A culture of credit: embedding trust and transparency in American business
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1. Verfasser: Olegario, Rowena (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Cambridge, Mass. Harvard University Press 2006
Schriftenreihe:Harvard studies in business history 50
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-268) and index
Mercantile credit in Britain and America, 1700-1860 -- A "system of espionage": the origins of the credit-reporting firm -- Character, capacity, capital: how to be creditworthy -- Jewish merchants and the struggle over transparency -- Growth, competition, legitimacy: credit reporting in the late nineteenth century -- From competition to cooperation: the birth of the credit man, 1890-1920 -- Epilogue: Business credit reporting in the twenty-first century
In the growing and dynamic economy of 19th century America, businesses sold vast quantities of goods to one another, mostly on credit. This book explains how business people solved the problem of whom to trust - how they determined who was deserving of credit, and for how much
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ISBN:9780674041639
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