K.kuperan Viswanathan Othman Yeop Abdullah Graduate School of Business, University Utara Malaysia   202 Jalan Tiong, 08000 Sungai Petani, Kedah, Kedah 06010 Malaysia   kuperan@uum.edu.my   scholar.google.nl/citations?user=plGjGTUAAAAJ&hl=en           JEL Areas: N5 : Economic History: Agriculture, Natural Resources, Environment, and Extractive Industries: General, International, or Comparative N5 : Economic History: Agriculture, Natural Resources, Environment, and Extractive Industries: General, International, or Comparative