The Indonesian automotive industry has a lot of unexploited potential that makes it an extremely attractive investment in both the short term and long term. Favorable factors encompass but by no means limited to, a large, largely young population (254 million), expanding GDP growth that is contributing to rising incomes and middle income class, low automotive ownership, low production cost economy, abundant natural resources that range from gold, bauxite, iron ore, natural gas, coal, one of the World's longest coastlines, virgin rain and peat forests; stable macroeconomy as reflected in...

The book navigates the complex, multifaceted, and multi perspective issue of managing complexity under conditions of economic adversity and high, deep seated dynamism. The overarching theme of six chapters in the collection is that surprising though it may seem and sound, conditions of economic distress, call for unique management strategies and styles, the mastery and execution of which bring hefty rewards. A case study of Japan Inc is used to highlight the fact that winning management styles under conditions of economic adversity are required at both the micro level and national level. the...

The book delves into some of the key issues that have influenced the growth and development of agriculture, which have included but not limited to state intervention that has encompassed putting in place legal framework that laid the foundation, principles, and practices on which operators in agricultural sector operate; direct involvement in the disbursement of directed credit programs to priority sectors; liberalization of trade and financial services while leaving key sub sectors of agriculture such as food crops off limits to any investment that is not allowed by the stated, which has...