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China is the world's biggest market for cigarettes. By 2020, 300 million Chinese will be elderly. By 2010, China will have 7 of the world's biggest shopping malls. This book is an invaluable asset for corporate planners and strategists, futurologists, and anyone developing business in Asia as Backman provides an essential map for Asia's future.
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Michael Backman 'really understands why business evolved the way that it did in Asia.' - The Economist
Michael Backman is 'a brilliant writer on regional business strategies.' - Australian Financial Review
'Backman's excellent and extensive case studies are aimed at pointing out the pitfalls to foreign investors.' - The Independent
'...a must-read volume for anyone who is interested in current and future international affairs, global economics and business, or indeed for anyone who reads beyond the sports pages of the daily papers.' - Business and Finance Ireland
About the author
Michael Backman specialises in Asia's economies and Asian corporate practice. He is the author of the international bestseller Asian Eclipse: Exposing the Dark Side of Business in Asia named by The Economist as one of the finest non-fiction books published for the year. He is the author or co-author of four other books on Asian business and culture and has a long-running and widely-read Asian business column in the Melbourne Age newspaper. He has lived and worked in Asia, and is a frequent speaker at conferences and seminars on Asia, both for companies and at public events. He is based in London when not travelling in Asia.
See www.michaelbackman.com for more information.
See www.michaelbackman.com for more information.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Asia Future Shock
Book Subtitle: Business Crisis and Opportunity in the Coming Years
Authors: Michael Backman
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230592421
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Palgrave Business & Management Collection, Business and Management (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2008
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-230-00677-5Published: 25 October 2007
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-28254-8Published: 25 October 2007
eBook ISBN: 978-0-230-59242-1Published: 24 October 2007
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 188
Topics: Asian Culture, Business and Management, general, International Business, International Economics