Mina Ishizu
Biographic Data
| ID | 1056104 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mina Ishizu |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mina |
| FAMILY NAME | Ishizu |
| SIGNATURE | ISHIZU M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Department of Economic History The London School of Economics and Political Science |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 8 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Preventing financial ruin
This paper contributes to the understanding of the complex relationship between British economic performance during the Napoleonic wars and the 'West Indies', as the Caribbean slave colonies were called. Not only did profits from slave-based commerce provide financing for the growth of the financial sector, as has been claimed, but the risk of financial instability created by the financial sector's investment in and exposure to the Caribbean slav…
Wealth-Holding and Investment
This chapter explores how traders managed and invested their wealth by examining their wills. Businesses and real estate tended to constitute their most valuable possessions, which might suggest an aversion to risk among those in trade. However, this seems likely to have been the result of pragmatism, based on rates of return and the paucity of other forms of investment. As other possibilities became more accessible to the trading classes from th…
Inheritance and continuity in small family businesses during the early industrial revolution
Explanations for the rapid turnover rates of small businesses during the early years of British industrialisation are usually framed in terms of mismanagement or misfortune. More recently, the short lifespans of family businesses have been presented in the context of family ambitions and priorities. Whilst these explanations are persuasive, such studies tend to describe a reluctance to continue the family firm after the death of the head of house…
Inheritance and continuity in small family businesses during the early industrial revolution
Explanations for the rapid turnover rates of small businesses during the early years of British industrialisation are usually framed in terms of mismanagement or misfortune. More recently, the short lifespans of family businesses have been presented in the context of family ambitions and priorities. Whilst these explanations are persuasive, such studies tend to describe a reluctance to continue the family firm after the death of the head of house…
Inheritance and continuity in small family businesses during the early industrial revolution
Explanations for the rapid turnover rates of small businesses during the early years of British industrialisation are usually framed in terms of mismanagement or misfortune. More recently, the short lifespans of family businesses have been presented in the context of family ambitions and priorities. Whilst these explanations are persuasive, such studies tend to describe a reluctance to continue the family firm after the death of the head of house…
Wealth-Holding and Investment
This chapter explores how traders managed and invested their wealth by examining their wills. Businesses and real estate tended to constitute their most valuable possessions, which might suggest an aversion to risk among those in trade. However, this seems likely to have been the result of pragmatism, based on rates of return and the paucity of other forms of investment. As other possibilities became more accessible to the trading classes from th…
Preventing financial ruin
This paper contributes to the understanding of the complex relationship between British economic performance during the Napoleonic wars and the 'West Indies', as the Caribbean slave colonies were called. Not only did profits from slave-based commerce provide financing for the growth of the financial sector, as has been claimed, but the risk of financial instability created by the financial sector's investment in and exposure to the Caribbean slav…
Business (3 works) · Economics (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Estate (2 works) · Finance (2 works) · Historical Economic and Social Studies (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Bourgeoisie (1 work) · Context (archaeology (1 work)