Asian Entreprenuerial Minorities
Subtitle: Conjoint Communities in the Making of the World Economy, 1570-1940 (Nias Monographs , No 71)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: RoutledgeCurzon
Published: September 3, 1996
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 264
ISBN-13: 9780700704439
Subjects: Development economics; Entrepreneurship; Modern period, c 1500 onwards; Politics/International Relations; Political Science; Business / Economics / Finance; ASIA; General; Business & Economics / General; Businessmen; History; Social Science / Ethnic Studies; Reference
First sentence: The founders of the first permanent European mercantile settlements in Asia recognized from the beginning that collaborators were needed both to maintain these settlements and to assist in acquiring the desired commodities for export.