Category Archives: Management

Park Presidency Gives Fighting Chance to Korea’s Chaebols

Posted on January 9, 2013 by Tom Coyner

Korea’s basically a one-trick economic act at this point. It’s basically chaebol chaebol chaebol.” Continue reading →

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What the S Korean election will not mean

Posted on January 8, 2013 by Tom Coyner

Taking on the largest chaebol within Korea is not dissimilar to a kamikaze attack Continue reading →

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Getting to the crux of corruption

Posted on November 27, 2012 by Tom Coyner

Until Koreans essentially ease up on themselves and learn to be happier with who they are and what they possess, systemic corruption will continue. Continue reading →

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Learning to move with the tide

Posted on September 23, 2012 by Tom Coyner

We cannot go back to the past, the present will soon change. Whether change is good largely depends on the individual to keep learning. Continue reading →

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Asia’s near impossible reversals

Posted on September 10, 2012 by Tom Coyner

Master-follower relationships make it remarkably difficult for a master to do a 180, given his obligations Continue reading →

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Cash is king for worried companies

Posted on September 10, 2012 by Tom Coyner

S Korean firms start selling buildings, their own stock to survive uncertain times Continue reading →

Posted in Doing Business in Korea, Economy, Management, S Korea Economy, chaebol | Tagged cash, economy, Korea, market, real estate, recession, South Korea | Leave a comment

How Sustainable is the Korea Wave Pop Culture?

Posted on August 9, 2012 by Tom Coyner

SERI and Coyner explore how sustainable is the Korea Wave around the world. Continue reading →

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Millionaire Lee Fights Back Relatives Over Samsung Shares/Lee family scraps over some of Samsung riches

Posted on June 3, 2012 by Tom Coyner

his dispute could well determine who controls what a decade from now. Continue reading →

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Gov’t mulls price hike to curb electricity usage/Public corporations face operating losses, large debt

Posted on May 29, 2012 by Tom Coyner

Cheap electricity prices are like holding a bomb that could go off anytime. Continue reading →

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Samsung Heirs Stage a Korean Soap Opera

Posted on May 13, 2012 by Tom Coyner

“These guys are better than Korean soap operas,” Tom Coyner, a management consultant based in Seoul. Continue reading →

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