Product Description

Jardine Matheson & Company is perhaps best known through James Clavell's "Taipan." The firm played an important role in the founding of Hong Kong, but its growth in the 20th century, through acquisition and divestiture, has never been adequately explored until now. This is not only the first study of Jardine Matheson to systematically uncover the industrial logic of its growth strategy; it is also among the first studies of the Hong Kong trading industry as an adaptive ecosystem based on trade, equity, and debt relationships that reduced business risk. Understanding the experience of Jardine Matheson will prove valuable to anyone who is eager to learn the lessons of adaptation and survival that marked not only the first period of globalization, but its current incarnation as well.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1892108 in Books
• Published on: 2004-05
• Original language: English
• Dimensions: .99 pounds
• Binding: Hardcover
• 188 pages

Review
"Changes in technology, changing financial needs, political realignments and changes in wealth and demand were obsolescing existing patterns of business and creating new opportunities. JM, a world-spanning enterprise with few peers, seems to have been keenly adept at exploiting many of them. What were these opportunities? Could they recur?....The book by Dr. Connell reviews and analyzes these issues at JM, and separates the serendipitous event from the historic lesson. The former is an interesting story, but of limited applicability. The latter is what the inquisitive manager of today's global enterprise may want to study diligently."-Roger Mesznik, Ph.D. Columbia University