These interlinked family structures and communal networks create a strength that has fostered much of Asia's success.
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This may be wishful thinking, but it also reflects some misunderstandings about the ingredients of Asia's success.
Essentially, he bought face -- a key ingredient for business and social success in Asia.
Trade is far more important than aid for long-term development, as shown by the success of East Asia.
Its faith in free trade produced one of Asia's first economic success stories.
Meanwhile, Mitsubishi's one area of success has been Asia outside Japan.
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An asset for Lycos is its Tripod division, which has helped Bob Davis build up a big build-your-own-homepage community, admittedly not something new in Asia but a proven winner in the U.S. Still, Lycos Asia will probably be a success, because its blue-chip Singaporean backers will ensure it is.
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Micromax and Karbonn are expanding rapidly across Asia, emboldened by their Indian smash success.
Another factor in Tesco's success in South-East Asia was its choice of local partners, says Kelvin Chan of Euromonitor, a market-research firm.
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Jopling himself has won considerable commercial acclaim in the UK, and given the current climate, it's likely that Asia will prove fertile ground for further success.
The "pivot" to Asia was one concrete example of her success -- not as merely a policy concept but as an initiative made real by active, intensive diplomacy throughout the region.
The success of German-based firms in Asia's export markets has benefited suppliers in eastern Europe, notes Gillian Edgeworth, of UniCredit.
Language ability, links across Asia and localization are prime deciding factors for the success of a financial services job seeker.
Such was the success of Singapore, more floodlit races in Asia are expected to follow in the coming years.
As my Japanese mentor Jiro Tokuyama used to say, East Asia will have to unlearn the secrets of its past success.
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Iranian officials have said they would seek to replace Europe's market with buyers in Asia, as U.S. officials call on consumers of Iranian oil in Asia and Africa to find other sources, with mixed success.
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Mr Harcourt believes the key to export success is to target the surging middle class demand for cars in Asia and the Middle East, while providing components to the global supply chain and developing environmental technology for greater fuel efficiencies.
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The music follows on the success J-pop in the 1990s, which found a strong following in Asia but never crossed the Pacific, unable to break through the Western music market.
East Asia has done better than Latin America, showing that lower fertility alone does not determine economic success.
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"It is important for us to see hockey revived because it is this continent's first great claim to sporting success, " says Abdul Muttaleb Ahmed, director-general of the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA).
Europe may now be the most successful region both in terms of money and success on the pitch but the balance of power is shifting, to South America, Asia, the Middle East and the new Europe.
Cinema has also been a major export success and is one of the few of India's products which is a global brand across Asia and Africa and increasingly Europe and America.
Think, for example, of the success that the likes of Merrill Lynch have had of late in mergers and acquisitions in Europe or Asia, and the value of good brand-awareness becomes apparent.
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Banker-legislator David Li Kwok Po, chief executive of Hong Kong's third-ranked Bank of East Asia (No. 154 in the 500), breaks no news when he expounds on BEA's success formula: generating confidence, providing strong service and building relationships.
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