Starting from Scrap An Entrepreneurial Success Story

by Greer, Stephen H.

• ISBN13: 9781580801607
• ISBN10: 1580801609
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-03-16
• Publisher: Burford Books

Summary

A rags-to-riches story of a young man who comes to Hong Kong and builds a global metals-recycling business. Keen insights into entrepreneurial drive, Asian business, and business-success fundamentals.

Table of Contents

Prologue	p. viii
The Lay of the Land	p. 1
To Do a Common Thing Uncommonly Well	p. 8
Hartwell Pacific Is Born	p. 12
Starring from Scrap	p. 23
China 101	p. 34
Hartwell Hits Its Stride	p. 47
Branching Out	p. 54
Stepping on a Land Mine and Surviving	p. 63
The Root of the Tree	p. 72
The Rebirth of Hartwell	p. 83
Joint ad-Ventures	p. 95
A Little Cloak and Dagger	p. 105
A Quest for Global Domination	p. 120
Typhoon Season	p. 133
Don't Do Business with Friends Unless You Are Prepared to Lose Them	p. 145
Fixing Malaysia	p. 153
Hartwell Pacific's Indonesian Vacation	p. 163
Thank You, Mr. Bentley	p. 174
The School of Hard Knocks: Another MBA	p. 184
Mr. and Mrs. Greer	p. 196
Young Entrepreneur of the Year	p. 200
Getting Back on the Growth Track	p. 207
Hooking a Marlin	p. 219
Negotiations Get Serious	p. 228
A Walk in the Park	p. 236
Epilogue	p. 243
Acknowledgments	p. 245
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