A Global Firm in a Small Town: Harrisons and Crosfield’s Quilon Operations Between the Wars
研究哈里斯与克罗斯菲尔德公司在印度南部小镇奎隆的业务，揭示地点特殊性如何影响全球公司的存续与扩张，对研究跨国企业和殖民经济的学者有参考价值。
Abstract This paper examines Harrisons and Crosfield’s Quilon operations in interwar South India to highlight the role of site specificity in shaping global firms. Unlike most British companies headquartered in major colonial port cities, Harrisons and Crosfield established its Indian base in Quilon, a small town with strategic access to estates and backwaters but limited infrastructure. Situating the case within debates on multinational enterprise and colonial business, the paper argues that geography and foreignness were central to the firm’s longevity, shaping both opportunities and limits to expansion.