Profit and Surety: The British Chartered Trading Companies and the State

Michael Wagner ()
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Michael Wagner: University of Oxford

Chapter Chapter 4 in A History of Socially Responsible Business, c.1600–1950, 2017, pp 95-116 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract In 1580, when a charter for a company to trade with the Ottoman EmpireOttoman Empire was under consideration, Francis WalsinghamWalsingham, Francis , Queen Elizabeth IElizabeth I ’s secretary, wrote to the Queen explaining: “In all trades two things principally are to be considered, profit and surety; for if they not be joined together they are in no wise to be attempted”.

Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-60146-5_4

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