Entrepreneurs, formalization of social ties, and trustbuilding in Europe (fourteenth to twentieth centuries)

Economic History Review

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 1005-1028

  Alfani, Guido ^a   Gourdon, Vincent ^b  

^a BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b Centre Roland Mousnier (CNRS)   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS; ECONOMIC ACTIVITY; ECONOMIC HISTORY; ENTREPRENEUR; SEVENTEENTH CENTURY; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

EUROPE;

EID: 84863566750     PISSN: 00130117     EISSN: 14680289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0289.2011.00614.x     Document Type: Article

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