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The Asia-Pacific Expansion Playbook US Companies Keep Getting Wrong

The Asia-Pacific Expansion Playbook US Companies Keep Getting Wrong

The graveyard of failed US corporate expansions across Asia is well-populated and remarkably consistent in its lessons. Cultural assumptions, regulatory overconfidence, and a stubborn preference for replicating domestic operating models have cost American companies billions in wasted capital and irretrievable time. Understanding why these ventures fail is the first step toward building one that endures.