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- The Asia-Pacific Profile. edited by
Bernard Eccleston, Michael Dawson and Deborah McNamara. London
; New York : Routledge, in association with The Open University,
1998.
Fifth in the series, Pacific Studies, this
publication is designed as a resource volume covering the region,
which is defined broadly to include all countries around the
rim of the Pacific Ocean as well as all Pacific Islands. As
such, it includes three sections. the first shows maps of the
Asia-Pacific region, including both historical and current maps
covering such topics as European expansion into Asia, international
telecommunications, tourism, migration, trade flows, and multinational
company penetration. The second section is a country by country
digest which presents, for each country covered, a brief historical
background and charts showing current demographic, economic,
and social indicators, followed by suggestions for further reading.
The third section is devoted to providing the text of key documents
reflecting contemporary Asia-Pacific relations, as well as a
selection of documents offering some insight into the historical
background of the region.
98-137387
- Business, Markets and Government in the Asia Pacific:
Competition Policy, Convergence and Pluralism, edited
by Rong-I Wu and Yun-Peng Chu. London and New York : Routledge,
1998.
This volume brings together a selection of articles
discussing the interrelationships between business, markets,
and governments in the Asia Pacific region, focusing particular
attention on East-Asian relationship-based networks, existing
pluralistic governance structures within business and markets,
and the 'gradualistic' view of institutional change in the Asia
Pacific region.
98-189589
- Business Relationships with East Asia: the European
Experience, edited by Jim slater and Roger Strange.
London and New York : Routledge, 1997.
Part of the series, Routledge Advances in Asia-Pacific
Business, this title brings together a collection of articles
which analyze the business environment in East Asia, focusing
in particular on trade and foreign direct investment within
the region and between the region and Europe.
99-173788
- Dun's Asia/Pacific Key Business Enterprises.
Dun & Bradstreet Information Services. 1996/97.
This directory lists prominent firms and companies
engaged in a wide range of commercial and industrial activities
in the Asia/Pacific region. Countries include Australia, P.R.
of China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, south Korea, Malaysia,
New Zealand, Pakistan, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan R.O.C.,
and Thailand. Volume One contains companies listed alphabetically
across the Asia.Pacific region and the top 2,000 companies in
the region. The listings are of major companies with key data
elements for marketing, sales, and purchasing activities.
93-640854
- The International Directory of Importers: Asia/Pacific.
Edition, Interdata. 1999.
A comprehensive reference book on the importing business
in the Asia/Pacific region. Countries include P.R of China,
Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore,
south Korea and Thailand. The directory is organized alphabetically
in sections by country. Each section consists of three parts"
Part I provides detailed country information, covering geography,
people, government, economy, transportation, communications,
business organizations, commercial policies, taxation and regulatory
agencies. Part II lists importing firms alphabetically. Part
III lists classified commodities.
90-643777
- Major Companies of the Far East and Australasia.
Graham & Whiteside. 2 volumes. 1996/97.
A multi-volume directory providing information on
the 11,000 largest companies in the Asia Pacific region. Volume
One covers south East Asia, including Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia,
Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Laos, and Thailand. volume
Two covers East Asia, including China, Hong Kong, Japan, North
Korea, South Korea, Mongolia, Taiwan, and vietnam. short description
of each company includes 18 data categories: complete name,
address and contact information, principle activities, brand
names and trademarks, parent company, financial information
for the past two years, subsidiaries and asociates, bankers,
auditors, prinipal law firm, senior management, date of establishment
and number of employees. Three indices are available for easy
retrieval of information: an alphabetical index to all companies
in the directory, an alphabetical index to companies with each
country featured and a business activity index, including SIC
Code.
92-649502
- Universal Business Directory. Asia-Pacific.
Auckland, N.Z. : Universal Business Directories. 41st ed. 1996.
A directory of business and trade throughout the Pacific
Islands.
89-658519
- World Business Directory (WBD). Gale
Research and World Trade Centers Association, Inc., 1998.
This directory is a compilation of nearly 140,000
international trade companies in 180 countries. It consists
of four volumes. Volumes 1-3 provide company listings within
geographic sections. Each entry contains company name, complete
address, telephone, fax and telex numbers, executive officer
names and titles, financial data, emplyee figures, product lines
based on the Harmonized
System as well as industry activity by SIC
Codes. The directory also lists nearly 100 world trade centers
and their affiliates with complete address, contact information,
operational status, and executive officer names and titles.
Volume 4 provides three indices to access company information.
The Product Index organizes companies by specific product line,
the SIC Index arranges companies by SIC code, and the Alphabetic
index lists all companies alphabetically.
92-655171
More information about this directory is available
at the website:
http://www.wtca.org/
- Asia, Inc.
http://www.asia-inc.com/
Publisher: Asia Incorporated Publishers Sdn Bhd.
Web edition of the print publication of the same title.
Not all features of the print publication are included. Back
issues of the web edition from October 1998 are available. Also
includes a directory of Internet resources related to Asia which
may be searched by country or subject.
- Asian Business Watch
http://www.asianbusinesswatch.com/
Publisher: Asia Business Watch
An impressive site with a vast amount of information
on Asian business, ranging from stock markets, economic trends,
company directories, market overviews to newsdesk, business
contacts, government ministries and agencies, etc. Links to
other business sites on China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia,
Japan, South Korea, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan,
and Thailand.
- Asian Sources On-Line
http://www.asiansources.com/
Publisher: Trade Media Ltd.
Provides a vast amount of trade information on Asia.
It has three searchable index databases: Product Search, Supplier
Search, and Country Search. Product Search allows a person to
view product images and specifications. Other features include
links to Asian trade oranizations and trade show sites, information
on Asian stock markets, and information on product news and
surveys, and industry news.
- The Asiaweek 1000
http://cnn.com/ASIANOW/asiaweek/asiaweek1000/the1000/1-10.html
Publisher: Asiaweek
According to the Asiaweek FAQ, companies
in this list are ranked by sales, including turnover, gross
income or revenue. Except as otherwise noted, all data are for
fiscal years running from July through June. Two years data
are on the web. Data for the most recent fiscal year may be
purchased on CD-ROM from Asiaweek. May be searched
by company, country, industry, or performance, including largest
profits, biggest losses, largest assets, most employees, biggest
equity, highest market cap, highest growth in sales, highest
growth in profits, biggest profit margins, highest return on
assets, highest return on equity, and most profit per employee.
- Far Eastern Economic Review
http://www.feer.com/
Publisher: Review Publishing Company Limited
A selection of full-text articles from the print version,
representing about 25%-30% of the content of the print magazine.
Back issues of the web version are available on the Web beginning
with the issue for January 14, 1999.
- Financial 500
http://cnn.com/ASIANOW/asiaweek/financial500/the500/1-10.html
Publisher: Asiaweek
Provides ranking and data for 500 top Asian financial
institutions for the previous two years. Data for the most recent
fiscal year may be purchased on CD-ROM from Asiaweek.
Includes financial institution name, country, assets, and percent
change from the preceeding year. May be searched by name, country,
or performance, including profits, losses, loans, deposits,
net interest income, shareholders' equity, profit as % of assets,
as % of equity, loans as % of deposits, and equity as % of assets.
- Statistical Data Locators
http://www.ntu.edu.sg/lib/stat/statdata.htm
Publisher: Nanyang Technological University (NTU). Singapore.
Links to government statistical sources of many Asian
countries, including Cambodia, China, Brunei, Burma, Hong Kong,
India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Laos, Malaysia, Philippines,
Singapore, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, and Thailand. It also provides
Asian regional trade statistics, such as Intra-Asean trade statistics,
extro-Asean trade statistics, APEC tariff databases. It has
links to Asiaweek, and each issue provides updated
exchange rates for 34 Asian currencies.
- Trade Information Network.
http://www.atpf.org
Publisher: Asian Trade Promotion Forum
In addition to links to trade promotion organizations
in major Asian countries, this site provides comprehensive information
on each country's international trade related government agencies,
financial institutions, business news, and economic statistical
data.
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