Agent TypePersonActivities & OccupationsAcademics - Economic historyHistoryThompson (b.27 Jan 1934) gained B. Comm. (conf. Apr 1956), M.Comm. (conf. 1965) and Ph.D. (conf. 1973; thesis subject 'The Dynamics of the Industrial Revolution'), the last degree part-time while a member of the Economic History Dept. The Asian Business Research Programme ran mainly from c.1979-81, although there was later follow-up work. The material in this accession was written up in research reports by Allan Thompson (e.g. 'Australian companies in Indonesia: establishment and operating experiences', 202pp., 1981, & ditto '. . . Thailand . . .'162 pp., 1981, and with R. Muir, ditto '. . . in Malaysia. . .', 153pp.1982)