Mobility, Risk and Adaptability of the Diaspora Merchants : The Case of the Sifneo Frères Family Firm in Taganrog (Russia), Instanbul and Piraeus, 1850-1940
Part of : The Historical Review ; Vol.7, No.1, 2010, pages 239-252
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The records of the Sifneo Frères1 entrepreneurial family allow us to focus on the evolution of a family business against varying political and institutional contexts and to highlight the performance of Greek economic “expansionism” in Russia. With the family firm’s integration into ship-ownership and industry, we can capture its flexibility in order to adapt to changing environments. This firm reaffirms the key role of the entrepreneur and the comparative advantage of the Greek merchants in Russia vis-à-vis other foreign entrepreneurs. Given its medium size, it highlights the performance of similar houses that shaped the mass of the Greek diaspora’s business, from which meagre documental evidence has been preserved.
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856:https://ejournals.epublishing.ekt.gr/index.php/historicalReview/article/view/4045, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.12681/hr.263
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