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Liverpool slave merchant entrepreneurial networks, 1725–1807
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Liverpool surpassed Bristol as Britain's premier slave trading port in the mid-eighteenth century, but the reasons for Liverpool's eventual dominance remain debated. This article utilises the theoretical framework of entrepreneurship and notions of capital applied within associational networks to determine whether or not Liverpool merchants had a ‘particular spirit of enterprise’ which enabled their success. An analysis of the trends in investment patterns of Liverpool slave voyages demonstrates that Liverpool merchants managed voyages in comparatively larger investment groups. Thus, they had greater access to knowledge, skills and resources, which allowed for more competitive advantages to their trade.
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Barcia, M., & Kesidou, E. (2018) · Business History · doi:10.1080/00076791.2017.1332044 · Cited by 9
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- Authors
- McDade, K.
- Affiliations
- a School of History , University of Nottingham , University Park, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, UK
- Venue
- Business History
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2011-10-03
- Volume
- 53
- Issue
- 7
- Pages
- 1092-1109
- ISSN
- 0007-6791
- 1743-7938
- Cited by
- 11
- References
- 0
- Language
- en
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