Tamburlaine by The Royal Shakespeare Company

Purchasing Strategies: The Case of the Royal African Company*

This paper considers the choices a company faces in purchasing intermediate goods for production. It examines the case of the Royal African Company for which there is detailed purchase data available for 1672-1699. Empirical analysis indicated that the company purchased from more suppliers when it had higher demands, and purchased relatively more from a supplier with whom it had a longer relati...

Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare

More than 400 years after its first appearance in London, Much Ado about Nothing remains a popular stage play with both actors and audiences. Perhaps its success stems from Shakespeare’s compelling presentation of a number of themes with universal appeal, especially those related to courtship and marriage. In the plot of Much Ado young romantic love and faith at first fail, but ultimately true ...

Triaging Shakespeare

Dear Ben, I just got the reviews back on my grant proposal for Hamlet, the new play I was telling you about. I applied to the National Institutes of Health in America this time—the RFA said they’re interested in creative new ideas and all that rot but they’re just as conservative as here in England. It wasn’t even discussed! I’ll wager it was those scoundrels Beaumont and Fletcher that sank it....

Agent Opportunism and the Role of Company Culture: The Hudson's Bay and Royal African Companies Compared

Concurrent with growth of long-distance trade in Britain in the seventeenth century was the use of the chartered company as the mechanism by which such trade with Africa, Asia, Russia, and North America was conducted. Indeed, these trading companies were analogs of modern multinationals with factories and agents located overseas. Because of their hierarchical structures, these companies faced p...

Shakespeare in the Weimar Republic