Guinnane, Timothy W.; Streb, Jochen - 2020
The most common business enterprise form in Germany today is the Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung (GmbH). The GmbH … longstanding practice; the GmbH, on the other hand, was the lawgiver's creation. Authorized in 1892, the GmbH appeared during a …) prevalent in many economies today. This paper traces the debates and the legislative process that led to the GmbH's introduction …