A Comparative Evolution of Business Partnerships: The Islamic World and Europe, With Specific Reference to the Ottoman Archives (The Ottoman Empire and Its Heritage, V. 8) [Hardcover]

Murat Cizakca (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 9004106022 | ISBN-13: 978-9004106024 | Publication Date: September 1997

This monograph deals with the entrepreneurs, the partnerships they formed and how these partnerships evolved through a time span of about fourteen centuries, that is, from the birth of Islam to the present. The first part of the book examines the evolution of medieval partnership forms in Europe and finally in the United States, while in the second part the much less known Islamic evolution is studied. The study of the Islamic evolution is based on extensive original research conducted in the Ottoman archives. Comparative economic and business historians of these two great civilizations will find this book highly important, while modern Islamic bankers and economists interested in the actual functioning of an Islamic economy will find this volume indispensable reading, for here they have a unique chance to observe an Islamic economy and business operating within an historical framework.

--This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.

Editorial Reviews

Review

'"This is a well-researched book whose main strength lies in the new information it brings on the evolution of business partnerships in the Ottoman world.'
Elena Frankgakis-Syrett, "Business History, 1998.
--This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 2300 pages
• Publisher: Brill Academic Pub (September 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 9004106022
• ISBN-13: 978-9004106024
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #10,446,930 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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