Fridolin Furger, Zum Verlagssystem als Organisationsform des Frühkapitalismus im Textilgewerbe

The Beginnings of Capitalism in Central Europe

“…No new forms of the system of commercial enterprise were established, but new marketing negotiations were carried out, whereby the old enterprises founded on handwork remained unchanged. 73 The renewal initiative arose on the side of the entrepreneurs, who sought profit, and not on the side of the craftsmen.…”