Sarah Dietz is a textile specialist who has received awards from the Royal Society of Arts and the Worshipful Company of Weavers in association with the Textile Institute. Following a successful career in the British textile industry, currently she works as an independent historian, specialising in the history of entrepreneurship.

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• Chapter OneThe Company Prospectus and the Opportunity for Jute Growing in Assam India and Eastern Trading Company ̶ The ProspectusChapter TwoGerman Enterprise in the British Empire Alexander Classen – The FounderChapter ThreeThe Role of the Company Promoter in Joint-Stock EnterpriseHenry Theodore Van Laun – The PromoterChapter FourNetworks, Patronage and their International DiffusionEugene Auguste Digby – The FundraiserChapter FiveGentlemanly Capitalism and Britain’s Informal Empire in South AmericaStanley William Ford – The ChairmanChapter SixInternational Corporate Governance and Creating a Competitive Investment Culture in Joint-Stock CompaniesHugo Likiernik – The Company Secretary Chapter SevenChamberlainism and the Impact of Increasing Anglo-German Antagonism on Commerce William Burton Stewart – The PoliticianChapter EightThe Plantation Economy, Jute Cultivation and Land SpeculationBronisław Oderfeld – The IndustrialistChapter NineRebranding and Refinancing Colonial EnterpriseJohn Henry Grayson Riley – The CapitalistChapter TenThe Amalgamation of Colonial Plantations During the First World WarGeorge St. Lawrence Mowbray – The AmalgamatorConclusionIndex

Sarah Dietz is a textile specialist who has received awards from the Royal Society of Arts and the Worshipful Company of Weavers in association with the Textile Institute. Following a successful career in the British textile industry, currently she works as an independent historian, specialising in the history of entrepreneurship.

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• Chapter OneThe Company Prospectus and the Opportunity for Jute Growing in Assam India and Eastern Trading Company ̶ The ProspectusChapter TwoGerman Enterprise in the British Empire Alexander Classen – The FounderChapter ThreeThe Role of the Company Promoter in Joint-Stock EnterpriseHenry Theodore Van Laun – The PromoterChapter FourNetworks, Patronage and their International DiffusionEugene Auguste Digby – The FundraiserChapter FiveGentlemanly Capitalism and Britain’s Informal Empire in South AmericaStanley William Ford – The ChairmanChapter SixInternational Corporate Governance and Creating a Competitive Investment Culture in Joint-Stock CompaniesHugo Likiernik – The Company Secretary Chapter SevenChamberlainism and the Impact of Increasing Anglo-German Antagonism on Commerce William Burton Stewart – The PoliticianChapter EightThe Plantation Economy, Jute Cultivation and Land SpeculationBronisław Oderfeld – The IndustrialistChapter NineRebranding and Refinancing Colonial EnterpriseJohn Henry Grayson Riley – The CapitalistChapter TenThe Amalgamation of Colonial Plantations During the First World WarGeorge St. Lawrence Mowbray – The AmalgamatorConclusionIndex