The Corporation that Changed the World: How the East India Company Shaped the Modern Multinational
"A magnificent book about the father and mother of all companies. ... Everyone who studies corporate power and structure must read this well-written account." --Gordon Roddick, Chairman Emeritus of The Body Shop, co-founder of the Big Issue and Human Rights activist "A powerful analysis of the rise and fall of the British East India Company, a private company that conquered a subcontinent and subjugated an entire people." --Huw Bowen, Professor of Imperial and Maritime History at the University of Leicester "[This] will become a classic." --Simon Zadek, Chief Executive, AccountAbility "Elegantly written and sharply argued." --Sankar Muthu, Princeton University