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Summary
Summary
In this first pan-Asian guide to the subject, author Dunung provides readers with essential information on the geography, history, economy, and political structure of twenty Asian countires. Includes essential information on such pragmatic topics as making contacts, dress codes, useful phrases, and conducting business in a social settings.
Reviews 3
Booklist Review
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 20 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 20 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
Choice Review
Born in India, educated in the US, and consultant to international companies, Dunung is well qualified to write this practical book on doing business in Asia (India, China, and all countries to the south and east). The work's 20 chapters (one for each country) average 30 pages, with up to 50 pages for Japan and China, and fewer than 20 pages for the small countries. Chapters offer an array of concise information about geography, history, economy, political structure, and negotiating and business practices including body language, humor, and social customs. The information emphasizes cultural considerations, especially sensitivities of each country with attention to work schedules, making contacts, meeting people, gift giving, visiting a home, dress codes, dining and drinking, and holidays. This book adds to the growing literature on this topic, e.g., Claudia Cragg's Hunting with the Tigers (CH, Jul'94) and Christopher Engholm's When Business East Meets Business West (CH, Apr'92). Introduction, appendix covering major religions, current bibliography of useful guidebooks. Recommended for collections serving upper-division undergraduates through professionals. J. W. Leonard; Miami University
Library Journal Review
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 (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Table of Contents
| Introduction |
| Part I Japan |
| South Korea |
| Part II China and Hong Kong |
| Taiwan |
| Part III Brunei Darussalam |
| Indonesia |
| Malaysia |
| Phillipines |
| Singapore |
| Thailand |
| Part IV India |
| Pakistan |
| Sri Lanka |
| Bangladesh |
| Nepal |
| Part V Vietnam |
| Myanmar (Burma) |
| Cambodia |
| Laos |
| Appendix A Technology in Asia |
| Appendix B Major Religions in Asia |
