Corporate Governance and the Development of Manufacturing Enterprises in Nineteenth-Century Massachusetts
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- Eric Hilt, 2014. "Corporate Governance and the Development of Manufacturing Enterprises in Nineteenth-Century Massachusetts," NBER Working Papers 20096, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
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