Building Bridges, Carving Niches: An Enduring Legacy - Hardcover

Loh, Grace; Boon, Goh Chor; Lang, Tan Teng

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0195940059 ISBN 13: 9780195940053

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2001

Synopsis

A ground breaking book chronicling the rise of the Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation (OCBC) from its humble beginnings in the days of the Great Depression to its distinguished status among the world's top 500 banks. Recounts the unique business model that combined Chinese values with Western Management and transformed it from a dialect-based family concern into a modern innovative institution. Study also based on private collection of Tan Sri TanChin Tuan, who was instrumental in the transformation of the traditional family bank into a modern economic institution.

About this title

About the Author:

Grace Loh is Head of the Division of History, School of Arts, National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological Universoty, Singapore Nanyang Technological University. Goh Chor Boon is Associate Professor, Humanities and Social Studies Education Academic Group, National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University. His research interests are Culture and Technology and the Pacific War. Tan Teng Lang was formerly Lecturer, Humanities and Social Studies Education Academic Group, National Institution of Education, Nanyang Technological University.

About this edition

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0195940059
• ISBN 13: 9780195940053
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 320