The corporation that changed the world : how the East India Company shaped the modern multinational

Nick Robins

Offers an account of the forerunner of the modern multinational: the British East India Company (1600-1874). This book shows how the East India Company pioneered the model of the corporation that we see in modern times. It also articulates that the Company's legacy shows how essential it is to break-up the contemporary over-mighty corporations.

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Year of publication:	2006 ; 1. publ.
Authors:	Robins, Nick
Publisher:	London [u.a.] : Pluto Press
Subject:	East India Company <London> \| Handelskompanie \| Trading company \| Handelsgeschichte \| History of trade \| Multinationales Unternehmen \| Transnational corporation \| Großbritannien \| United Kingdom \| Geschichte
Description of contents:	Table of Contents [gbv.de] ; Description [sehepunkte.de] ; Description [loc.gov]

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Extent:	XV, 218 S. Ill., graph. Darst., Kt
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	Preface; 1. The Hidden Wound; 2. The Greatest Corporation in the World; 3. The Bengal Revolution; 4. The Weaver's Thumbs; 5. The Great East India Crash; 6. Making the Company Accountable?; 7. Unfinished Business.
ISBN:	0-7453-2523-8 ; 0-7453-2524-6 ; 978-0-7453-2523-1 ; 978-0-7453-2524-8
Classification:	Indischer Subkontinent ; Großbritannien, Irland
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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