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Innovation and entrepreneurship as strategies for success among Cuban-based firms in the late years of the transatlantic slave trade

Barcia, Manuel, Kesidou, Effie·2018·Business History
DOI 10.1080/00076791.2017.1332044
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This article examines how Cuban-based firms and entrepreneurs circumvented ever- increasing risks in the illegal slave trade. The article sheds light to this question by analyzing new qualitative information of 65 Cuban-based firms against the Slavevoyages database. Our findings indicate that Cuban-based firms were entrepreneurial as they exploited the opportunities arising from the volatility of the slave trade by: (a) internalizing networks of agents which allowed the rapid diffusion of information, (b) diversifying trading goods and expanding the number of partnerships to reduce transaction costs and risk, and (c) adopting technological innovations that modified the design and use of vessels.

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Authors
Barcia, M., & Kesidou, E.
Affiliations
  • School of History, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
  • University of Leeds (GB)
Venue
Business History
Publisher
Informa UK Limited
Published
2017-05-26
Volume
60
Issue
4
Pages
542-561
ISSN
  • 0007-6791 (ISSN-L)
  • 1743-7938
DOI
10.1080/00076791.2017.1332044
OpenAlex
W2616521423
Semantic Scholar
5d782b7381a6b5cf1213e97550af16b3d01b092f
Cited by
9
References
52
Citations by year
2026: 2 · 2023: 3 · 2021: 2 · 2020: 1 · 2019: 1
FWCI
8.74
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Business History (publishedVersion)
  • White Rose Research Online (University of Leeds, The University of Sheffield, University of York) (acceptedVersion)
  • RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • American Historical Association
  • Leverhulme Trust
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Anthropology › Colonialism, slavery, and trade
  • Social Sciences › Economics, Econometrics and Finance › Economics and Econometrics › Historical Economic and Social Studies
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Cuban History and Society
Keywords
transatlantic slave trade, entrepreneurship, innovation, information networks, diversification, transaction costs, ship design, risk management, late 18th century

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