Samsung Electronics: And the Struggle For Leadership of the Electronics Industry

Tony Michell has been a visiting Professor of Strategy and Management at KDI Graduate School of Policy and Management since 1999, having previously taught in Paris, the US and UK and held short term academic appointments in Belgium and Italy. He first came to Korea in 1978 when he was research assistant to the director of economic planning at the Economic Planning Board, and later a consultant to the World Bank, ILO and UNDP. During the 1980s, he also assisted in the operations of the first Korean overseas aid program by providing efficient cost benefit analysis systems, before joining Tetra Pak as the director of Promotion and Logistics. Since 1989, he has combined consulting to multinationals, governments and local companies in East Asia with teaching. In South Korea, he leads KABC Ltd. which is well known for its chaebol studies, for its employment creation campaign in 1998--2000, and for its monthly seminars for Korean managers---the Korean Business Forum.Michell, Tony is the author of 'Samsung Electronics: And the Struggle For Leadership of the Electronics Industry', published 2010 under ISBN 9780470822661 and ISBN 047082266X.