Rajeswary Ampalavanar Brown
Biographic Data
| ID | 3857926 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Rajeswary Ampalavanar Brown |
| GIVEN NAMES | Rajeswary Ampalavanar |
| FAMILY NAME | Brown |
| SIGNATURE | BROWN R A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of London |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 18 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 2 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1993 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Chinese Business Enterprise in Asia
Since the emergence of Chinese multinationals in the Far East, a debate has arisen on the relationship between the rapid economic growth of the Pacific Rim and the nature of Chinese business enterprise. Just how far has Chinese business been instrumental in the economic transformation of the Far East? This volume examines the development of Chinese business and management practices from the late 19th century. Contributors look at how familism and…
Capital and Entrepreneurship in South-East Asia
Islam in Modern Thailand: Faith, Philanthropy and Politics
This book addresses the complexity of Islam in Thailand, by focusing on Islamic charities and institutions affiliated to the mosque. By extrapolating through Islam and the waqf (Islamic charity) in different regions of Thailand the diversity in races and institutions, it demonstrates the regional contrasts within Thai Islam. The book also underlines the importance of the internal histories of these separate spaces, and the processes by which inst…
Charities in the Non-Western World: The Development and Regulation of Indigenous and Islamic Charities
This book looks at the operation of indigenous charities at a regional, localised and global level. Chapters focus on the adaptation, accountability and operation of charities across a wide range of jurisdictions from China to Indonesia, Thailand, Iran, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Lebanon and Turkey. It examines the ownership, participation and accountability of charities in a regional, localised and international context, and draws on the experienc…
Islamic Endowments and the Land Economy in Singapore: The Genesis of an Ethical Capitalism, 1830–2007
This paper emphasizes the deeply embedded economic interests of Islamic charities: the accumulation of land and property, commercial and financial activities, rather than their role in providing social welfare, educational opportunities, and facilities for individuals to perform the Hajj. These entrepreneurial priorities are global, since the waqf (Islamic endowment) is linked to the homeland of the founders in the Hadhramaut and to Saudi Arabia.…
The Rise of the Corporate Economy in Southeast Asia
The Rise of the Corporate Economy in Southeast Asia surveys the growth of large corporations in Southeast Asia, focusing in particular on corporate organization, methods of finance, the business environment and corporate governance. It details the different phases of corporate and financial development, particularly liberalization and globalization from the mid-1980s, the 1997 crisis, and subsequent attempts at liberalization and the reform of co…
Indonesian Corporations, Cronyism, and Corruption
This paper is concerned with cronyism and corruption in the Indonesian corporate economy. It employs detailed corporate evidence, verifying the inter-penetration of diverse political, bureaucratic and economic institutions. Although the emphasis is on the 1990s, the historical developments since 1950 within the institutions of the presidency, the military, private Chinese and pribumi corporations, as well as state-owned enterprises, are analysed …
Conglomerates in Contemporary Indonesia: Concentration, Crisis and Restructuring
This paper seeks to analyse the patterns of industrial power and competitiveness in contemporary Indonesia through a detailed examination of three large conglomerates, dominant in different industrial sectors: the Salim group in cement and food manufacturing; Sinar Mas in pulp and paper; and Texmaco in textiles. The paper traces the changes in ownership and concentration that occurred from the late 1980s, and the restructuring that took place aft…
Sino—Thai Corporate Profligacy and the Financial Turmoil of 1997
This paper seeks to examine the 1997 financial crisis in Thailand through an analysis of the structure and performance of Sino–Thai companies in banking, finance, and property. It argues that the crisis exposed structural weaknesses which had long been evident in Chinese corporations in South East Asia, and that, although many institutions – for example the Bangkok Bank – were able to survive by restructuring, a large number simply collapsed. The…
Chinese Business Enterprise: Critical Perspectives on Business and Management
Capital and Entrepreneurship in South-East Asia
The Chinese Response to Competition: Rubber and Pineapple
Throughout the nineteenth century, production and trading of the major commodities of South-East Asia — rice, tin, tobacco and sugar — relied heavily on Asian, notably Chinese, capital and entrepreneurship. Western commercial activity flourished, but only at the periphery of production and exchange. It centred on the major international ports of the region: Singapore, Batavia, Manila, Saigon, Bangkok and Rangoon. The channelling of commodity prod…
Marketing and the Textile Trade: An Indian Success
The primary aims of this chapter are to analyse the performance of the British, the Japanese and the Indians in the textile trade of South-East Asia, and to highlight the crucial role played by Indian merchants and Indian networks throughout the period 1870–1941. The Indian merchant, operating from branches in Hyderabad in Sind, Bombay, Rangoon, Saigon, Hanoi, Bangkok, Batavia, Singapore, Hong Kong, Kobe and Tokyo, as well as from bases in Europe…
Chettiar Capital and Southeast Asian Credit Networks in the Interwar Period
This essay discusses the growth of the Chettiar moneylending caste of South India as regional suppliers of credit in Southeast Asia in the interwar period, and its changing relationships with local, Western and Chinese entrepreneurs. The contribution of the Chettiars to the expansion of export production in Southeast Asia from the middle of the nineteenth century has been well recognised. For example, Michael Adas and Lim Teck Ghee demonstrate th…
Islamic Endowments and the Land Economy in Singapore: The Genesis of an Ethical Capitalism, 1830–2007
This paper emphasizes the deeply embedded economic interests of Islamic charities: the accumulation of land and property, commercial and financial activities, rather than their role in providing social welfare, educational opportunities, and facilities for individuals to perform the Hajj. These entrepreneurial priorities are global, since the waqf (Islamic endowment) is linked to the homeland of the founders in the Hadhramaut and to Saudi Arabia.…
Indonesian Corporations, Cronyism, and Corruption
This paper is concerned with cronyism and corruption in the Indonesian corporate economy. It employs detailed corporate evidence, verifying the inter-penetration of diverse political, bureaucratic and economic institutions. Although the emphasis is on the 1990s, the historical developments since 1950 within the institutions of the presidency, the military, private Chinese and pribumi corporations, as well as state-owned enterprises, are analysed …
Conglomerates in Contemporary Indonesia: Concentration, Crisis and Restructuring
This paper seeks to analyse the patterns of industrial power and competitiveness in contemporary Indonesia through a detailed examination of three large conglomerates, dominant in different industrial sectors: the Salim group in cement and food manufacturing; Sinar Mas in pulp and paper; and Texmaco in textiles. The paper traces the changes in ownership and concentration that occurred from the late 1980s, and the restructuring that took place aft…
Sino—Thai Corporate Profligacy and the Financial Turmoil of 1997
This paper seeks to examine the 1997 financial crisis in Thailand through an analysis of the structure and performance of Sino–Thai companies in banking, finance, and property. It argues that the crisis exposed structural weaknesses which had long been evident in Chinese corporations in South East Asia, and that, although many institutions – for example the Bangkok Bank – were able to survive by restructuring, a large number simply collapsed. The…
Chettiar Capital and Southeast Asian Credit Networks in the Interwar Period
This essay discusses the growth of the Chettiar moneylending caste of South India as regional suppliers of credit in Southeast Asia in the interwar period, and its changing relationships with local, Western and Chinese entrepreneurs. The contribution of the Chettiars to the expansion of export production in Southeast Asia from the middle of the nineteenth century has been well recognised. For example, Michael Adas and Lim Teck Ghee demonstrate th…
The Chinese Response to Competition: Rubber and Pineapple
Throughout the nineteenth century, production and trading of the major commodities of South-East Asia — rice, tin, tobacco and sugar — relied heavily on Asian, notably Chinese, capital and entrepreneurship. Western commercial activity flourished, but only at the periphery of production and exchange. It centred on the major international ports of the region: Singapore, Batavia, Manila, Saigon, Bangkok and Rangoon. The channelling of commodity prod…
Marketing and the Textile Trade: An Indian Success
The primary aims of this chapter are to analyse the performance of the British, the Japanese and the Indians in the textile trade of South-East Asia, and to highlight the crucial role played by Indian merchants and Indian networks throughout the period 1870–1941. The Indian merchant, operating from branches in Hyderabad in Sind, Bombay, Rangoon, Saigon, Hanoi, Bangkok, Batavia, Singapore, Hong Kong, Kobe and Tokyo, as well as from bases in Europe…
Capital and Entrepreneurship in South-East Asia
Chinese Business Enterprise: Critical Perspectives on Business and Management
Sino—Thai Corporate Profligacy and the Financial Turmoil of 1997
This paper seeks to examine the 1997 financial crisis in Thailand through an analysis of the structure and performance of Sino–Thai companies in banking, finance, and property. It argues that the crisis exposed structural weaknesses which had long been evident in Chinese corporations in South East Asia, and that, although many institutions – for example the Bangkok Bank – were able to survive by restructuring, a large number simply collapsed. The…
Conglomerates in Contemporary Indonesia: Concentration, Crisis and Restructuring
This paper seeks to analyse the patterns of industrial power and competitiveness in contemporary Indonesia through a detailed examination of three large conglomerates, dominant in different industrial sectors: the Salim group in cement and food manufacturing; Sinar Mas in pulp and paper; and Texmaco in textiles. The paper traces the changes in ownership and concentration that occurred from the late 1980s, and the restructuring that took place aft…
Indonesian Corporations, Cronyism, and Corruption
This paper is concerned with cronyism and corruption in the Indonesian corporate economy. It employs detailed corporate evidence, verifying the inter-penetration of diverse political, bureaucratic and economic institutions. Although the emphasis is on the 1990s, the historical developments since 1950 within the institutions of the presidency, the military, private Chinese and pribumi corporations, as well as state-owned enterprises, are analysed …
The Rise of the Corporate Economy in Southeast Asia
The Rise of the Corporate Economy in Southeast Asia surveys the growth of large corporations in Southeast Asia, focusing in particular on corporate organization, methods of finance, the business environment and corporate governance. It details the different phases of corporate and financial development, particularly liberalization and globalization from the mid-1980s, the 1997 crisis, and subsequent attempts at liberalization and the reform of co…
Islamic Endowments and the Land Economy in Singapore: The Genesis of an Ethical Capitalism, 1830–2007
This paper emphasizes the deeply embedded economic interests of Islamic charities: the accumulation of land and property, commercial and financial activities, rather than their role in providing social welfare, educational opportunities, and facilities for individuals to perform the Hajj. These entrepreneurial priorities are global, since the waqf (Islamic endowment) is linked to the homeland of the founders in the Hadhramaut and to Saudi Arabia.…
Islam in Modern Thailand: Faith, Philanthropy and Politics
This book addresses the complexity of Islam in Thailand, by focusing on Islamic charities and institutions affiliated to the mosque. By extrapolating through Islam and the waqf (Islamic charity) in different regions of Thailand the diversity in races and institutions, it demonstrates the regional contrasts within Thai Islam. The book also underlines the importance of the internal histories of these separate spaces, and the processes by which inst…
Charities in the Non-Western World: The Development and Regulation of Indigenous and Islamic Charities
This book looks at the operation of indigenous charities at a regional, localised and global level. Chapters focus on the adaptation, accountability and operation of charities across a wide range of jurisdictions from China to Indonesia, Thailand, Iran, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Lebanon and Turkey. It examines the ownership, participation and accountability of charities in a regional, localised and international context, and draws on the experienc…
Capital and Entrepreneurship in South-East Asia
Chinese Business Enterprise in Asia
Since the emergence of Chinese multinationals in the Far East, a debate has arisen on the relationship between the rapid economic growth of the Pacific Rim and the nature of Chinese business enterprise. Just how far has Chinese business been instrumental in the economic transformation of the Far East? This volume examines the development of Chinese business and management practices from the late 19th century. Contributors look at how familism and…
Economics (10 works) · Economy (8 works) · Political science (8 works) · Archaeology (7 works) · Geography (7 works) · Asian Studies and History (6 works) · Business (6 works) · History (6 works) · China (5 works) · Law (5 works)