Doing Business In Asia: Dont Reinvent The Wheel, Model What Works
One successful business attracting the admiration of people in Southeast Asia, if not the whole of Asia, may be Air Asia, the no-frills budget airlines revolutionsing air travel for millions in this region. Founder and former accountant Tony Fernandes went on a trip to the UK, came across the concept of budget airlines, and considered it, he says, a no brainer.
And so he started Air Asia, by providing a seat on a plane for any person at minimal prices, and basing the company in Malaysia, between China and India and Indonesia (3 of the 4 most populous nations on this planet.
As the slogan of his budget airlines puts it, Now Everyone Can Fly. More importantly for the entrepeneurs perspective, by always selling enough tickets to his planes and acquiring his first plane for a dollar from Malaysian Airlines, he says Air Asia has made money from day one.
Air Asia may serve as a template for anyone wishing to do business in this region. A number of lessons can be drawn from this.
In particular, Air Asia is one of many examples one may notice that simply re-models the product or...
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