Joint stock companies in Finland in the nineteenth century

Abstract

In most countries joint stock companies appeared before any attention was paid to this form of association in legislation. The lack of official sanction, however, had a restraining effect on the creation of joint stock companies, and their economic breakthrough did not, as a rule, occur until the company as an institution had been legally acknowledged.

The article is based on a more comprehensive study by the author, ‘Aktiebolagsformens genombrott i Finland. Utvecklingen före 1895 års lag’, in Bidrag till kännedom om Finlands natur och folk, (Finska Vetenskaps-societeten, H. 109, 1964). Fuller reference to sources and relevant literature may be found in this study. It was not until the new Companies Act of 1895 that statistics concerning joint stock companies began to be kept and published.

The article is based on a more comprehensive study by the author, ‘Aktiebolagsformens genombrott i Finland. Utvecklingen före 1895 års lag’, in Bidrag till kännedom om Finlands natur och folk, (Finska Vetenskaps-societeten, H. 109, 1964). Fuller reference to sources and relevant literature may be found in this study. It was not until the new Companies Act of 1895 that statistics concerning joint stock companies began to be kept and published.

Notes

The article is based on a more comprehensive study by the author, ‘Aktiebolagsformens genombrott i Finland. Utvecklingen före 1895 års lag’, in Bidrag till kännedom om Finlands natur och folk, (Finska Vetenskaps-societeten, H. 109, 1964). Fuller reference to sources and relevant literature may be found in this study. It was not until the new Companies Act of 1895 that statistics concerning joint stock companies began to be kept and published.