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Trilliondollar mega corporations are a very big deal these days. Only about 2 or 3 exist in the modern world and they're primarily tech companies that have achieved this status by capitalizing on cutting edge modern technology (and probably a bit of optimistic speculation). But there is one corporation that has snaked its way through history and may have very well been the largest corporation in history.

This was a company that laid the foundations for modern multinationals and created systems, procedures, and expectations that we take for granted today.

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Want to learn more about the economics of the Dutch East India Company? We recommend reading "The Anarchy: The East India Company, Corporate Violence, and the Pillage of an Empire ", by William Dalrymple https://amzn.to/30lHLvH (as an Amazon Associate, we earn from qualifying purchases)

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Landwehr, J., 1991. VOC: a bibliography of publications relating to the Dutch East India Company, 16021800. Brill Hes & De Graaf.

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Gerstell, D., 1991. Administrative Adaptability: The Dutch East India Company and Its Rise to Power. Journal of Political Economy

Gelderblom, O., De Jong, A. and Jonker, J., 2013. The formative years of the modern corporation: The Dutch East India Company VOC, 1602–1623. The journal of economic history

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