Koh Keng We
Biographic Data
| ID | 5530893 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Koh Keng We |
| GIVEN NAMES | Koh Keng |
| FAMILY NAME | We |
| SIGNATURE | WE K K |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 7 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Industrialisation and Chinese big business in colonial Singapore, Malaya, and China
While most studies of industrialisation and modernisation in Singapore have focused on the post-1960 period and the role of the new nation-state, multinational corporations, and government-linked companies, Lim Peng Siang's business career shows that these processes and engagements were already under way before the Second World War. This study seeks to foreground the dynamics of industrialisation and modernisation in the historiography of Chinese…
Derek Heng and Syed Mhd Khairudin Aljunied (2011) Singapore in Global History
Between Colonialism and Diaspora
Empire at the Margins
Re-thinking the colonial transition
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Chinese Enterprise in Colonial Malaya
This article is critical of the culturalist perspective as an explanation for the development of Chinese entrepreneurship. Drawing on Eu Tong Sen's business strategies and career between 1897 and 1920 as case study, it identifies the endogenous and exogenous conditions affecting Chinese business activities in colonial Malaya. Alfred Chandler's work on the rise of the modern business enterprise is argued to be particularly relevant for an economic…
Chinese Enterprise in Colonial Malaya
This article is critical of the culturalist perspective as an explanation for the development of Chinese entrepreneurship. Drawing on Eu Tong Sen's business strategies and career between 1897 and 1920 as case study, it identifies the endogenous and exogenous conditions affecting Chinese business activities in colonial Malaya. Alfred Chandler's work on the rise of the modern business enterprise is argued to be particularly relevant for an economic…
Industrialisation and Chinese big business in colonial Singapore, Malaya, and China
While most studies of industrialisation and modernisation in Singapore have focused on the post-1960 period and the role of the new nation-state, multinational corporations, and government-linked companies, Lim Peng Siang's business career shows that these processes and engagements were already under way before the Second World War. This study seeks to foreground the dynamics of industrialisation and modernisation in the historiography of Chinese…
Chinese Enterprise in Colonial Malaya
This article is critical of the culturalist perspective as an explanation for the development of Chinese entrepreneurship. Drawing on Eu Tong Sen's business strategies and career between 1897 and 1920 as case study, it identifies the endogenous and exogenous conditions affecting Chinese business activities in colonial Malaya. Alfred Chandler's work on the rise of the modern business enterprise is argued to be particularly relevant for an economic…
Re-thinking the colonial transition
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Empire at the Margins
Between Colonialism and Diaspora
Derek Heng and Syed Mhd Khairudin Aljunied (2011) Singapore in Global History
Industrialisation and Chinese big business in colonial Singapore, Malaya, and China
While most studies of industrialisation and modernisation in Singapore have focused on the post-1960 period and the role of the new nation-state, multinational corporations, and government-linked companies, Lim Peng Siang's business career shows that these processes and engagements were already under way before the Second World War. This study seeks to foreground the dynamics of industrialisation and modernisation in the historiography of Chinese…
History (6 works) · Asian Studies and History (4 works) · China (4 works) · Colonialism (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Socioeconomic Development in Asia (4 works) · Ancient history (3 works) · Asian studies (3 works) · Global Maritime and Colonial Histories (3 works)