ch. 1. Introduction -- ch. 2. Accounting and the Crimean War -- ch. 3. Accounting on the frontline in the South African War -- ch. 4. Military accounting and the business of war -- ch. 5. Taming the untamable : the normalization of nuclear war -- ch. 6. The Vietnam War, performance measures and...

"The United Dutch East India Company was the first public company, preceding the formation of the English East-India Company by over 40 years. Its fame as the first public company which heralded the transition from feudalism to modern capitalism and its remarkable financial success for nearly...

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1. Introduction -- 2. Dutch identity and the influence of landscape -- 3. Netherlands' trade and commerce -- 4. Dutch bookkeeping and the Hanseatic influence -- 5. The Dutch East-India Company -- 6. Accounting for capital -- 7. The VOC's general bookkeeping : contradictions and conflict -- 8....