Industrialisation and Chinese big business in colonial Singapore, Malaya, and China: the transnational enterprises of Lim Peng Siang (1904–41)

• Main Authors: Goh, Jeremy, Koh, Keng We
• Other Authors: School of Humanities
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2023
• Subjects: Business::General; Humanities::History::Asia; Chinese Business; Chinese Overseas; Industrialization; Asia
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/168687
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

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...