Borneo Co Ltd
Other Business Names:
- Inchcape Co Ltd
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Hong Kong, Hong Kong
- India
- Indonesia
- London, Greater London, Greater London, Greater London, England
- Malaysia
- Sarawak, Malaysia
- Singapore
- Thailand
Sectors:
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Merchanting & trade, international & inland
General trading co & agency house activities
Notes:
Incorporated in London in 1856. Activities initially focused on Sarawak where it obtained rights to mine, establish plantations, etc. But also soon had offices in Malaya (Penang, Kuala Lumpur, Malacca, Port Swettenham), Borneo, Thailand, India, Hong Kong, etc, where it undertook a myriad of activities ranging from timber exporting to brickmaking and from tea growing to car dealerships. After 1945 diversified interests outside South East Asia. 1967 acquired by Inchcape Co Ltd.
Publications:
- 'Borneo Co' in P J Griffiths, A History of the Inchcape Group by Griffiths, Percival J
- Borneo Co Ltd by Unknown
- Borneo Co Ltd since 1856 by Unknown
- Borneo Company Ltd in Sarawak by Martine, T C
- Borneo Story. The history of the first 100 years of trading in the Far East by the Borneo Co Ltd by Longhurst, Henry C
- British Business in Post Colonial Malaysia, 1957-70. Neo colonialism or disengagement? by White, Nicholas J
- Business, Government and the End of Empire. Malaya, 1942-1957 by White, Nicholas J
- 'Business strategy and the end of empire. Managing the Borneo Co Ltd in Malaya, 1945-57' in N J White, Business, Government and the End of Empire. Malaya, 1942-1957 by White, Nicholas J
- Government and Business in the Era of Decolonization. Malaya, 1942-57 by White, Nicholas J
- History of the Inchcape Group by Griffiths, Percival J
- International Business Networks in Historical Perspective. The case of the Borneo Co Ltd by Metcalfe, Stuart
- Merchants as business groups. British trading companies in Asia before 1945 by Jones, Geoffrey, & Judith Wale
- 'Merchants in the South China seas. The Borneo Co and the Anglo Thai Corp, c1870-1939' in S Jones, Two Centuries of Overseas Trading. The origins and growth of the Inchcape Group by Jones, Stephanie
- Merchants to Multinationals. British trading companies in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries by Jones, Geoffrey
- Role of Networks in the Early Development of the Borneo Company by Cox, Howard, & Stuart Metcalfe
- Seventy Years Trade in Bangkok, 1856-1926 by Unknown
- 'Sino British mercantile relations in Singapore's entrepôt trade, 1870-1915' in J Ch'en & N Tarling, Studies in the Social History of China and South East Asia. Essays in memory of Victor Purcell by Chiang, Hai Ding
- Two Centuries of Overseas Trading. The origins and growth of the Inchcape Group by Jones, Stephanie
Groups:
Other Business Names:
- Inchcape Co Ltd
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Hong Kong, Hong Kong
- India
- Indonesia
- London, Greater London, Greater London, Greater London, England
- Malaysia
- Sarawak, Malaysia
- Singapore
- Thailand
Sectors:
- Merchanting & trade, international & inland General trading co & agency house activities
Notes:
Incorporated in London in 1856. Activities initially focused on Sarawak where it obtained rights to mine, establish plantations, etc. But also soon had offices in Malaya (Penang, Kuala Lumpur, Malacca, Port Swettenham), Borneo, Thailand, India, Hong Kong, etc, where it undertook a myriad of activities ranging from timber exporting to brickmaking and from tea growing to car dealerships. After 1945 diversified interests outside South East Asia. 1967 acquired by Inchcape Co Ltd.Publications:
- 'Borneo Co' in P J Griffiths, A History of the Inchcape Group by Griffiths, Percival J
- Borneo Co Ltd by Unknown
- Borneo Co Ltd since 1856 by Unknown
- Borneo Company Ltd in Sarawak by Martine, T C
- Borneo Story. The history of the first 100 years of trading in the Far East by the Borneo Co Ltd by Longhurst, Henry C
- British Business in Post Colonial Malaysia, 1957-70. Neo colonialism or disengagement? by White, Nicholas J
- Business, Government and the End of Empire. Malaya, 1942-1957 by White, Nicholas J
- 'Business strategy and the end of empire. Managing the Borneo Co Ltd in Malaya, 1945-57' in N J White, Business, Government and the End of Empire. Malaya, 1942-1957 by White, Nicholas J
- Government and Business in the Era of Decolonization. Malaya, 1942-57 by White, Nicholas J
- History of the Inchcape Group by Griffiths, Percival J
- International Business Networks in Historical Perspective. The case of the Borneo Co Ltd by Metcalfe, Stuart
- Merchants as business groups. British trading companies in Asia before 1945 by Jones, Geoffrey, & Judith Wale
- 'Merchants in the South China seas. The Borneo Co and the Anglo Thai Corp, c1870-1939' in S Jones, Two Centuries of Overseas Trading. The origins and growth of the Inchcape Group by Jones, Stephanie
- Merchants to Multinationals. British trading companies in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries by Jones, Geoffrey
- Role of Networks in the Early Development of the Borneo Company by Cox, Howard, & Stuart Metcalfe
- Seventy Years Trade in Bangkok, 1856-1926 by Unknown
- 'Sino British mercantile relations in Singapore's entrepôt trade, 1870-1915' in J Ch'en & N Tarling, Studies in the Social History of China and South East Asia. Essays in memory of Victor Purcell by Chiang, Hai Ding
- Two Centuries of Overseas Trading. The origins and growth of the Inchcape Group by Jones, Stephanie