The Business Guides are aimed at business people requiring an accurate and up-to-date guide to how business is orfganised and regulated in Asia. Business Guides aim to cover: *negociation preparation *foreign trade *Customs *business law *financing *marketing and distribution *taxation *intellectual property *foreign investment *economic conditions and trends The Business Guide to the Philippines, part of the Business Guide to Asia Series, provides detailed information on setting up and running business ventures in the Philippines. All contributors are experts and specialists in their fields, providing you with an unparalleled wealth of insider knowledge. Each chapter is packed with the kind of information and advice usually available only to elite clients with large budgets for outside consultants. Business Guides will include th following countries: *Japan *Malaysia *Hong Kong *India *Thailand *Korea *Indonesia *China * Singapore *Taiwan *Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia

Following in the tradition of generations of expatriate Chinese merchants, they began establishing small family businesses. Today, the authors show, these have expanded into conglomerate business empires. Entrusting corporate divisions almost exclusively to relatives, and dealing extensively with fellow expatriates, these entrepreneurs have formed close-knit and formidable business spheres throughout Southeast Asia - a "bamboo network."

The 23rd book in a long-established series of conference volumes which brings together top academics in the field. Up-to-date study being based on the 1996 Pacific Trade and Development conference Comparison between Asia-Pacific economic growth and that of the West is of primary contemporary concern

For several years now the world has marvelled from afar at the economic miracle unfolding in China's coastal regions. However, many people have little or no idea about the emerging engine of growth in China's Yangtze river hinterland which has a domestic market larger than the population of the U.S. In Business Opportunities in Sichuan Province, China, the second volume in the Nanyang Business Report Series, the editors offer global entrepreneurs and international investors a first-hand account of Sichuan's unparalleled business opportunities. From voluminous manuscripts, official documents, seminars and personal interviews, this unique and rare book presents a comprehensive analysis of China's special tax system and incentives under new reform policies; banking regulations and investment financing; locational advantages of Sichuan and its two major cities, Chengdu and Chongqing, relative to coastal regions; the choice of relevant industries, including the electronics industry worth more than US$100 billion; and the critical decision of choosing appropriate partners in China to match the type of ownership structure.

2011 Updated Reprint. Updated Annually. Philippines Financial Market Business Opportunities Handbook