The mid-nineteenth century set the stage for one of the most successful process of foreign investment in Latin America and particularly in Colombia, at least from the perspective of foreign investors: the construction and operation of the Panama Railroad Co. However, unlike other similar...

In the mid-nineteenth century was an evidence of the processes of successful foreign investment in Latin America and particularly in Colombia, at least from the perspective of foreign investors: the construction and operation of the Panama Railroad Co. However, unlike other experiments in which...

The early twentieth century saw the British capital market reach a state of maturity before any of its global counterparts. This coincided with more women participating directly in the stock market. In this paper, we analyse whether these female shareholders chose to invest independently of men....

No one in United States financial and business history is as misunderstood, and under-appreciated, as the late Jay Gould (1836-1892). There are a number of reasons for this, primary amongst them is that Gould earned a reputation as the most hated man in America. Two early episodes, the Erie...

The economic growth of a country is mostly depends on the infrastructure and construction available in their area. Substructure link the peoples to services, markets and jobs and helps people to live healthy and productive lives. Transport facility is an important aspect of infrastructure...