Information, communication technology, and business in the nineteenth century: The case of a Finnish merchant house

Scandinavian Economic History Review

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 19-33

  Kallioinen, Mika ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS; COMMUNICATION; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; NINETEENTH CENTURY; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 4043112109     PISSN: 03585522     EISSN: 17502837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03585522.2004.10404617     Document Type: Article

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