Accounting by the First Public Company: The Pursuit of Supremacy

by Jeffrey Robertson and Warwick Funnell

The United Dutch East India Company was the first public company, preceding the formation of the English East-India Company by over 40 years. Its fame as the first public company which heralded the transition from feudalism to modern capitalism and its remarkable financial success for nearly two centuries ensure its importance in the history of capitalism. Although a publicly owned, highly complex and diversified business, and commonly agreed to...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415716179
• ISBN13: 9780415716178
• Release Date: November 2013
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.3" x 9.1"