Profit and Risk in the Late Merchant Capitalism: the Soliers in the Spanish Colonial Market

Diplôme Master Profit and Risk in the Late Merchant Capitalism: the Soliers in the Spanish Colonial Market eng 2023-07-03 author Wildbolz Gallego Raul Luis 896345 director Nogues-Marco Pilar 0000-0003-1164-519X 840621 Service enseignement, recherche, administratif et technique (SdS) (SCSPS) 63 <p>This work aims to better assess the functioning of merchant capitalism through the analysis of profits and risks in the Spanish colonial market. Through accounting documents and the correspondence of the Solier family in Geneva, this work extracts information about financial and commercial profitability while linking them to maritime and commercial risks respectively. We observe profitability differences depending on the evolution of risks. We also give some insights about the network around the company Cayla, Cabanes, Solier et cie. which was the core of the Solier family’s investments in the Spanish colonial market.</p> Spanish colonial market Solier family Geneva Company Cayla, Cabanes, Solier et cie Solier family’s investments Dewey 330 Dewey 330.9 Master en histoire économique internationale 123 Département d'histoire, économie et société T5 193 Institut d'histoire économique Paul Bairoch TE false 0521bd9c-7a63-4813-93b1-6d6bef6dd2b2 Master thesis Public FinalWork_memoire_RaulWG_.pdf 636066 application/pdf Private 2028-06-30 57bdc4e5c8740db8e1c380b95355e4f137ec8319f9e531ad7f8237fbb5141494 embargoedAccess Faculté des sciences de la société / Département d'histoire, économie et société Faculté des sciences de la société / Institut d'histoire économique Paul Bairoch

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