Based on years of reporting on Samsung for The Economist, the Wall Street Journal, and Time from his base in Korea, and his countless sources inside and outside the company, Geoffrey Cain offers the first deep look behind the curtains of the biggest company nobody knows.
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
Die südkoreanische Lee-Familie hat Samsung mit unerbittlicher Härte zum Weltmarktführer für Smartphones gemacht. Seit Handys reihenweise in Flammen aufgehen, wird ihr Streben zum Risiko für die Verbraucher.
By Stefan Schultz
SPIEGEL
Oct 9, 2016
SEOUL, South Korea — It’s official: the hyper-wired tech center of Asia, South Korea, has joined the global space club, just weeks after its isolated archrival North Korea accomplished the same.
By Geoffrey Cain
PRI’s The World
Jan 30, 2013
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For years, Tim Cook insisted Apple could change China from the inside. Instead, China changed Apple.
The latest evidence? Apple spent billions developing cutting-edge electric vehicle battery technology with Chinese automaker BYD, only to watch its innovations become the cornerstone of BYD’s rise to global electric vehicle dominance. Apple walked away with nothing. China walked away with everything.
This isn’t just another story about corporate research and development gone wrong. It’s a cautionary tale about how even America’s most valuable company has become trapped in China’s web of technological control — and how that web is about to tighten even further.