Asia's Digital Dividends: How Asia-Pacific's Corporations Can Create Value from E-Business [Hardcover]

David C. Michael (Author), Greg Sutherland (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 15, 2001

Offers readers their first, in-depth look at the vast e-commerce opportunities opening up in Asia
Electronic commerce is transforming the face of Asian business. Written by a leading Asian business expert and consultant with the prestigious Boston Consulting Group, the world's leading e-commerce consultancy, this book provides e-managers and e-entrepreneurs in the West with their first coherent, in-depth look at the Asian e-commerce revolution and the wealth of opportunities it presents. With the help of numerous case studies, David C. Michael explores the nature of the Asian e-commerce revolution and provides powerful insights on how e-commerce strategy in the East differs from that in the West, as well as what those differences imply for Western business interests. Michael also offers his informed predictions about the future of e-commerce in Asia.
David C. Michael (Hong Kong, PRC) is a Vice President and Director for The Boston Consulting Group, Hong Kong. He is also one of the leaders of BCG's High-Technology Practice in the Asia-Pacific region.

Editorial Reviews

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"An insightful and practical book that helps Asian CEOs chart a course of action in the digital era. The authors dissect and explain the underlying drivers of e-business in understandable terms, and they show how these will affect our businesses. The provide many excellent ideas regarding what we as Asian CEOs should be doing to create value in this new environment. I highly recommend this book. Jae Hyun Lee, CEO, Korea ThruNet

"Finally a book that gets to the heart of the matter! Those of us involved in building major e-businesses in Asia Pacific know of the real challenges and opportunities here. The long-term impact will be dramatic, and regional executives need to put e-business into their core strategies faster than they realize. The authors do a great job of putting the issues into strategies focus. They present many insightful examples, and they outline a roadmap that is relevant to any regional CEO. A timely and insightful book. Mui-Hoon Poh, President, SESAMi INC

"Technology is the critical weapon for Asia-based businesses to survive on the unrelenting battlefield of globalization. David Michael and Greg Sutherland, in their extraordinary important new work, provide the reader with penetrating view from the air and the trenches. A must-read primer on where e-business is heading in the region, and what corporations need to be doing with their core strategies." L.Brooks Entwistle, Co-Head of High Technology Investment Banking, Goldman Sachs (Asia)LLC

From the Back Cover

Asia's Digital Dividends is the first book that thoroughly assesses the implications of e-business for Asia-Pacific's dynamic corporations. It is a groundbreaking work for the region and its companies, with a strong focus on capturing real value-the "digital dividends" that are a top priority for executive teams.

Asia's Digital Dividends reveals the key trends that have been ignored amidst the hype about the dotcom demise:

• the region will add over 150 million Internet users in the next four years
• overseas buyers in key export sectors are insisting that regional exporters use the electronic channels
• online sales in the region actually doubled in 2001, and in sectors such as travel and financial services consumers are moving online at an unexpected pace
• over 800f online sales in the region belong to Asia's large companies, and this figure is growing
• most leading large companies are figuring out how to use online channels in their core businesses, and see these channels as key to their future.

Asia's Digital Dividends is a book written by business strategies from The Boston Consulting Group, a firm that IDC has called " the world's premier strategy consulting firm for management of the world's leading companies." The authors bring more than a decade of experience working with leading companies across Asia-Pacific. They focus on the strategic use of e-business in order to create new value and gain competitive advantage in one's core business.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 174 pages
• Publisher: Wiley (August 15, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0471479179
• ISBN-13: 978-0471479178
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.2 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.5 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,612,780 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Collected Dividends, February 24, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Asia's Digital Dividends: How Asia-Pacific's Corporations Can Create Value from E-Business (Hardcover)

The book contains so much information and strategic thinking that is unfound in similar literatures.

While reading the book, the Authors are guiding you to traverse the frontiers of marketing, management, and communication and yet the concepts and case studies of many world renowned companies are seamlessly fused together for an answer: To reap dividends in Asia's digital business environment.

Other assets found in the book are that chapters can be independently read for individual interests and also the charts contain excellent works of valuable research, analysis and presentation.

At the time of reading the third capter, I felt that I have already harvested dividends handsomely.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Dividends collected, February 24, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Asia's Digital Dividends: How Asia-Pacific's Corporations Can Create Value from E-Business (Hardcover)

The book contains so much information and strategic thoughts that is unfound in similar literatures.

While reading the book, I was guided by the Authors to traverse the frontiers of Marketing, Management and Communication and yet the concepts and case studies of many world renowned companies are seamlessly fused together to answer one question: How to reap divideds in Asia's digital business environment?

Other assets in the books are that the chapters are well organised so each one can be independently written to cater for
individual interests; also the charts show works of valuable and serious research, analysis and presentation.

I felt I have collected handsome dividends already at the finish of the third chapter,