Includes bibliographical references and index.

What is a Small Firm? Some Indications from the Business Organization of Late Medieval German Merchants / Ulla Kypta -- Making Size Matter Less: Italian Firms and Merchant Guilds in Late Medieval Bruges / Bart Lambert -- Late Scholasticism and Commercial Partnership: Persons and Capitals in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries / Luisa Brunori -- Legal Structure of Early Enterprises-from Commenda-like Arrangements to Chartered Joint-Stock Companies (Early Modern Period) / Anja Amend-Traut -- Delving for Diversity in Early Modern Company Law: Mining Companies in Seventeenth-Century Liège / Bram Van Hofstraeten -- Incorporation and Limited Liability in Seventeenth-Century England: The Case of the East India Company / Stefania Gialdroni -- From Commercial Guilds to Commercial Law: Spanish Company Regulations (1737-1848) / Carlos Petit -- Partnerships as Flexible and Open-Purpose Entities: Legal and Commercial Practice in Nineteenth-Century Antwerp / Dave De ruysscher -- Form, Size, "Governance": Remarks on Italian Late Nineteenth-Century Companies / Annamaria Monti.

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