Cheung Yan, the head and co-founder of Nine Dragons Paper Holdings corporation ("Nine Dragons") has been internationally documented as among the foremost strategic business leaders of Asia. This unit sent it to China and accumulated waste paper from the US. By 1995, Cheung had recognized the tremendous chance for paper making in China, given its ever-increasing demand for export packaging.
By June of year 2007, the business was a behemoth paper powerhouse, with 13 giant paper making machines, about 8,600 full time employees, US$1.4 billion in annual revenue and US$300 million in profits. With a huge growth program set up, it was expected that by 2009, Nine Dragons would be the top producer of packaging paper, and the first in the world when it comes to production capacity of Asia. In a male dominated industry of Asia has Cheung succeeded in being observed globally as a business leader? What are the qualities and skills she possesses that have made her such an effective strategic leader?
PUBLICATION DATE: November 03, 2008 PRODUCT #: HKU799-PDF-ENG
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