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Samsung’s success fails to mask fears over its image

Samsung struggles to shake off claims its culture is akin to North Korea. “Samsung is the Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde of the technology world,” says Geoffrey Cain, author of The Republic of Samsung, who drew the parallel with North Korea.

By Bryan Harris
Financial Times

Jan 31, 2018

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Mastermind or Naïf? Samsung Heir’s Fate Hinges on the Question

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

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