Zur Geschichte der Handelsgesellschaften im Mittelalter
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Zur Geschichte der Handelgesellschaften im Mittelalter is a doctoral dissertation written by Max Weber, a German economist and sociologist in 1889. Note that the original edition was in German and the title is actually translated as The history of commercial partnerships in the Middle Ages.
Weber examined various legal principles according the profit, risk an cost of an enterprise were carried by several individuals in the Middle Ages.