Informal Banking and Early International Entrepreneurs: The Case of the Chettiars

• Main Authors: TAN, Jayarani, TAN, Wee Liang
• 格式: text
• 語言: English
• 出版: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2012
• 主題: Business
• 在線閱讀: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research_smu/70; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1069&context=lkcsb_research_smu

As moneylenders during nineteenth century colonial period the Chettiars were functioned as informal bankers in Asia. They began as communal entrepreneurs in their clan but grew beyond their domestic borders. Despite their smallness and resources, they were able to internationalize. This paper report...