread in the same way that Japanese management did in the 1970s;\u003c\/div\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e \u003cdiv\u003eWhether Western management technologies have found themselves outmaneuvered in Asia's post-crisis arena;\u003c\/div\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e \u003cdiv\u003eThe Overseas Chinese manager's strategies for the informational black hole o southeast Asia and what Western managers can learn from them;\u003c\/div\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e \u003cdiv\u003eThe New Asian Emperor's unique strategic perspectives and management styles revealed through exclusive, in-depth interviews;\u003c\/div\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e \u003cdiv\u003eThe implications for successfully co-operating and competing with the Overseas Chinese of Southeast Asia.\u003c\/div\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eNew Asian Emperors offers key insights into the Overseas Chinese and the important role that cultural roots play in their dominance of Southeast Asian business.\u003c\/p\u003e  \"This book is very timely as it examines in a serious but readable manner both the strengths and weaknesses of the Overseas Chinese business community, and provides a framework for understanding how this vibrant community will resurrect itself from the current crisis. Most books on the Overseas Chinese business community have veered between the extremes: either gushing with adulation, or portraying them as a semi-conspiracy. This book takes a balanced and holistic view, and waves in the ethical and cultural traits of the Overseas Chinese with their management practices.\" - \u003cb\u003eHo Kwon Ping\u003c\/b\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\"Westerners have long assumed that there is one right way to organize and conduct large-scale business on a foundation of rationality, individuality and impersonality. this excellent traits on the business philosophies and practices o the powerful Overseas Chinese cannot fail to open Western minds to whole new ways of business thinking. This book is a must read for any business that wants to succeed in Asia. The authors have presents a masterly picture of how business is done by the Overseas Chinese. Many practices of multinationals need to be altered if they are to complete with, or work with, the Overseas Chinese. - \u003cb\u003ePhilip Kotler\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"The Overseas Chinese represent what is arguably one of the most important economic and financial groups in the world, whose actions in the Pacific Rim and in other parts of the world have had profound effects on economic development, financial stability and instability, and the evolution of a wide range of industries in a global economic context. They also represent what is often a controversial economic and political force in countries dominated by other ethnic groups. This book provides a thoroughly authoritative and balanced assessment of the Overseas Chinese in terms of their roots, the role of family structures, management practices, and approaches to dealing with Overseas Chinese business groups - which themselves will have to evolve rapidly in the years ahead if they are to succeed as true multinational enterprises..\" - \u003cb\u003eIngo Walter\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47989685813477,"sku":"NP9780470823347","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780470823347.jpg?v=1761785099","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/new-asian-emperors-isbn-9780470823347","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}