The organization of Eastern merchant empires

Explorations in Economic History

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 116-135

  Rei, Claudia ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Financial constraints; Merchant empires; Organization

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650743387     PISSN: 00144983     EISSN: 10902457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eeh.2010.10.001     Document Type: Article

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