BANGKOK -- Carlos Ghosn knows what his automobile empire is missing, and he is on a mission to get it.
The elusive piece of the puzzle is a larger slice of the Southeast Asian market. In Ghosn's nearly 20 years at the helm, the Nissan-Renault Alliance has not built much of a presence in the region. But with Mitsubishi Motors having joined the alliance as a strategic partner last October, the chairman sees a prime opportunity to change that.
