ABSTRACT

This book examines how and why corporate strategy, structure and culture is continuing to change markedly in South East Asia. Among the issues that have forced widespread changes in the region are the economic meltdown, the growth in electronic technology, regional market integration, changing levels of education, business process standardisation a

chapter |14 pages

Introduction

part |2 pages

Part I The Southeast Asia regional bloc: salient features

chapter 1|5 pages

ASEAN business context

chapter 2|6 pages

Rise of the multinational

chapter |5 pages

Malaysia

chapter |6 pages

Executive Insights: Jail Bait

chapter |1 pages

The joint venture

chapter |1 pages

Executive Insights: A Partner for Life?

chapter |4 pages

Shell in Vietnam

part |2 pages

Part II Organizational change

chapter 3|3 pages

Organizational downsizing

chapter |21 pages

Credit management

chapter 4|4 pages

Corporate consolidation

chapter |8 pages

Con-Air

chapter 5|8 pages

Human resources management

chapter |9 pages

Cost

chapter |2 pages

Executive Insights: “Eurasians”

chapter |7 pages

Executive Insights: Flower Power

chapter |8 pages

Training

chapter 6|18 pages

Electronic technology

chapter 7|6 pages

Information tracking

chapter |8 pages

Corporate control

chapter |12 pages

Practical measures

chapter |4 pages

Part III Marketing

chapter 8|6 pages

The marketing function

chapter |1 pages

Executive Insights: Overpromotion

chapter |4 pages

Coca-Cola on the Mekong

chapter |10 pages

Traditional methods, corporate critiques

chapter 9|2 pages

Product, brand and pricing strategy

chapter |7 pages

Brand Loyalty or Mental Illness?

chapter |11 pages

Brand harmonization

chapter 10|20 pages

Advertising and promotion

chapter |4 pages

Kiss of Death? Miss Castrol Thailand

chapter 11|3 pages

Distribution

chapter |2 pages

Executive Insights: Pizza Wars

chapter |1 pages

Supply chain characteristics

chapter |1 pages

Wholesale power: the gray trade factor

chapter |3 pages

Unilever’s Rural Networks

chapter |3 pages

Rise of the “cyberintermediary”

chapter |1 pages

Shell in Vietnam

chapter |1 pages

Castrol in Laos

chapter |13 pages

Conclusions