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WHERE THE TIGERS BREED
 
“ Survey of Asia’s Emerging Economies, “ November, 1991 ( The Economist )
 
By : Hendra S Raharjaputra
 
 
       The article reminded me , when I attended lectures of Business International at one of reputable business school in Indonesia ( PPM Business School ) in 1991-1993 . I was not graduate from well known overseas university as many students dreamed it, but hopefully this article will give contribution for the readers.
 
       I just want to excerpt some sentences   written by the economist :  “ Four decades ago , Asia seemed condemned to poverty. Half of Japan’s workforce was in the fields; the other half in factories that were only 15 % as productive as America’s . “ Made in Japan “ meant gimcrack. Shanghai , previously one of Asia’s most dynamic cities , had fallen to Mao’s Communist ; its refugees streamed on to a hopeless little island called Taiwan. Korea was poorer than Sudan and on the brink of a devastating civil war. Hong Kong and Singapore were busy ports , but not a lot more. The four economic” tigers” of East Asia – South Korea, Taiwan, Singapore and Hong Kong – have forged the fastest industrial revolutions the world has ever seen. Behind them are another countries which are getting close to the point of industrial take off – Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia and , most interestingly, China “.
 
       At that time , we were proudly being a country  that predicted would be one the tigers of Asia , it’s mean the tiger will breed “ the champ “ to cater, to reduce the poor .
 
       I just want to share the readers of the article , please check out at the below list where the Indonesia’s companies are  . Are The Real Tigers  China, South Korea, Malaysia, India, Taiwan, Thailand ?  Not predicted country, India, showing up as a “ Black Horse “ .

   FORTUNE 500 Companies  Based in Asia - 2007/2008
Rank
Company
Country
Revenues
($ millions)
5
230,200.8
16
159,259.6
24
132,885.1
25
129,798.3
38
106,006.5
40
105,102.4
48
98,306.5
50
94,782.1
54
93,526.9
67
82,095.6
72
79,411.8
75
77,682.2
82
74,899.8
86
70,716.9
91
67,145.2
95
66,218.2
115
57,859.2
116
57,427.0
117
57,049.2
118
55,988.4
130
52,808.5
132
51,827.7
133
51,525.5
135
51,192.5
140
50,252.3
 
Results limited to first 25 matches.
From the July 21, 2008 issue
 
 
Note : 
Please check the lists of above :
1. Samsung and LG has threatened Sony and Toshiba in the electronic industry.
2. Petronas - Malaysia ranks 95, Hopefully  " Pertamina " is crossing over Petronas in the next future, but when and will the dream come true ? Pertamina must not only " move on " but  also " change  into "  more better.
 

                                                                                                                                                                      Jan 2009
 
 
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