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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

Wireless sensing in high-speed railway turnouts with battery-free materials and devices. [PDF]

iScience
Sun Y, Yan Y, Tian S, Liu G, Wu F, Wang P, Gao M.   +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

High-frequency harmonics suppression in high-speed railway through magnetic integrated LLCL filter. [PDF]

PLoS One
Al-Barashi M, Wang Y, Bhutta MS.
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

Land subsidence analysis along high-speed railway based on EEMD-Prophet method. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Dongwei Q, Yuci T, Yuzheng W, Keliang D, Tiancheng L, Shanshan W.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

The big impact of small change: Fresh estimates of English wheat market integration, 1693–1893

The Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract Using existing and new price data sets, we provide the first estimates of market integration across England over the entire 200 years of the industrial revolution. We document a significant, though not huge, integration improvement for markets furthest from London. Full integration was achieved by the 1830s. Our price data sets vary in quality
Liam Brunt, Edmund Cannon
wiley   +1 more source

High-speed railway infrastructure leads to species-specific changes and biotic homogenisation in surrounding bird community. [PDF]

PLoS One
Falcão Rodrigues L, Mata Estacio C, Herranz Barrera J, Santamaría Figueroa AE, Malo Arrázola JE.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

The role of structural transformation in regional convergence in Japan: 1874–2008

The Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract Japan's regional convergence of productivity levels throughout the twentieth century can be best described as a cumulative process of ‘catching up, forging ahead, and falling behind’. Using a novel dataset spanning 135 years (1874–2008), this study finds support for a crucial role played by structural transformation in convergence. The pace of
Kyoji Fukao, Saumik Paul
wiley   +1 more source

The dropper stress characteristics under different moving load speeds for a high-speed railway. [PDF]

Heliyon
He F, Shen X, Guo D, Chen L, Pan L.
europepmc   +1 more source