John Caslione
John A. Caslione (born Buffalo, NY in 1953) is an American Entrepreneur, Management Consultant, Mergers and Acquisitions, Writer and Public Speaker. Caslione is the founder and current President & CEO of GCS Business Capital LLC, a Mergers and Acquisitions advisory firm with offices in the U.S., Europe and Asia. The firm is focused on cross-border mergers, acquisitions and strategic equity joint ventures between companies from the U.S., Europe, China and other regions in Asia. Caslione previously was the founder and President & CEO of Andrew-Ward International, Inc. (1991), an international management consultancy assisting firms in developing global business strategies. Caslione has developed and executed global business development strategies in 88 countries on six continents. Caslione received his B.S. (1975) and MBA (1978) from the University of New York (Buffalo, USA), and his Juris Doctor (1984) from the Chicago-Kent College of Law (Chicago, USA).
Caslione has written two English-language books on globalization and international business (Growing Your Business in Emerging Markets: Promise and Perils, and Global Manifest Destiny: Growing Your Business in a Borderless Economy), and two Chinese-language books (Going Global: How to Globalize Your Business, and Developing Successful Global Sales and Distribution Channel Strategy). Caslione will soon publish a fifth book, co-authored with marketing guru and thought leader Philip Kotler Philip Kotler, entitled, Chaotics: The Business of Managing and Marketing in The Age of Turbulence (AMACOM Publishing; May 2009)
A guest lecturer at Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management Kellogg School of Management, Caslione is a recognized expert on the new global economy and global business strategy and speaks at many global business forums, including CNBC Europe as guest expert addressing critical issues in the global economy, global business and China.
Books
English
- Chaotics: The Business of Managing and Marketing in The Age of Turbulence (AMACOM Publishing May 2009) ISBN 0814415210
- Global Manifest Destiny: Growing Your Business in a Borderless Economy (Dearborn Publishing 2001) ISBN 9780793145027
- Growing Your Business in Emerging Markets: Promise and Perils (Greenwood Publishing 2000) ISBN 9781567203394
Chinese
- Caslione, John. 走向全球 : 如何在全球成功开展新业务 (Zou xiang quan qiu : ru he zai quan qiu cheng gong kai zhan xin ye wu) (Going Global: How to Globalize Your Business) Beijing : Jing ji guan li chu ban she (Economy & Management Publishing House), 2005.
- Caslione, John. 建立全球分销网络的成功之道 (Jian li quan qiu fen xiao wang luo de cheng gong zhi dao) (Developing Successful Global Sales and Distribution Channel Strategy) / Beijing: Jing ji guan li chu ban she (Economy & Management Publishing House), 2005.
These two practical how-to books focus upon critical issues for China’s emerging global businesses seeking to develop successful business growth strategies to globalize their businesses.