Winter 2022 / Volume VI, Number 4by Geoffrey Cain Once a technology star, Zhao Weiguo rose fast and fell hard. For the last eight years,
22 February 2022 Geoffrey Cain is an award-winning foreign correspondent, author, technologist, and scholar of East and Central Asia. His first book, Samsung Rising: The
Three years after explosive allegations of graft and corruption brought down the government of Asia’s fourth-largest economy, South Korea’s chaebol culture will again come under the microscope when Samsung Electronics Co. heir Jay Y. Lee returns to court.
By Sohee Kim
Bloomberg
Oct 24, 2019
As exploding batteries force recall of flagship phone, can a rising star rethink company’s business model to prevent an even bigger bang?
By Geoffrey Cain
South China Morning Post
September 26, 2016
“Beyond the arrest itself, this is going to be a big blow to the narrative they’ve been building,” said Geoffrey Cain, the author of a coming book on Samsung. “It’s hard to convince shareholders and partners they are a hip Silicon Valley-style company when these charges show them to be a company run like a feudal dynasty.”
By Paul Mozur
The New York Times
Jan 16, 2017
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About 20% of the National Samsung Electronics Union walked off the job, protesting for higher pay and better working conditions. It’s the first time Samsung workers have gone on strike. The World’s host Carolyn Beeler talks about the strike and its significance with Geoffrey Cain.
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Geoffrey Cain is an award-winning author of bestselling books on leadership, business, technology, and finance.
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