1st Edition
Entrepreneurship in the Age of Empire Colonialism, Collaboration and Exploitation
Chapter One
The Company Prospectus and the Opportunity for Jute Growing in Assam
India and Eastern Trading Company ̶ The Prospectus
Chapter Two
German Enterprise in the British Empire
Alexander Classen – The Founder
Chapter Three
The Role of the Company Promoter in Joint-Stock Enterprise
Henry Theodore Van Laun – The Promoter
Chapter Four
Networks, Patronage and their International Diffusion
Eugene Auguste Digby – The Fundraiser
Chapter Five
Gentlemanly Capitalism and Britain’s Informal Empire in South America
Stanley William Ford – The Chairman
Chapter Six
International Corporate Governance and Creating a Competitive Investment Culture in Joint-Stock Companies
Hugo Likiernik – The Company Secretary
Chapter Seven
Chamberlainism and the Impact of Increasing Anglo-German Antagonism on Commerce
William Burton Stewart – The Politician
Chapter Eight
The Plantation Economy, Jute Cultivation and Land Speculation
Bronisław Oderfeld – The Industrialist
Chapter Nine
Rebranding and Refinancing Colonial Enterprise
John Henry Grayson Riley – The Capitalist
Chapter Ten
The Amalgamation of Colonial Plantations During the First World War
George St. Lawrence Mowbray – The Amalgamator
Conclusion
Index
Biography
Sarah Dietz is a textile specialist who has received awards from the Royal Society of Arts and the Worshipful Company of Weavers in association with the Textile Institute. Following a successful career in the British textile industry, currently she works as an independent historian, specialising in the history of entrepreneurship.
