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Women in business: Gender and commercial space in nineteenth‐century Glasgow

The Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract Focusing on women entrepreneurs in a large British city, we examine how women's commercially listed businesses populated that city. Using commercial property rental records, our study allows us to understand sectoral variation and the distribution of businesses across the city and to assess both the absolute and relative contribution of women ...
Graeme Acheson, Gill Newton, Linda Perriton   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Service-oriented vulnerability assessment for the larger-scale high speed railway infrastructure network: a case in China. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Zhang H, Xing H, Ma X, Jia L.
europepmc   +1 more source

‘Elbow grease and yellow soap’: Housework time in working‐class households in late‐nineteenth and early twentieth‐century Britain

The Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract Housework is central to feminist calls for recognition of women's work, economic histories explaining the sexual division of labour, and claims regarding the progressive role of scientific knowledge. Yet little is known about the time it actually took. We address this lacuna.
Sara Horrell, Jane Humphries
wiley   +1 more source

Instability mapping of Dhaka-Kasiani-Gopalganj railway line in Bangladesh with InSAR time series analysis. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Kyaw KM, Takeuchi W.
europepmc   +1 more source

Managing agency business groups, elite directors, and the rubber boom, 1897–1913

The Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract We identify a new organizational form, the Managing Agency Business Group (MABG), demonstrating how agency houses used interlocking directorships to build groups on the basis of commercial and plantation expertise to access finance on London stock markets and local capital markets in the pre‐1914 rubber boom.
David Higgins, Steven Toms
wiley   +1 more source

Research on the location model of emergency rescue facilities based on disaster risk-A Case study of earthquake disaster. [PDF]

PLoS One
Li Q, Ju X, Meng T, Xiao M, Xu Y, Li T, Zhao X.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

The depth and breadth of capitalism at the Cape

The Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract Limited liability company legislation was introduced to the Cape Colony in 1861. An amendment in 1892 led to wider adoption, expanding and diversifying the capital market. Using novel data from the Cape Joint Stock Archive between 1892 and 1902, this paper examines who invested, where capital flowed, and how these patterns shaped firm outcomes
Edward Kerby, Lloyd Melusi Maphosa
wiley   +1 more source

Cell Complexity Impact on Railway 5G Performance: Measurements Along Tallinn-Tartu Corridor. [PDF]

Sensors (Basel)
Pilvik R, Jairus T, Sadam A, Kõrbe Kaare K.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Remote investing in Latin America, 1869–1929

The Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract Substantial amounts of British capital flowed to Latin America during the first era of globalization. Companies financed by this capital were typically headquartered in the United Kingdom, but operated thousands of miles away. This paper asks how this geographic separation between governance and business activities affected the valuation of ...
Gareth Campbell, Áine Gallagher, Richard S. Grossman   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Factors influencing customer satisfaction and loyalty towards urban railway services in Hanoi: Mediating role of perceived value. [PDF]

PLoS One
Vuong XC, Vu TMT, Trieu DA, Vu TT.
europepmc   +1 more source