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Books : Managing the Dragon: How I'm Building a Billion-Dollar Business in ChinaIn association with Amazon.comby: Jack Perkowski  List Price: $27.50 Amazon.com's Price: $18.15 You Save: $9.35 (34%)Prices subject to change. Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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Binding: HardcoverDewey Decimal Number: 338.476292220951 EAN: 9780307393531 ISBN: 0307393534 Label: Crown Business Manufacturer: Crown Business Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 336 Publication Date: March 18, 2008 Publisher: Crown Business Release Date: March 18, 2008 Studio: Crown Business Sales Rank: 197034 Related Items:
Editorial Review: Product Description: The first book by a westerner who built a company in China from scratch The emergence of China as a world economic power is one of the biggest stories of our time. Every business that intends to be an important part of the fast-changing global economy needs to know how to play the game in China. Who better to be your guide than Jack Perkowski, the pioneer who went to China in the early 1990s. Equipped with just a concept, he built a company step-by-step from the ground up–ASIMCO Technologies–that became a major player in China’s fast-growing automotive business. Perkowski’s story is as rich, involving, and improbable as those of nineteenth-century titans such as Rockefeller and Carnegie or of twentieth-century ones like Michael Dell and Bill Gates, but with one obvious difference: They and others built their companies when America was emerging or dominant. Perkowski built his at the dawn of the Chinese century. Perkowski’s insights about the challenges and potential of western involvement in today’s great Chinese expansion–gained on the ground in China itself over the past fifteen years–are of inestimable value and relevance to us all. For instance: • The good news about China: Everything is possible. The bad news: Nothing is easy. • To build a business in China, you must develop a local management team–avoiding both former bureaucrats of the state-run enterprises and the country’s new breed of wildcat entrepreneurs. • You must learn the real reason why China is able to produce goods so cheaply. • Forget your notions about the Chinese economy being rigidly controlled by Beijing–it is, in fact, highly decentralized and locally driven. As the Chinese say, “The mountains are high and the emperor is far away.” Perkowski tells his story with clarity, lots of humor, and a gripping sense of adventure. He takes us along on his own version of the Long March, when he visited two factories a day for nine months, hitting every province, going through endless rounds of dinners and the inevitable drinking games, and eating what seemed like every part of every animal. He vividly describes what it’s like to be a westerner living and working in China and the dramatic transformation he’s seen in the country, from a place left behind by the modern world to a place where a new world is being born. Filled with hard-nosed lessons for anyone with ambitions of breaking into the Chinese market, and a rich source of practical wisdom about the realities of China today, Managing the Dragon answers the questions people ask Perkowski most often about his unique experience, as well as those they never think of asking–but should. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - A Great Read!!As an American who has lived in Beijing for the past 13 years and who had never managed to meet Jack until recently, I just have to say that this book was a tremendous read. Jack's enthusiasm, humility, humanity and wisdom permeates the book and it was never ever tedious. As an executive search consultant who specialized and recruited top Chinese managers long before it became fashionable or at all profitable in the 90's, I can honestly say that his management lessons are spot on. ... Read More Rating:  - Good entrepreneurial spirit butis this worthwhile? Let us analyze the facts. Jack moved his family to China, and spoke no Chinese. As a Wall Street banker, he got $400 million private equity funds to invest in China. Fifteen years later, Asimco Technologies has 17 plants and offices in China hiring 12,000 workers with the annual revenue less than $500 million. The company is private, therefore, the valuation is not known. If you invest in any stock, mutual fund or bonds with $400 million ... Read More Rating: - Showcases lessons about entrepreneurialism learned during the author's adventure of running a huge company he built in China.I liked this book. It's another one of those books where the author was a successful W-2 worker for a large US company whom decided to go out on his own and try to build a large company that he could own and run. Last October (2007) I read and reviewed on Amazon Maxine Clark's story that she told in "The Bear Necessities of Business" (ISBN: 0470139056). The instant book being reviewed has a similar feel to me to Ms. Clark's book. I think both books are worth an entrepreneur's time to learn ... Read More Rating:  - Required reading for the OlympicsI must admit I wasn't convinced I would enjoy the subject matter. A friend told me it was a great read, and I agree totally after completing CHINESE ED 101!! The humor, warmth, and insight of what Mr. Perkowski has been doing in China comes through in great fashion. With the Olympics on the horizon, we've only been getting the bad news from China, so "Managing the Dragon" really gives us incite of what the people are like and how the country functions on a day to day routine. It should be required ... Read More Rating: - Doing Business in China Just finished Jack Perkowski's Managing the Dragon, and excellent book in three sections. I was fortunate enough to work with Jack and his team as a consultant for several years. Jack was generous with his time and insight, is able to distill the complex into plain-speak (some memorable phrases in the book), and an excellent listener. All are qualities enbedded in the book. Jack's best advice? Interested in doing business in China, then go there for yourself. This book will serve as a good framework ... Read More Browse for similar items by category:
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