“Giants of an Earlier Capitalism”: The Chartered Trading Companies as Modern Multinationals

Business History Review

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 1988, Pages 398-419

  Carlos, Ann M ^a   Nicholas, Stephen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

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EID: 84972487457     PISSN: 00076805     EISSN: 2044768X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3115542     Document Type: Article

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