Jack Perkowski was a working-class kid who made good - very good. But following a highly successful career on Wall Street, Jack felt he needed a new challenge. Having decided that China would be the future, he set about investigating this little-known market and its opportunities. In the early 1990s, Jack moved to Beijing and eventually set up his own manufacturing business, Asimco. Today, the company has an annual turnover of over $500 million and employs more than twelve thousand people in seventeen plants across eight provinces. But it wasn't all plain sailing. In "Managing the Dragon" Jack recalls how he gambled all he had to create a new life for himself half way across the world. He also tells of the mistakes he made and the many lessons he learned whilst coping with China's unique working practices and rituals. Told from the insider's point-of-view by one of today's most influential and pioneering entrepreneurs. Managing the Dragon also offers a fresh...