Abstract The focus of this special edition is on Indian business within its wider global context. Indian business was not immune to influences from the wider world. There is a considerable body of literature that establishes the history of the global interconnectedness of the Indian economy in the 18th and 19th centuries. This special edition of Business History seeks to build on this body of work to locate the development of Indian business in the wider world economy, the practices that have grown from this relationship of exchange and the transfer of knowledge, know-how and competences.

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二十世纪全球背景下印度商业的崛起：回顾与介绍

摘要 本特刊的重点是在更广泛的全球背景下的印度商业。印度企业也无法幸免于来自更广阔世界的影响。有大量文献记载了 18 和 19 世纪印度经济全球互联的历史。本期《商业史》特刊试图在这一系列工作的基础上，定位印度商业在更广泛的世界经济中的发展，以及从这种交流关系和知识、技术诀窍和能力转移中产生的实践。