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The Corporation That Changed the World: How the East India Company Shaped the Modern Multinational

by Nick Robins · 2006

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A popular history of the British East India Company and how it shaped the way corporations operate today.

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historyhistoryMore like thisLess of thiseconomicseconomicsMore like thisLess of thisbusinessbusinessMore like thisLess of thispoliticspoliticsMore like thisLess of this
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politicspoliticsMore like thisLess of thiscolonialismcolonialismMore like thisLess of this
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IndiaIndiaMore like thisLess of thisAsiaAsiaMore like thisLess of thisBritishBritishMore like thisLess of thisChinaChinaMore like thisLess of thisLondonLondonMore like thisLess of this
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adult
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medium · 240 pages

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