Investing in French Overseas Companies

A Bad Deal? The Liquidation Processes of Companies Operating on the West Coast of Africa and in India (1664–1719)

Dados Bibliográficos

ID11282869
AutoresElisabeth Heijmans (0000-0002-5189-8362, autor correspondente)
Ano2019
Volume43
Fascículo01
Páginas107-121
Data de publicação2019-04-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoItinerario (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0165-1153 • E-ISSN: 2041-2827
EditoraCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0165115319000081
OpenAlexW2944713889
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas2
Referências citadas11

Although French chartered companies operating on the west coast of Africa and in India followed a similar model of organization, their liquidation processes differed depending of the area of their monopoly. As well as exploring the reasons for the distinction between these two regions of exclusive trade, this article demonstrates that the differing liquidation processes negatively impacted company shareholders in the two regions. Taking the perspective of shareholders farther, it explores the case of a specific investor and the informal economic profits he benefitted from. This approach contributes to deepening our understanding of the French early modern companies’ bankruptcies by examining informal aspects that would not be readily visible from an exclusively institutional point of view

Business · Corporate governance · Economics · Economy · Market economy · Monopoly · Perspective (graphical · Point (geometry · Shareholder · West coast · Colonialism, slavery, and trade · Historical Economic and Social Studies · Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis · Finance