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A History of Socially Responsible Business, c.1600–1950The Distant Shareholder: Attenuated Investment and the Diffusion of Social Concerns

A History of Socially Responsible Business, c.1600–1950: The Distant Shareholder: Attenuated... [This chapter explores the development of a “nation of shareholders” in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. It considers how and why investor expanded their range of investments from local to regional and from national to international. In particular, the chapter explores the increasing importance of investment in this period through the lens of geography, focussing on the relationship between distance, shareholding, and supply and demand for securities, both domestic, colonial and foreign. It then examines some of the implications that the geography of shareholding raises for understanding both individual investor behaviour and its impact on corporate governance.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

A History of Socially Responsible Business, c.1600–1950The Distant Shareholder: Attenuated Investment and the Diffusion of Social Concerns

Part of the Palgrave Studies in the History of Finance Book Series
Editors: Pettigrew, William A; Smith, David Chan
Rutterford, Janette
A History of Socially Responsible Business, c.1600–1950 — Oct 29, 2017
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Publisher
Springer International Publishing
Copyright
© The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017
ISBN
978-3-319-60145-8
Pages
157 –188
DOI
10.1007/978-3-319-60146-5_7
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[This chapter explores the development of a “nation of shareholders” in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. It considers how and why investor expanded their range of investments from local to regional and from national to international. In particular, the chapter explores the increasing importance of investment in this period through the lens of geography, focussing on the relationship between distance, shareholding, and supply and demand for securities, both domestic, colonial and foreign. It then examines some of the implications that the geography of shareholding raises for understanding both individual investor behaviour and its impact on corporate governance.]

Published: Oct 29, 2017

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