The Samsung Sandwich
The Korean giant pumped billions of dollars into China and came to dominate its smartphone market. Now, it’s closing factories. What happened? By Geoffrey CainThe
The Korean giant pumped billions of dollars into China and came to dominate its smartphone market. Now, it’s closing factories. What happened? By Geoffrey CainThe
BY BOBBY MCGILL – MAR 23, 2020 he rise of Samsung to become one of the most widely recognizable brands in the world is a remarkable success
Biographies are prominent sights on non-fiction shelves, and many become classics. Business bios? Less so. But a new entry to the genre – Geoffrey Cain’s Samsung Rising: The Inside Story of the South Korean Giant that Set out to Beat Apple and Conquer Tech (Penguin Random House, 2020) – is a corker.
By Andrew Salmon
Asia Times
Mar 20, 2020
The arrest of Jay Lee, the de facto leader of Samsung, raises fears he shares Korean dynastic weaknesses “There’s a generation gap on what people think about Jay Lee, and this reflects the cultural struggle in Samsung and in Korean society,” says Geoffrey Cain, author of an upcoming book on Samsung.
By Bryan Harris
Financial Times
Feb 18, 2017
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Geoffrey Cain is an award-winning author of bestselling books on leadership, business, technology, and finance.
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