Scottish Cowboys and the Dundee Investors. Dundee investment in the Texas Panhandle. A case study. The Matador Land & Cattle Co
Details:
- Author(s) Swan, Claire E
- Publication type Monograph
- Year published 2004
- Pages 102pp; illus
- Publisher Abertay Historical Society
- Place Published Dundee
Topics:
- Name Securities investment practice & process
- Name Investors & investor behaviour
- Name International investment
Countries:
- United States
Library:
- Name British Library
- City London
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode NW1 2DB
- Visit British Library's website
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Notes:
Scholarly account exploring the overseas portfolio investment of Scottish investors, largely based in Dundee, through a case study of the Matador Land & Cattle Co, focusing especially on its management at Dundee and impact in USA. Has roots in an undergraduate dissertation. Considers why Dundee investors invested overseas; deals with the nature of the investors, their networks, leaders, etc, and provides a profile of the average investor; effect of the company and similar formations on the US economy and associated issues such as impact of railways and technology on the company; the impact of the company on Scottish settlement in Texas; the effect of external events on the company