Financing Business Expansion in the Sang Woh-Yan Woh-Yan Sang Firm Network before 1941
From Malaya to South China
- Author
- Koh Keng We Seoul National University
Introduction: Firm, Finance, and Chinese Business History in British Colonial Asia Studies of Chinese business history have, in the course of the 1990s, moved away from an emphasis on Chinese cultural values and its uniqueness as the basis for Chinese business ‘success’ and ‘failure’ (especially visà-vis modern business enterprises), to the examination of entrepreneurial careers, business organisation, financial and management strategies, and economic and political environments as a means of unraveling the intricate ties between culture, environment, strategy, and structure.
