Investments in the nineteenth and early twentieth century

Abstract

Before examining in this Chapter the history of investment activity in corporations which were mainly of Western origin, a few words should be said about Indonesian and Chinese business organisation, which tended much less frequently to give rise to large concerns. The question arises, why the Indonesian, indigenous forms, in particular, should not have developed in their own fashion in this area, in the way that other innovations introduced from abroad were adapted, as occurred for example in export agriculture and in industry.