"Following diamonds from African mines to the necklines of high society women, this international history shows why Jews were central to the transatlantic gem trade and its growth into a global industry.During the late nineteenth century, tens of thousands of diggers, prospectors, merchants, and...

We empirically investigate the role of natural resources, and bad governance in explaining variation in the intensity of conflict during the 1991-2002 civil war in Sierra Leone. As a proxy for governance quality we exploit exogenous variation in political competition at the level of the...

"The history of mass-market diamonds goes back to German imperialism in Southwest Africa. Corporate power and state violence combined in the genocide of the Herero and Nama peoples, whose mineral-rich land supplied budding consumer demand in the United States. Steven Press makes clear that mass...

Was wird aus Kriegsökonomien, wenn Kriege enden? Nina Engwicht untersucht die Entwicklung illegaler Märkte im Spannungsfeld von Reform und fragiler Staatlichkeit am Beispiel des berühmt-berüchtigten Diamantenmarktes in Sierra Leone. Sie blickt aus einer sozialwissenschaftlichen Perspektive...

While the role of illegal markets in contemporary inner-state wars has drawn considerable attention from both researchers and policy makers, very little is known about the fate of these "war economies" after the end of violent conflict. This paper aims to contribute to an understanding of the...

Die sich auf drei regionale Fallstudien stützende Untersuchung zeigt am Beispiel der auf den Diamanthandel spezialisierten, aus Westindien stammenden Gemeinschaft der Palanpuris, dass transnationale Unternehmer einen wichtigen Beitrag zum Transfer von Wissen über große Distanzen und damit...

In Stateless Commerce, Barak Richman uses the diamond industry to explore how ethnic trading networks operate and why they persist in the twenty-first century. How, for example, does the Forty-Seventh Street diamond district in midtown Manhattan--surrounded by skyscrapers and sophisticated...

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Diamonds in the Rough explores the lives of African laborers on Angola's diamond mines from the commencement of operations in 1917 to the colony's independence from Portugal in 1975. The mines were owned and operated by the Diamond Company of Angola, or Diamang, which enjoyed exclusive mining...

"The Global Diamond Industry: Economics and Development brings together a collection of papers covering various aspects of the diamond industry including economics, law, history, sociology and development. These volumes are motivated by one objective alone and that is to provide intellectual...

This paper presents summary of findings from research conducted in the Indian diamond industry over a period of last four years. Insights about the remarkable rise, growth and the unique working of the industry is given. A case study of a 40 years old large- sized CPD unit to help gain further...

Purpose – Recognizing the significant impact of guanxi (the Chinese network of reciprocal business relations) and its influence on everyday dealings in China is important for Western firms. Researchers argue that social capital has limits and is not a commodity that has a place in China...

Diamond mining in Canada began in 1998, with the first production from the Ekati mine in the Northwest Territories. Since then the Diavik mine has begun production, and two other mines are slated to begin production within two years. Canada’s share of the world value of diamond production was...