If you want to get an insight on why the KNIC/Arkenol-Asia venture has the potential of being very big, order the book below from your bookstore or www.barnesandnoble.com. I received it a couple of days ago and its worth the few bucks it costs to get an insight to the Asian potential. In item 5 below ... "From Farms to Supercities. Migration from rural areas of Asia to its cities is taking place at an astounding pace. This social shift is transorming Asia, moving it to the next era of development, away from agricutural societies to ones where cultural diversity and expanded opportunities will dominate."
I read this as the demand for energy within these countries will grow at an "astounding pace" as well. Aren't many to most of these countries importing much of their energy fuels?.... Why not turn their biomass waste streams into energy ... gets rid of much of their biomass waste ... and gets them energy in a lower pollution manner.
There are a number of other points made as well. With Lou knowing how to conduct business in Thailand and other Asian countries ... coupled with the venture with Arkenol ... I am looking forward to very upbeat announcments in this area next year ....
Read the description below ............ Regards, Ben
This is a review picked up from one of the best books on ASIA and its impact on Global economy- a must read for modern stock investor.
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Megatrends Asia : Eight Asian Megatrends That Are Reshaping Our World
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Reprint Edition
Paperback, 304 pages
Published by Touchstone Books
Publication date: February 1, 1997
Dimensions (in inches): 8.49 x 5.49 x .77
ISBN: 0684827069
Megatrends 2000; John Naisbitt Asia Rising; Jim Rohwer Global Paradox; John Naisbitt
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Synopsis:
Reveals explosive changes currently taking place in Asia while considering how these changes will affect the rest of the world, predicting a major shift in international economic forces. 175,000 first printing. Tour. --This text refers to the hardcover edition of this title.
Synopsis:
Reveals explosive changes currently taking place in Asia while considering how these changes will affect the rest of the world, predicting a major shift in international economic forces. --This text refers to the audio cassettes edition of this title.
Synopsis:
The author of Megatrends reveals the explosive changes currently taking place in Asia while considering how these changes will affect the rest of the world and predicting a major shift in international economic forces. Reprint. Tour.
Card catalog description
Writing with the combination of acute perceptions and broad sweep of his previous Megatrends bestsellers, Naisbitt describes the dramatic events that are now taking place in Asia as once isolated nation-states expand their individual economies and develop a powerful new synergy that works to their mutual benefit. Although the United States continues to focus on Europe, Naisbitt shows why the collapse of the Soviet Union and the formation of the European Community cannot match in importance the modernization of Asia and the profound impact it will have on American business. Within five years, he writes, Asia's combined gross national product will be double that of Europe and will represent one third of the entire world economy. In the twenty-first century Asia will become both our major competitor and the major consumer of American goods and services. Among the major trends that herald this remarkable transformation are the shift from the primacy of nation-states to business networks, from export-led economies to consumer-driven economies, and from labor-intensive industries to high technology. Add to these the social changes evolving from increased individualism, rapid urbanization, and the emergence of women, and it becomes clear in which direction Asia is heading. But while it has been quick to adapt Western technologies, Naisbitt explains, Asia has rejected the Western political and social formulations that run counter to its own heritage and traditions. Asia is modernizing in "the Asian way." All of these megatrends will profoundly influence the way Asia does business with the West - and the way America does business with Asia. There are unprecedented opportunities and, Naisbitt warns, enormous challenges. An astute observer of the Asian scene for three decades, he spells out these pitfalls and opportunities, drawing upon a wide range of informed sources and his own interviews with political leaders, intellectuals, entrepreneurs, and businessmen and -women of many nations. With his unmatched gift for describing complex issues and events in lucid terms without distortion or oversimplification, Naisbitt is once again in the vanguard, forecasting a global shift of the world's economic, political, and cultural center of gravity that will have enormous consequences for us all. --This text refers to the hardcover edition of this title.
Customer Comments
art40919@leonis.nus.sg from Singapore, Singapore , 10/05/97, rating=5:
Simplistic but still readable
Naisbitt has done it again, this time turning his attention to Asia. His earlier book, Megatrends, attempts to set the agenda for international business in the next century. Now he aspires to do the same thing for Asia-watchers, or claim to be so. Not a critical enough piece of work though, and Naisbitt, despite his many interesting observations of the 'megatrends' influencing Asia in the so-called pacific Century, still fails to convince why Asia will lead the world economy and why it's so important to understand this continent. --This text refers to the hardcover edition of this title.
A Reader, 02/18/97, rating=6:
Not entirely convincing Asian futurology
This is a book that endeavours to predict the future and like all works of the genre it must stand or fall by the quality of its predictions. Naisbitt is recognized as one of the world's top political and economic forecasters, with a number of best selling 'futurology' books to his name. The problem with this particular book is not that the predictions are inaccurate, but rather that most of them are either common sense or are already taking place.
The book is divided into eight chapters, each describing one of the, "Asian megatrends that are reshaping the world." The last of these megatrends is simply "From West to East." Naisbitt says that, "Asia was once the centre of the world, and now the centre is returning to Asia." He even goes as far as to predict that, "we are moving towards the Asianization of the world."
Naisbitt makes use of an array of facts and figures to support each of the eight trends. Mostly this is done successfully, but occasionally the facts seem open to other, more intuitive interpretations, and the conclusions he draws sometimes appear strained. For example, he says, "demands in the Indian art market are so great that artists sell their works as fast as they are finished." The impression he is trying to create of a booming art market is clear, but do all Indian artists really sell all their work as soon as it is finished? Are their no unsold pieces to be found anywhere in the country? What are the prices of these highly desirable and much sought after works of art? Sometimes the way the arguments are presented raises more questions than it answers. Despite this the reader is left in little doubt that the overall evidence supporting each 'megatrend' is compelling, and the evidence has continued to mount since the publication of the book.
In his The Cynic's Word Book, Ambrose Bierce defines the future as, "that period of time in which our affairs prosper, our friends are true, and our happiness is assured." If Naisbitt's vision of the future is correct then Asia's affairs will prosperous, its friends will be true, and its happiness will indeed be assured.
--This text refers to the hardcover edition of this title.
Table of Contents
Introduction
1. From Nation-States to Networks
2. From Traditions to Options
3. From Export-Led to Consumer-Driven
4. From Government-Controlled to Market-Driven
5. From Farms to Supercities
6. From Labor-Intensive to High Technology
7. From Male Dominance to the Emergence of Women
8. From West to East " |
