04356oam 2200781I 450 991078399040332120230617041603.01-135-78940-197866101385551-135-78941-X1-283-88373-21-280-13855-60-203-98711-X10.4324/9780203987117 (CKB)1000000000253474(EBL)240432(OCoLC)252968379(SSID)ssj0000240091(PQKBManifestationID)11174146(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000240091(PQKBWorkID)10271702(PQKB)10785121(SSID)ssj0000308749(PQKBManifestationID)12114483(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000308749(PQKBWorkID)10258759(PQKB)11134329(MiAaPQ)EBC240432(Au-PeEL)EBL240432(CaPaEBR)ebr10099707(CaONFJC)MIL13855(EXLCZ)99100000000025347420180706d2003 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrRural capitalists in Asia a comparative analysis on India, Indonesia, and Malaysia /Mario RuttenLondon ;New York :Routledge,2003.1 online resource (280 p.)Nordic Institute of Asian Studies ;no. 88Description based upon print version of record.0-7007-1627-0 0-7007-1626-2 Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-262) and index.Cover; RURAL CAPITALISTS IN ASIA; NORDIC INSTITUTE OF ASIAN STUDIES; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Illustrations; Preface; Introduction; Background and aim of study; Data collection; Notes; Chapter 1 THE STUDY OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST ASIA; Indian entrepreneurs; Muslim industrialists; Overseas Chinese businessmen; The need for a comparative perspective; Notes; Chapter 2 RURAL INDUSTRIALISTS IN CENTRAL GUJARAT; Diversification of the rural economy; Business strategy and pattern of investment; Joint-family enterprises and business partnershipsUpward mobility and social distanceClass and caste; Conclusion; Notes; Chapter 3 OWNERS OF COMBINE-HARVESTERS IN THE MUDA AREA; Development of mechanized harvesting; Business expansion and economic diversification; Family enterprises and business networks; Regional mobility and local basis; Class and ethnicity; Conclusion; Notes; Chapter 4 IRON FOUNDERS IN CENTRAL JAVA; Iron casting in a rural environment; Industrial development and technological changes; Individual firms and economic co-operation; Social mobility and differentiation; Class and religion; Conclusion; NotesChapter 5 A COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVESouth and Southeast Asian entrepreneurs compared; 'Asian' assumptions about the early European industrialists; The early European industrialists; In search of a comparative framework; Notes; Bibliography; IndexThis is a comparative study of small capitalists and rural industrialists in three Asian countries. Studies on the entrepreneurial class in South Asia tend to focus on the structural aspects of entrepreneurial behaviour, while studies on this class in Southeast Asia tend to focus on cultural aspects of their behaviour. In fact, this book points to striking similarities between Indian, overseas Chinese and Muslim businessmen in Asia, similarities usually hidden under variations in analytical approaches. Although this study emphasizes similarities within Asia, it does not support the view of a sNordic Institute of Asian Studies monograph series ;no. 88.EntrepreneurshipIndiaEntrepreneurshipIndonesiaEntrepreneurshipMalaysiaIndiaRural conditionsIndonesiaRural conditionsMalaysiaRural conditionsEntrepreneurshipEntrepreneurshipEntrepreneurship338/.04/095Rutten Mario.695769FlBoTFGFlBoTFGBOOK9910783990403321Rural capitalists in Asia1952358UNINA