The Asian Experience

Unless a person has been living in a cave for the past three decades, almost everyone within the international business community knows about the wildly successful reign that this tiny-but-influential nation state has had on the global economy, along with how we all think about education and social civility.

During a recent business trip to one of South Korea’s premier industrial regions near Ulsan, a southeastern mega-industrial complex of construction, automotive, and shipbuilding manufacturing operations, we were introduced to incredible 21st-century wireless technology to better manage the entire shipbuilding process.

It is the season for the largest mass migration of people, anywhere, at anytime of the year. Chinese New Year is actually celebrated in many parts of the world, where there are large Chinese communities.

Feng-what? Some (mainly Westerners) say it is nonsense, however in most Asian circles – in particular Chinese philosophy – it is part of not only everyday cultural thinking, but also integral to modern 21st century facilities design considerations.

Who can you trust to ensure quality control in your overseas operation, especially in a period when so many expatriates and overseas product managers are being sent home or having their foreign travel budgets cut?

Simply put, an expatriate is someone who is living outside their permanent home country, asked by an employer – or perhaps they are on their own in an occupation – conducting the responsibilities of a job in a foreign land

The World Bank is forecasting Vietnam’s GDP to grow to 5.5%

When the economy recovers, the leading growth regions will be the Middle East and Asia.