We have been conscious for some time of the lack of an Australian perspective in the
burgeoning historical literature on international business, particularly the role of firms in …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to bring clarity to the concept of piercing the veil of
incorporation in Mauritius. This will allow students, researchers, academics and practitioners …

This paper extends prior theory linking present-day sex ratios to present-day propensity for
entrepreneurship among men backward in time to explore the long-run gender origins of …

This dissertation examines the cluster of agricultural trading and colonisation companies
that emerged in the wake of the Napoleonic wars. It argues that company colonisation in …

Scholars have argued that the Bubble Act of 1720 frustrated company formation in Britain,
resulting in over a century of lost economic growth. More recently, Ron Harris and others …

The promulgation of laws sanctioning the use of limited liability joint stock companies during
the nineteenth century has been linked to economic growth in Europe and North America …

The Bubble Act of June 1720 banned the formation of joint-stock companies not authorised
by a royal or parliamentary charter. Enacted at the instigation of the South Sea Company …

Multinationals were hidden from view in Australia before 1914. Few people noticed, or
perhaps even cared, that they had arrived in large numbers. Not only was their presence …

British influence played a prominent role in determining Australia's seminal economic and
business development, both institutionally and directionally. A review of the stimuli that …

The study investigates enterprise and entrepreneurship in New South Wales (NSW),
Australia, mainly through the lens of company incorporation in the 19th century. It examines …