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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

Nursing the colonised: the politics of representation of the Western nurse in plague-stricken Bombay. [PDF]

Med Hist
Koshy R.
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

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

Retraction notice to "Understanding gender issues in Nigeria: the imperative for sustainable development" [Heliyon 7 (2021) e07622]. [PDF]

Heliyon
Olonade OY, Oyibode BO, Idowu BO, George TO, Iwelumor OS, Ozoya MI, Egharevba ME, Adetunde CO.   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Defrosting humanism: Losing my ethical worldview in the wake of October 7th and Israel's retaliation

Ethos, EarlyView.
Abstract This auto‐ethnographic analysis describes the loss of my ethical worldview and my attempts to regain it following the October 7th Hamas attack on Israel and the subsequent Israeli retaliation. On October 7th, I was unable to feel compassion for the people of Gaza or to take action against the Israeli retaliation, aspects that I used to see as ...
Yael Assor
wiley   +1 more source

Blackening Careers Beyond Barriers: Intersectional Experiences of Black Women in Imperial Careers

Gender, Work &Organization, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article investigates how Black Brazilian women navigate and transform careers in the fields of medicine, law, and engineering, professions historically characterized by elitism, racism, and sexism. Employing intersectionality as a theoretical framework, methodological approach, and activist tool, the study analyses personal narratives to ...
Louise Rodrigues Silva, Caroline Rodrigues Silva, Flavia Naves   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Strategic (De)racing: Middle‐Class Women Entrepreneurs Negotiating Visibility in the Business of Beauty in Canada

Gender, Work &Organization, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper investigates how middle‐class women beauty entrepreneurs negotiate belonging at the intersection of gender, race, and class. Building on in‐depth qualitative interviews with women owners of Canadian beauty brands as well as analysis of social media content created by these local stores, I highlight racial and political structures ...
Sepideh Borzoo
wiley   +1 more source

Polybius and Roman Imperialism (on D. W. Baronowski, Polybius and Roman Imperialism)

Histos, 2014
Lisa Hau
doaj   +1 more source

Introduction: Socialist Humanitarianism. [PDF]

J Contemp Hist
Hearne S.
europepmc   +1 more source