organisation and structure of the firms, and changes in patterns of trade. This paper, instead, compares their different … experiences on the basis of archives from the merchants and their banks, concluding that their response to crisis differed …

that will radicaly disrupt higher education. These Merchants of MOOCs see MOOCs' novel features -- star professors, flipped … financially appealing to the Merchants of MOOCs …

The trade in Mitrowitz in the period following the signing of the commercial treaty of Passarowitz between Austria and … the Ottoman Empire in 1718 was lively. It reflected the characteristics of both domestic and border trade, but Mitrowitz … merchants outrivaled the Austrians in merchant numbers, tax amount, and total value of the goods. Ottoman merchants also …

many of these merchants (mostly men) projected onto their compatriots at the time and continue to project onto historians … today. However, there are obstacles to entering the world of early modern merchants as sources for certain geographical … former Hansa towns seem to offer better insights into the world of merchants than areas plagued by natural disasters or where …

We revisit Greif's (1993) analysis of trade between the 11th-century Maghribi traders and present two different models … uncertainty or imperfect information. We also model formal friendships, or trade through bilateral and multilateral partnerships … provide a richer and more accurate picture of how that organization facilitated trade between widely-dispersed traders in the …

, business, and trade information in that the writing of letters was the very instrument through which merchants ordered and … merchants), their place of residence (65 towns), and the traded goods (27 main goods). The approach developed arguably provides …