Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- Tables -- Appendix -- Part I. 1840-1850 -- 1. The economic Climate of Brazil 1800-1890 -- 2. Location and Product -- 3. Organization, Finance, and Machinery -- 4. Cotton -- 5. Labor -- 6. Products and distribution -- Part II. 1890-1930 -- 7. Industry and...

We explore how changes in ownership and managerial control affect the productivity and profitability of producers. Using detailed operational, financial, and ownership data from the Japanese cotton spinning industry at the turn of the last century, we find a more nuanced picture than the...