Environment and trade
Theoretical frameworks for analyzing the development of institutions in interaction with their environment
Universal building blocks : itinerant traders, family firms, ships, and basic contracts
Varying organizational building blocks : three institutions, three paths of migration (sea loan, funduq/caravanserai, and commenda)
The commenda (features, origins, migration, modifications)
Family firms in three regions
Merchant networks
Trade by rulers and states
The origins of the business corporation
The Dutch East India Company
The English East India Company
Why did the corporation only evolve in Europe?