Additionally, conference attendees describe discussions of issues in Chinese business history taking place at recent conferences in Singapore and San Diego, California. To subscribe to Chinese Business History , or to renew your subscription, please use our on-line order form to pay by credit card or use our printable order form to pay by cheque, money order, or credit card. Based on this analysis, recommendations are made for the field of Chinese business history to more thoroughtly explore questions of gender and of regional markets, as well as the late Qing and Republican period in Chinese history through 1937.
Conclusions draw generalizations about the nature of big business and businesspeople in Taiwan.
The author considers Qing official support of the trade, as well as the factors which led to a diminishing of Chinese trade with Korea in the early twentieth century. The author traces the successes and hardships of Eu Yan Sang family firm of South China from its founding in 1876 through the present. Based on account books, correspondence, and legal documents in Hong Kong, Singapore, and elsewhere, the company's continual efforts to adjust to a changing regional economy are described. Underlying approaches to diversification and networking througout the firm's history are considered. The program organized three international workshops beginning in 1996 and produced two published volumes based on its workshops, among other publications.