Publications

The following studies have been published as a result of this research project:

J. Thomas Lindblad, Frank Ochsendorf, Mark van de Water, ‘Foreign investment and Dutch colonialism: case studies from Indonesia’ (2013).

This paper was prepared for the panel ‘Analytical approaches to the economic and social history of Southeast Asia since the mid-19th century’ at Euroseas VII in Lisbon, 1-5 July 2013.

Frank Ochsendorf and Mark van de Water, ‘Changing circumstances and strategies: A new era of business in newly independent Indonesia’ (2014).

J. Thomas Lindblad, ‘Booming business in colonial Indonesia: corporate strategy and profitability during the 1920s’ (2014).

These papers were prepared for the 23rd Conference of the International Association of Historians of Asia in Alor Star, Malaysia, 23-27 August 2014.

Frank Ochsendorf, ‘Gains from foreign investment for indigenous society in North Sumatra, 1860-1960’ (2015).

Mark van de Water, ‘Dutch investment in Indonesia in the late colonial period and after Indonesian independence: three case studies’ (2015).

J. Thomas Lindblad, ‘Corporate structure and profit in late colonial Indonesia’ (2015).

These papers were originally prepared for a workshop at a workshop at Leiden University on 16-17 December 2014. Final versions were presented at the World Economic History Congress in Kyoto, Japan, 3-7 August 2015.

Frank Ochsendorf, ‘Foreign capital and indigenous economic development in Indonesia: Spillovers and linkages in a colonial setting’ (2016).

J. Thomas Lindblad, ‘The profitability of Dutch business in Late-Colonial Indonesia’ (2016).

These papers were presented at an international workshop on ‘Colonial Business in Indonesia: The impact of foreign investment on economy and society’ in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, on 12 August 2016.

J. Thomas Lindblad, ‘Colonial Business Indonesia: Source, Data base and Analytical Tools’ (2018).

This summary article was specially intended for this website. Relevant chapters also serve as introductions to the source and the data base.

J. Thomas Lindblad, ' Foreign Capital and Colonial Development in Indonesia: A Synthesis' (2018).

David Henley, 'Foreign Investment and the Middle Income Trap in Southeast Asia' (2018).

J. Thomas Lindblad, 'The Profitability of Dutch Business in Late Colonial Indonesia' (2018).

Mark van de Water, 'The Development and Character of Foreign Investment in Late Colonial Indonesia' (2018).

Frank Ochsendorf, ' Colonial Corporate Social Responsibility: Company Healthcare in Java, East Sumatra and Belitung, 1910-1940' (2018).

These five articles appeared in a special issue of the Indonesian Historical magazine Lembaran Sejarah, titled 'Decolonization of Business in Indonesia', vol. 14, no. 1 (2018) pp. 5-97.'

An additional article in Dutch drawing on the database was published as:

‘Ver weg of ter plaatse? Bedrijfsleiders in het Nederlands-Indië van de jaren twintig’, in: Anita van Dissel, Maurits Ebben en Karwan Fatah-Black (eds), Reizen door het maritieme verleden van Nederland (Zutphen: Walburg Pers, 2015) 305-320.

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