Consider the following: Success in Asia still runs on power, prestige and influence, favours given and received , family fortune and connections. Without these even the simplest deal can come unstuck for no obvious reasons. For example, the Chinese, Japanese, Koreans and Indians have theor own special connections and business styles come down to trust and credibility – who vouchers for whom.
There are six big economic groups in Asia that are growing fast as aresult of newtorking. These are:
Japanese keiretsu company connections
Koreans with Chaebol conglomerates
Chinese Guanxi personal trust and strong relationship connections with someone, which can involve moral obligations and exchanging favours.
Ethnic or overseas Chinese with their store wealth, extended family, dialect and guild connections.
The emerging pribumi and bumiputera (indigenous) business leadersof Indonesia and Malayasia with their political connections;
The indians with their family dynasties
It is networking on a grand scale that provides the basis of international operations as there are estimated 57 million Chinese and 18 million Indians that are living abroad. A Singaporean Chinese trader may have family connections in Taiwan, Hong Kong, Guandong, Fujian or Vietnam that provide legal, banking and support services when moving across borders.
In the West many of the old, great family business dynasties have declined in importance and give way to the new entrepreneurs who have exploited new digital techonogies, such as Grab Taxis and Alibaba. Perhaps such organisations are creating new family dynsasties.
Question
In your response, to what extent do you expect the old Asian family groups to be the future of business successes (3 marks) and to what extent do you expect the new groups that have created their wealth through new technologies succeed them? (3 marks)
