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This is the first comprehensive study of an industry that helped to create the global economy. Managing tramp ships was a high-risk potentially high-reward business. Using original documents, this book transports readers into the turbulent world of those who operated the precursors of today's bulk carriers.

Using a series of twelve historical case-studies that are based on extensive archival research, this book explains why firms succeed or fail in communicating or transferring knowledge and discovering new expertise. By analysing how workable trade-offs between opposing forces have been achieved in the past, this study provides a set of guidelines for executives who embark upon inter-firm projects.