Book Reviews

“One Billion Customers: Lessons from the Front Lines of Doing Business in China” by James McGregor

Review published September 27, 2006 in Knowledge@W.P. Carey

The population of China is actually approximately 1.3 billion, but James McGregor, author of “One Billion Customers: Lessons from the Front Lines of Doing Business in China” says that the number “billion” is the important threshold — a threshold past which many highly successful, powerful businesspeople degenerate into “slobbering CEOs.”
“China Shakes the World: A Titan’s Rise and Troubled Future and the Challenge for America” by James Kynge

Review published February 28, 2007 in Knowledge@W.P. Carey

“Let China sleep, for when she wakes, she will shake the world.” Napoleon’s words seem to be the inspiration behind the title of James Kynge’s book, “China Shakes the World: A Titan’s Rise and Troubled Future — and the Challenge for America.”
"The Betrayal of American Prosperity: Free Market Delusions, America's Decline, and How We Must Compete in the Post-Dollar Era" by Clyde Prestowitz

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