Turning points in leadership: Ship size in the Portuguese and Dutch merchant empires

Abstract This paper discusses the implications of organizational control on the race for technological leadership in merchant empires. I provide an illustrative framework in which poor organizations have reduced incentives to invest, which in turn stifle technology improvements making leaders lag new entrants. In the late sixteenth century, Portugal’s large ships carried more merchandise and were more fitting of the monarch’s grandiose preferences, but they also were more prone to disaster. The merchant-controlled Dutch East India Company however, invested in smaller but more seaworthy vessels... Mehr ...

Verfasser: Rei, Claudia
Dokumenttyp: Artikel
Erscheinungsdatum: 2024
Reihe/Periodikum: Social Science History ; page 1-24 ; ISSN 0145-5532 1527-8034
Verlag/Hrsg.: Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Schlagwörter: Social Sciences (miscellaneous) / History
Sprache: Englisch
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Link(s) : http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/ssh.2024.7