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From Mao's Art Soldier to Xi’s Cartoonist: Political Cartoons
2024Shaomin Li
In the book's first half, the author and artist Shaomin Li tells the story of his unique experiences in China and the United States in a well-illustrated way. In the book's second half, he includes some 60 cartoons of contemporary political and current affairs that he has drawn in recent years. These cartoons include international events, US-China relations, corruption, collusion between officials and business people, and various characters such as Xi Jinping, Biden, Putin, Kim Jong-un, Musk, Cook, Gates, and others. [From Amazon.com]
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The Rise of China, Inc.: How the Chinese Communist Party Transformed China Into a Giant Corporation
2022Shaomin Li
Leveraging its absolute power, low human rights advantage, and tolerance by other countries, the Chinese Communist Party has transformed China into a giant corporation. Living and working is not a right, but a privilege granted by the party. State-owned firms are business units or subsidiaries, private firms are joint ventures, and foreign firms are franchisees of the party. 'China, Inc.' enjoys the agility of a firm and the vast resources of a state. Meanwhile, foreign firms competing with Chinese firms can find themselves matched against the mighty Chinese state. The Rise of China, Inc. will interest many readers: it will compel business scholars to rethink state-firm relationships; assist multinational business practitioners in formulating effective strategies; aid policy-makers in countering China's expansion; and inform the public of the massive corporate organization China has become, and how democracies can effectively deal with it. [Amazon.com]
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Bribery and Corruption in Weak Institutional Environments: Connecting the Dots from a Comparative Perspective
2019Shaomin Li
Drawing on twenty years of research and observations, Li explains how bribery and corruption are carried out in countries with weak institutional environments, and how these activities become globalized. By distinguishing rule-based, relation-based and clan-based governance, this book offers a novel explanation to the age-old puzzle of why some countries thrive despite corruption. It also sheds lights on the symbiotic roles corruption and anticorruption campaigns play in maintaining dictatorships. Applying cost-benefit analysis to different governance environments, Li argues that as non-rule-based economies expand, the transition from relying on private relationships to relying on public rules is inevitable. However, by highlighting the globalization of corruption by non-rule-based countries, this book warns against the potential threats and consequences of bribery by powerful dictatorial governments. This book will appeal to scholars, analysts and graduate students studying corruption, as well as policymakers, business professionals and executives seeking insights into the characteristics of bribery and corruption within different institutional settings. [From Amazon.com]
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"Carry On the Revolution to the End"?: Propaganda Posters in China
2018Shaomin Li
The book reviews the way in which art, in the form of posters, was used by Mao Zedong and the Chinese Communist Party to serve their revolution. It centers on the era of the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution (1966-1976) and discusses the way in which the revolutionary theory of art was formed and mobilized people to use posters to “carry on the revolution to the end,” as Mao called them to do. From the propaganda posters used during the Cultural Revolution, the author identifies the features of persuasion and distortion that are most common in these posters: they persuade people to do what they do not want to do, and they distort reality by showing the opposite. Based on his experience as a propaganda artist in Mao’s era, the author reviews the evolution of propaganda posters in China from the revolutionary era to today, and discusses what is at the “end” of Mao’s revolution – in today’s China. [From the back cover]
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East Asian Business in the New World: Helping Old Economies Revitalize
2016Shaomin Li
East Asian Business in the New World: Helping Old Economies Revitalize discusses how to conduct business in East Asia. The main objective of the book is to help American workers and businesses gain competitive advantages in a global marketplace in which the emerging Asian economies are rapidly becoming major players. The American economy appears to be on decline, especially relative to the rapidly rising economies in places such as China. To revitalize the American economy and those of the ‘old world’, we must pay close attention to the economies with which America competes. … [From Amazon.com]
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"Together or Separate Checks?" Why the East and West Conduct Business in Different Ways
2015Shaomin Li
This cartoon-illustrated volume explains why there are so many great differences in the manner that the East and West conduct business. Unlike conventional works on this topic that usually focus on cultural differences, this book uncovers a deeper, more fundamental reason for the differences between East and West. Based on more than 40 original exclusively-created illustrative cartoons, author and illustrator Shaomin Li argues that the East’s reliance on private relations and the West’s reliance on public rules to conduct business are not merely due to cultural differences. Rather, such differences are related to their different stages of political and economic development… [From Amazon.com]
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Mergers and Acquisitions Strategy for Consolidations: Roll Up, Roll Out and Innovate for Superior Growth and Returns
2012Norman W. Hoffmann
Mergers and Acquisitions Strategy for Consolidations analyzes a rarely considered approach that has produced impressive long term success. In this groundbreaking book, Norman Hoffmann shares the strategy used to create such companies as Starbucks, Tele-Communications, Inc., and Trader Publishing, a company that grew to $1.3 billion annual revenue while paying its investors over $1 billion in dividends during its 20-year history. … [From Amazon.com]
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Corporate Governance and Initial Public Offerings: An International Perspective
2012Alessandro Zattoni and William Q. Judge
Initial Public Offerings (IPOs) are unique economic and governance events as privately held firms issue common stock or shares to the public for the first time. The governance issues surrounding IPOs are relatively unexamined compared to more established, and usually larger, firms. As such, they provide a unique context to study corporate governance and its development around the world. Based on a collaborative international research project, this book analyses the corporate governance of IPOs in twenty-one countries, each of which is characterized by different governance environments and different levels of IPO activity. The end result is a broad and deep assessment of governance practices and IPO activity for an array of economies that represent roughly 80 percent of the global economy. These chapters collectively provide new insights into what a global theory of corporate governance might look like and offer guidance to policy makers and academics regarding national governance configurations. [From Amazon.com]
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Building Organizational Capacity for Change: The Strategic Leader's New Mandate
2011William Q. Judge
Based on systematic research of more than 5,000 respondents working within more than 200 organization or organizational units conducted during the previous decade, this book offers a clear and proven method for diagnosing your organizational change capacity. Building on my previous consulting experience and anecdotal evidence, you will also learn how to enhance your organization’s change capacity. While building organizational change capacity is not fast or easy, it is essential for effective leadership and organizational survival in the 21st century. This book provides guidance on how to do that essential work in the new millennium. … [From Amazon.com]
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Managing International Business in Relation-Based Versus Rule-Based Countries
2009Shaomin Li
This book dispels these myths and shows that people rely on the relation-based system not owing to specific cultural factors, but because of the stage of development in these countries. When the market is limited in scale and informal networks are thick, the relation-based system can be quite effective and efficient. [From Amazon.com]
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The Leader's Shadow: Exploring and Developing Executive Character
1999William Q. Judge
The Leader's Shadow examines the inner dynamics of executives in top leadership positions.
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