TY - BOOK AU - Huber,Marie AU - Shakila Yacob, AU - Kleinschmidt,Christian TI - Security strategies in international business history: German companies in Asia in the 20th century T2 - Routledge international studies in business history SN - 9781032908700 U1 - 338.6095 23 PY - 2025/// CY - London PB - Routledge KW - Corporations, German KW - Asia KW - History KW - 19th century KW - 20th century KW - Security systems KW - Germany KW - fast KW - Electronic books N1 - List of Contributors Acknowledgements 1. Introduction Marie Huber, Shakila Yacob and Christian Kleinschmidt PART I: Beyond Formal Colonialism – Economic Actors and Their Interests in the “Far East” in Imperial, Interwar and Fascist Germany 2. Should We Own a Plantation? German Pharmaceutical Companies, Resource Security, and Cinchona Production in the Dutch East Indies, 1870– 1913 Tristan Oestermann 3. “The Art Trade Here Is Possibly Even More Dangerous Than in Europe” – Risk Perceptions by German Art Dealers, Connoisseurs, and Collectors in the Japanese and Chinese Art Markets 1900–1940s Paul Franke 4. Risky Business: The Straits and Sunda Syndicate (1910–1945). German Investments in the Plantation Economy of Southeast Asia Friederike Sattler Part II: Postcolonial Profiteers? Challenges and Opportunities for German Companies in Nationalizing Economies 5. Navigating Postcolonial Landscapes: Analyzing the Strategies of German Corporations in Malaysia during the 1970s Shakila Yacob and Marie Huber 6. Struggling for the Release of German Enemy Property in India (1953–1963) Amit Das Gupta PART III: Business Strategies in Emerging Markets 7. Cooperation and Catching up. Telefunken's Relationships with Japanese Companies (1920s–1970s) Florian Staffel 8. Risk Management of Market Entry: Early Korean-German Business Cooperation in the Pharmaceutical Industry, 1957–1972 Thomas Eichert 9. German Chemical Enterprises and Investment Licensing in Post-WWII Japan: High-growth Japan and Political Risk, 1950–1975 Jonathan Krautter PART IV: Cooperation with Communism – West German Interests in the People's Republic of China 10. Secured Legitimacy: Deutsch-Asiatische Bank’s Strategy for Mitigating Political Risks in Chinese Business (1945–1957) Yi Liu 11. Balancing Opportunities and Risks. A Case Study of Sartorius’ Approach to the Chinese Market, 1945–1995 Caetano Franz and Christian Kleinschmidt 12. Concluding Summary: Risk Mitigation Strategies in Uncertain Political Landscapes Marie Huber, Shakila Yacob, and Christian Kleinschmidt Index N2 - This edited volume explores how German companies managed security challenges in Asia from the late 19th to the late 20th century. Through case studies in Japan, China, India, Malaysia, and Southeast Asia, it examines how firms in sectors like pharmaceuticals, electronics, banking, and trade adapted to colonial legacies, decolonization, and Cold War tensions. The book adopts a security- focused framework that goes beyond standard risk analysis, highlighting how businesses responded to political instability, cultural differences, and regulatory shifts. Drawing from rarely used German and Asian archives, contributors uncover the strategies companies used to maintain stability in uncertain environments. Aimed at business historians, scholars of international business, and those studying colonialism, diplomacy, and development, the volume also appeals to students and researchers in Asian, German, international relations, and security studies. By offering a comparative and cross- sectoral approach, it fills key gaps in understanding German- Asian economic ties and offers fresh theoretical insights into business resilience. The rich empirical material makes it a valuable resource for teaching and research on how international firms shaped and adapted to the global changes of the 20th century UR - https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/168661 ER -