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Seoul man : a memoir of cars, culture, crisis, and unexpected hilarity inside a Korean corporate titan / Frank Ahrens.

Lippincott Library HD9710.K62 A37 2016
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Ahrens, Frank, 1963- author.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Hyŏndae Chonghap Sangsa (Korea).
Automobile industry and trade--Korea (South).
Automobile industry and trade.
International business enterprises.
Korea (South).
Corporate culture--Korea (South).
Corporate culture.
International business enterprises--Korea (South).
Genre:
Autobiographies.
Physical Description:
viii, 336 pages ; 24 cm
Place of Publication:
New York : HarperBusiness, 2016.
Summary:
"Heartbreaking and hilarious, Seoul Man is Frank Ahrens' story of the three years he spent in Korea as the highest ranking non-Korean executive at Hyundai, shedding light on a business culture very few Western journalists have been able to experience"-- Provided by publisher.
Contents:
Almost, not quite
Three midlife crises
At work: alien planet
At home: alternate universe
Detroit: showtime
The Korean codes
Reading the air
Constant competition
Admiral Yi: Korea's greatest Japan fighter
Sejong the Great: give-and-take with China
The dangerous cousins Kim
"This doesn't rattle"
The chairman arrives
Seoul surprises
Almost, not quite English
Car of the year
Bye, bye, baby
Not here, not now
Sang moo waygookin
The 2013 model
Genesis and Sonata
Jakarta is no Seoul
Escape plan
The judgment of Genesis
Finding home
Epilogue.
ISBN:
9780062405241
0062405241
9780062405258
006240525X
OCLC:
945884393

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