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In recent years the phenomenal rise of the economies of China and India has led to a proliferation of academic studies. Much of the focus has been on economic performance, development strategies and the comparative advantage of the two economies. A comparative study of business as an agent of change has been lacking This volume brings together articles by leading scholars in the field of Chinese and Indian business who offer fresh perspectives on the historical antecedents of business in the two economies.
Medha Kudaisya, Ph.D. (University of Cambridge, United Kingdom), is an Assistant Professor at the National University of Singapore. She has published extensively on Indian business and economic history.
Ng Chin-keong, Ph D (Australian National University), is Professor (retired) at the National University of Singapore. He works on local and maritime history of Southeastern China during the 18th and 19th centuries and has published widely on the area.
Ng Chin-keong, Ph D (Australian National University), is Professor (retired) at the National University of Singapore. He works on local and maritime history of Southeastern China during the 18th and 19th centuries and has published widely on the area.
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Sherman Cochran - Chinese and Overseas Chinese Business History: Three Challenges to the State of the Field
David Faure - Beyond Networking: An Institutional View of Chinese Business
Wong Siu-lun - 'Decenteringâ: the Rise of Hong Kong as a Network Society
Medha Kudaisya - Marwari and Chettiar Merchants: c. 1850s - 1950s: Comparative Trajectories
Dwijendra Tripathi - âColonial Syndromeâ and Technology Choices in Indian Industry
Aditya Mukherjee - Indian Business, State and Civil Society: Implications for Global Participation
Bibliography
Notes on Contributors
Index
Introduction
Sherman Cochran - Chinese and Overseas Chinese Business History: Three Challenges to the State of the Field
David Faure - Beyond Networking: An Institutional View of Chinese Business
Wong Siu-lun - 'Decenteringâ: the Rise of Hong Kong as a Network Society
Medha Kudaisya - Marwari and Chettiar Merchants: c. 1850s - 1950s: Comparative Trajectories
Dwijendra Tripathi - âColonial Syndromeâ and Technology Choices in Indian Industry
Aditya Mukherjee - Indian Business, State and Civil Society: Implications for Global Participation
Bibliography
Notes on Contributors
Index
All those interested in the history of Chinese and Indian business, in trading networks and in the economies of China and India.