An early global business in a colonial context: The strategies, management, and failure of John Palmer and Company of Calcutta, 1780-1830

Enterprise and Society

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 98-133

  Webster, Tony ^a  

^a EDGE HILL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 14544305980     PISSN: 14672227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/es/khi004     Document Type: Review

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