The Maona A Study on Institutional Migration of Economic Organizational Forms (13th-16th centuries)
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This article focuses on the maona, an institution used to set up business transactions, first in Genoa and later in the whole Mediterranean, and on how it changed within the Medieval and early modern age. I use a case study to present a set of question on the more general topic of institutional migration. What happened to some economic institutions over time? What can we say about them when we look at them longitudinally? How can we study institutions in a given moment and follow their migration process over time? I present new findings on the maona, particularly exploring the possibility that an Islamicate institution, similar to the maona, existed in North Africa (Ceuta) and migrated to the northern Mediterranean. I also present a series of findings on some unknown or understudied maone.
Keywords: Maona, Economic Forms, Business Corporation Concepts, Institutional Migration, History of Genoa
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