Stateless Commerce : The Diamond Network and the Persistence of Relational Exchange /

How does Manhattan's 47th Street diamond district thrive as an ethnic marketplace without lawyers, courts, and state coercion? Barak Richman draws on insider interviews to show why relational exchange based on familiarity, trust, and community enforcement succeeds and what it reveals about the...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Richman, Barak D. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2017]
Temas:
Consensual contracts > Social aspects > New York (State) > New York.
Diamond industry and trade > New York (State) > New York.
Exchange > New York (State) > New York.
Statelessness.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Commerce.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • 1. Statelessness in Context
  • 2. A Case Study in Statelessness: Diamonds, the Diamond Network, and Diamontaires
  • 3. The Mechanics of Statelessness
  • 4. A Theory of Statelessness
  • 5. The Costs of Statelessness: Cartel Be hav ior and Re sis tance to Change
  • 6. Lessons from Statelessness: Economic History, Ethnic Networks, and Development Policy
  • 7. Governing Statelessness
  • 8. The Limits of Statelessness and an Autopsy of Cooperation
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index

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