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IS
BIG BEAUTIFUL?
Asian
companies have to grow beyond their home markets to compete
in an era of falling trade barriers and deepening globalization.
But are Asian businesses growing fast enough, and should
local CFOs be gunning for size to survive?
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| FEATURE |
QUANTA'S
LEAP
China's commodity production
base has furnished Taiwan computer maker Quanta with a proxy
site to maintain its old business while it develops higher-end
products at home. |
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| FEATURE |
GREMLIN
IN THE WORKS
It's almost
impossible to figure ROI for information security investments.
Yet a breach can be devastating and, in Asia, where companies
are linked by complex supply-chain relationships, the risks
of intrusion are greater than elsewhere. |
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| TECHWATCH |
URGE
TO MERGE
Oracle's attempt
to buy PeopleSoft is the latest example of a merger presented
as a win-win situation delivering plenty of disruption in the
near term. |
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| DEALWATCH |
THE BEST
OF BOTH WORLDS
China's push
for free markets has been fast - so fast, in fact, that several
accounting standards seem to be operating at once. China Southern's
recent A-share listing shows how one CFO navigated the cloudy
issue of disclosure in a local market deal. |
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| SPOTLIGHT: TRAINING AND CARRERS |
ALL IN
THE GROOMING
General Electric
has pioneered the art of grooming young executives to become
well-rounded, globe-trotting CFOs. Lessons from the GE method
can be used as a primer for smaller company programs. |
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| CAREERS |
Grapevine
Who's moving up, down and out in
Asian Finance. |
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