THE orga­niza­ti­on of a com­mer­cial firm or a cor­po­ra­ti­on is usual­ly deter­mi­ned by the natu­re of its busi­ness. We must, the­r­e­fo­re, know the mea­ning of the word “bank” which appears in the title of this stu­dy. Today this word has a varie­ty of mea­nings. The­re are all sorts of banks: cen­tral banks, com­mer­cial banks, mem­ber banks, and so forth. In the fif­te­enth cen­tu­ry, the­re were not so many kinds of cre­dit insti­tu­ti­ons. But still the word “bank” had more than one mea­ning. What kind of bank was the Medi­ci bank? …

Quel­le /​ Link: The Medi­ci Bank – Its Orga­niza­ti­on, Manage­ment, Ope­ra­ti­ons, and Decline