The formative years of the modern corporation: The Dutch East India Company VOC, 1602-1623

Journal of Economic History

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1050-1076

  Gelderblom, Oscar ^a   De Jong, Abe ^b,c   Jonker, Joost ^a,d  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORPORATE STRATEGY; ECONOMIC HISTORY; FINANCIAL POLICY; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE;

EID: 84887919592     PISSN: 00220507     EISSN: 14716372     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022050713000879     Document Type: Article

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