在十七和十八世纪,北欧在亚洲的商业扩张和殖民势力形成了一种典型的早期现代商业机构的框架——特许东印度公司。迄今为止,规模最大、实力最强的东印度公司是荷兰联合东印度公司(VOC,1602~1800)和英属东印度公司(EIC,1600~1858)。自始至终,荷兰联合东印度公司(后文简称荷印公司)凭借它独特的组织和在市场上的垄断行为,几乎成为跨越整个近代早期前工业化时代的象 In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries Nordic commercial expansion and colonial power in Asia formed the framework of a typical early modern commercial institution, Chartered East India Company. To date, the largest and most powerful East Indian companies are Dutch United East India (VOCs 1602-1800) and British East India (EIC 1600-1858). Throughout its history, the Dutch United East India Company (hereinafter referred to as Dutch Company), by virtue of its unique organization and monopolistic behavior in the market, has almost become the icon of an industrialized era spanning the entire early modern era