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Asian Economy


Recent Articles about Asian Economy

China Surpasses Germany as Third-Largest Economy

By Kelly Faircloth |  Jan 27, 2009

American businesses to face more competition but more opportunity.  Read more

Chinese Entrepreneurs are Coming to America

By Mike Hofman |  May 5, 2008

Much has been written about American entrepreneurs setting up shop in China. But with inflation surging in China and the weak dollar, Chinese companies ar...  Read more

How China Will Change Your Business

By Ted C. Fishman |  Mar 1, 2005

Fourteen things every entrepreneur should know about the capitalist explosion heading our way. But don't assume that conceding China's rise means conceding t...  Read more

New Issues;

By J.H. |  Mar 1, 1986

EXAR CORP.'S PUBLIC OFFERING last year looked deceptively routine on the surface: another integrated-circuit maker from Silicon Valley raising funds for a...  Read more

Where's the Capital of China?

By Joel Kotkin |  Feb 1, 1998

Chinese banks have become a source of funding for small-business owners around the world. An overview of China's stake in the world economy and what to expec...  Read more

India Snaps Up U.S. Firms

By Darren Dahl |  Feb 1, 2006

The acquisition of American companies by Indian firms pass the $1 billion mark in 2005.  Read more

International;

By Joel Kotkin |  Oct 1, 1986

JAPAN'S MUCH BALLYHOOED "VENture business" boom may be going bust. In the past six months alone, more than 25 of that country's growth companies have gon...  Read more

A Rising Sun, Finally

By Lisa W. Hess

Japan's long-awaited revival is getting under way. This not another false start. Bad deflation is ebbing, business is reviving and the stocks are very ch...  Read more

Feelin' Groovy?

By Max Chafkin |  Mar 1, 2006

Which nations have the happiest entrepreneurs and which have a problem.  Read more

All In The Household

By Robert C. Wood |  Nov 1, 1982

Japanese companies are committed to maintaining the strengths that characterize the best of family businesses everywhere.  Read more

Where Small Companies Are Important

By Robert Wood |  Nov 1, 1981

Big business may dominate Japan's image abroad, but 91% of Japanese private employees work in firms employing fewer than 500 workers.  Read more

Manufacturers Report China's Trade Violations

By Daniel Del'Re |  Sep 8, 2005

September 8, 2005 --U.S. manufacturers remain critical of most of Chinese trade policies, though they praise some reforms. On Tuesd...  Read more

Creators of the New Japan

By Joel Kotkin |  Oct 1, 1990

Why Japan's future will depend more and more on small, innovative research- and development-oriented companies.  Read more

Horse? What Horse?

By C. P. Hitchcock |  Mar 1, 1988

Is Jay Finegan afraid of competing with the Japanese automakers? Small business is not, and the last thing we need is domestic content legislation. Why d...  Read more

It's No Occident: Japan Exports Venture Capital

By J.H. |  Nov 1, 1984

First came Sony, then sushi bars. Now, Ken Kawabe is out to give venture capital a Japanese flavor. Last August, Kawabe opened a Los Angeles branch ...  Read more

How to Stop Intellectual Property Theft in China

By Ted C. Fishman |  Jun 1, 2006

America's most innovative industries are being robbed every day on the floors of Chinese factories. Here's how to make it stop.  Read more

Would Ho Chi Minh Have Owned A Laptop?

By Inc. staff |  Jun 15, 1995

Some quick figures and stats about high technology in today's Vietnam.  Read more

"theory F"

By Joel Kotkin and Yoriko Kishimoto |  Apr 1, 1986

All those studies on Japanese management overlook the one ingredient that makes it all work: Fear.  Read more

Growing Business by Going Global

By Inc. staff |  Sep 1, 1993

Market intelligence on People's Republic of China; gadgets that make int'l telecommunications easier.  Read more

Do The Japanese Make Good Partners?

By Joel Kotkin |  Mar 1, 1987

Sometimes yes, sometimes no. Often it's a matter of size -- of your firm and theirs.  Read more

Private Sector Teams Up

By Sue Doroff |  Apr 1, 1986

We read with interest your article on state governments replacing the federal government in promoting and advancing economic development efforts ("Capitol...  Read more

China Talks Include IP Rights

Dec 15, 2006

Dec. 15, 2006 -- The U.S. continued to press for stronger intellectual property protections in China at the U.S.-China Strategic Economic...  Read more

Quality Circles

Related Terms: Quality Control A quality circl...  Read more

Manufacturing: Here, There, Or Everywhere?

By Frank R. Kline Jr. |  Jun 1, 1985

Your article may have identified a tip-of-the-iceberg phenomenon. Unfortunately, in this trend, the tax treatment will be the lever to stimulate more onsh...  Read more

Is Japan An Open Market?

Dec 1, 1984

The answer to this question used to be a flat no. Until recently, most Japanese would have freely acknowledged that their government nurtured domestic in...  Read more

Manufacturing: Here, There, Or Everywhere?

By John A. Alic |  Jun 1, 1985

Within the factory, quality and productivity, hence costs and competitiveness, depend on the integration of people and machines into an effective producti...  Read more

Manufacturing: Here, There, Or Everywhere?

By Bruce R. Scott |  Jun 1, 1985

You present part of the picture, but there is a whole series of systemic issues that make the United States a less competitive place to locate than it can...  Read more

Manufacturing: Here, There, Or Everywhere?

By Karl Kenny |  Jun 1, 1985

Most articles on this subject seem to overlook one crucial issue -- market share. While the American manufacturer must focus on improving his manufacturi...  Read more

Manufacturing: Here, There, Or Everywhere?

By Richard J. Hermon-Taylor |  Jun 1, 1985

You focus on automation as the key to the productivity gains that are essential for onshore production to succeed. Automation is fine if it works, but it ...  Read more

Manufacturing: Here, There, Or Everywhere?

By William D. McClure |  Jun 1, 1985

Certainly, such entrepreneurial leaders as Jim Toreson should be congratulated for not being overcome by the seemingly magic spell of offshore production....  Read more

Summer Reading

By George Gendron |  Jul 1, 1992

Two summer reading suggestions: 'Outnation' by Jonathan Rauch 'Twenty-First Century Management' by Hesh Kestin.  Read more