[quote=briansd1]I believe that it’s too easy to dismiss Asians as book smart but uncreative and only good at repetitive technical stuff. Only insecure people do that.
If you look at tech, Acer is a great example.
Acer started supplying parts to American computer makers. They then created their own brand which didn’t really succeed in the 80s and 90s. But the persevered and became focused on contract manufacturing.
And now the Acer brand is dominant… and they bought out Gateway (formerly a San Diego company).
Samsung, HTC, Acer, etc… all very creative Asian businesses.
And if you are an American business and need to source your manufacturing and parts in Asia, who will you need to hire? An educated Asian person.
Ok, so you’re the big shot executive and you run the business. But if you don’t speak the language or understand the culture, you will need to hire an educated Asian person, at least to translate.
Now, if you’re an educated Asian executive with an American university education, you don’t need to hire anyone because you understand both Asian and American cultures. You speak fluent English and the Asian language.
In the long run, all else being equal, which executive will be more profitable to the corporation/shareholders?[/quote]
Acer creative in the USA? What kind of brand recognition do they have here? Where are there fancy gadgets that people crave? Brilliant marketing? But that doesn’t really matter as long as they can produce net profit, which was only $105M last quarter.
Samsung on the other hand is more on the bold side, they may even bring in a great Android Tablet this year (better have 10 hr battery life)!
Their Galaxy Sprint phone has great potential with advanced Bluetooth streaming to Samsung TVs and great keyboard.
Can someone tell me why all these tech companies with their hundreds of PhDs and design engineers continue to make phone keyboards that average male user deems unusable in 2 minutes??
I had conversation over 6 years ago with a smart 60yr old engineer lamenting dismal prospects for future jobs in USA for the young people. He said don’t worry about, that’s what they said about Japan in the 80’s and they didn’t take over the USA. Well maybe half the T-bond market, but that’s another story.
