Going the Distance : Eurasian Trade and the Rise of the Business Corporation, 1400-1700 /

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"Long-distance oceanic and overland trade along the Eurasian landmass in the 1400s was largely dominated by Chinese, Indian, and Arabic traders and predominantly conducted over short trajectories by sole traders or organized around small-scale enterprises. Yet, within two centuries of Europeans...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Harris, Ron, 1960- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2020]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Economic history.
Corporations.
Commerce.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Economic History.
Societes > Europe > Histoire.
Corporations > Europe > History.
Europe.
Eurasia.
Eurasia > Economic conditions.
Eurasia > Commerce > History.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Environment and trade
  • Theoretical frameworks for analyzing the development of institutions in interaction with their environment
  • Universal building blocks : itinerant traders, family firms, ships, and basic contracts
  • Varying organizational building blocks : three institutions, three paths of migration (sea loan, funduq/caravanserai, and commenda)
  • The commenda (features, origins, migration, modifications)
  • Family firms in three regions
  • Merchant networks
  • Trade by rulers and states
  • The origins of the business corporation
  • The Dutch East India Company
  • The English East India Company
  • Why did the corporation only evolve in Europe?

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