You just need to walk down the streets of Seoul to see how entrenched Samsung is as part of Korean life. Samsung won’t do badly in the short-term, despite the jailing of its heir says Geoffrey Cain, author of an upcoming book on the Samsung empire.
By Karishma Vaswani
BBC
Aug 25, 2017
The Samsung conglomerate, known globally for its electronics and smartphones, is South Korea’s biggest and touches almost every aspect of South Korean life. Samsung encompasses more than 50 affiliates involved in life insurance, shipping, cars, construction, hospitals, hotels — even seeing-eye dogs.
By Elise Hu
NPR
Aug 25, 2017
Prosecutors have cast Lee Jae-yong, the heir to the Samsung empire, as a mastermind bent on breaking the law to protect his family’s wealth and power. They have accused him of paying $38 million in bribes to maintain control of Samsung without paying taxes.
By Amie Tsang
The New York Times
Aug 24, 2017
Company hopes to win back fans of high-end handsets after fire prone Note 7 “[The] most important thing is that while Samsung admitted to problems with its battery hardware and processes in the Note 7 . . . employees frequently tell me that Samsung hasn’t addressed a deeper issue, cultural reform,” said Geoffrey Cain, author of an upcoming book on the Korean conglomerate.
By Aliya Ram and Bryan Harris
Financial Times
Aug 24, 2017
Geoffrey Cain talks with Quartz about the future of Samsung as its leader faces trial for corruption.
By Josh Horwitz
Quartz
August 24, 2017
Regardless of the trial’s outcome, Lee Jae-yong ‘s reputation as a corporate leader has been damaged, say some Samsung watchers.“In the trial you come away with the impression that he is incompetent or at least he didn’t know his own company,” said Geoffrey Cain, the author of a coming book about Samsung.
By Jeyup S. Kwaak and Paul Mozur
The New York Times
Aug 23, 2017
Author Geoffrey Cain discusses Samsung’s quarterly earnings, its reputation in business and his outlook for the company. He speaks on “Bloomberg Markets: Asia.”
Bloomberg Markets: Asia
Jul 7, 2017
“Chaebols are just giant conglomerates that control so much of the economy on a scale just not seen in a lot of the world,” says Geoffrey Cain, who trained as an anthropologist and is writing a book about Samsung.
By Lauren Frayer
NPR
May 28, 2017
“Some South Koreans are calling Lee Jae-yong ‘s trial “the trial of the century.” “I don’t think there will be a coup d’etat,” said Geoffrey Cain, author of a forthcoming book on Samsung.
By Sherisse Pham
CNN
Mar 9, 2017
“The thing about Samsung is, it’s a giant wound-up ball of yarn of cross-holdings,” said Geoffrey Cain, the author of a coming book on Samsung. “The setup is so complicated that sometimes I wonder if a group of smart people could find a way to tug at the right connection and find a way to loosen it up, to unravel it a bit, just to see if they could pull it away from the company.”
By Choe Sang-Hun and Paul Mozur
The New York Times
Mar 4, 2017
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