Features
- Cover Type: Paperback with 571 pages
- Published by: Jossey-Bass; 2 Sub edition December 1998
- Written in: English
- ISBN 10 Number: 0787942839
- ISBN 13 Number: 978-0787942830
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Book Dimensions:
9.2 x 7.1 x 1.4 inches
- Weighs: 2 pounds
From Library Journal
Dunung, president of her own international development and training firm, offers yet another addition to the rapidly growing "Doing Business in" genre that compares favorably with other works, namely, David L. James's Doing Business in Asia: A Guide to Success in the World's Most Dynamic Market (Betterway Bks., 1993). Dunung covers twice as many countries and gives more information. For each country there is a section on geography, history, political structure, economy, social customs, work schedules, making contacts, corporate structure, negotiating, conducting business in a social setting, useful phrases, major holidays, helpful telephone numbers and addresses, and a map. This guide explains such things as why bribery is accepted in the Philippines but not in Brunei and why one never offers a clock as a gift in China. The appendix gives brief passages on Asia's major religions, a facet of foreign cultures often overlooked by other works of this type. An affordable alternative for small businesses and libraries alike; recommended for all business collections.?Lisa K. Miller, Paradise Valley Community Coll. Lib., Phoenix
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
From Booklist
With the new, so-called global economy, doing-business-in-type books have been doing big business. As with the bewildering array of travel guides to choose from, these business guides are usually similar to one another, yet each will often have some unique feature that makes it worthy of consideration. Sanjyot heads an international training firm, and her guide has several distinctions. A number of the twenty Asian countries she profiles have been overlooked in most other books like this. Included here are Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Nepal, Bangladesh, North Korea, and India. Each of the twenty entries gives a brief history and describes the country's geography, brief history, political structure, economy, corporate structure, work schedules (workday hours, holidays, etc.), and social customs (dining, drinking, visiting a home, gift giving, dress, etc.). Also provided are a few useful phrases, helpful telephone numbers and addresses (hospitals, chambers of commerce, diplomatic offices), and basic facts covering climate, electricity, currency, time zones, tipping, and transportation. In all, this is one of the better of the many books designed to help conduct business internationally.
David Rouse
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Reader Reviews
This review is from: Doing Business in Asia: The Complete Guide (Hardcover)
This work denotes nothing of true insight or interest. I was amazed at the general obviousness of this text, along with the manicured "perspective", that was nothing but book read. I suspect Ms. Dunung has never even been to Asia, for, as a business man myself who has been working there for many decades, I see no hard earned knowledge or awareness in her assuptions.
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