Stakeholder relations as social capital in early modern international trade

Business History

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 749-764

  Ojala, Jari ^a   Luoma aho, Vilma ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

Early modern business; Social capital; Stakeholder relations

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS; ECONOMIC HISTORY; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; SOCIAL CAPITAL; STAKEHOLDER; TRADE RELATIONS;

EID: 56049111089     PISSN: 00076791     EISSN: 17437938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00076790802420310     Document Type: Article

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