TY - BOOK ID - 52585476 TI - Liem Sioe Liong's Salim Group : The Business Pillar of Suharto's Indonesia AU - Borsuk, Richard AU - Chng, Nancy PY - 2014 SN - 9814519820 9814459577 9814459593 PB - Singapore : Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, DB - UniCat KW - Success in business KW - Business and politics KW - Big business KW - Conglomerate corporations KW - Businesspeople KW - Liem, Sioe Liong. KW - Salim Group (Firm) KW - History. KW - Indonesia KW - Politics and government KW - Chaebols KW - Conglomerate mergers KW - Conglomerates (Corporations) KW - Corporations, Conglomerate KW - Keiretsu KW - Mergers, Conglomerate KW - Consolidation and merger of corporations KW - Corporations KW - Industrial concentration KW - Competition KW - Economic concentration KW - Business KW - Business enterprises KW - Industries KW - Politics and business KW - Politics, Practical KW - Political business cycles KW - Business failures KW - Creative ability in business KW - Prediction of occupational success KW - Size KW - Political aspects KW - Liong, Liem Sioe KW - Liem, Siu Liong KW - Salim, Soedono KW - Salim, Sudono KW - Soedono Salim KW - Lin, Shaoliang KW - Lin, Shao-liang KW - 林绍良 KW - Grup Salim (Firm) UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:52585476 AB - After Suharto gained power in Indonesia in the mid-1960s, he stayed as the country's president for more than three decades, helped by the powerful military, hefty foreign aid and support from a coterie of cronies. A pivotal business backer for his New Order government was Liem Sioe Liong, a migrant from China, who arrived in Java in 1938. A combination of the Suharto connection, serendipity and personal charm propelled him to become the wealthiest tycoon in Southeast Asia. This is the story of how Liem built the Salim Group, a conglomerate that in its heyday controlled Indonesia's largest non-state bank, the country's dominant cement producer and flour mill, as well as the world's biggest maker of instant noodles. The book features exclusive input from Liem, who died in 2012, and his youngest son, Anthony Salim. It traces the founder's life and the group's symbiosis with Suharto, his generals and family. After the tumultuous 1997-98 Asian financial crisis sparked Suharto's fall and a backlash against the strongman's cronies, Anthony staved off the crushing of the debt-laden group. Told in a journalistic style, the story of the Salim Group provides insights into Suharto's New Order. For business executives, students and anyone with an interest in Southeast Asia's largest economy, the volume makes a valuable contribution towards understanding the country's modern history. ER -