The english east india company was one of the most powerful and enduring organizations in history between monopoly and free trade locates the source of that success in the innovative policy by which the companys court of directors granted employees the right to pursue their own commercial interests while in the firms employ exploring trade network dynamics decision making processes . It is a rare scholar who cannot benefit from the tools approaches and insights of other disciplines in between monopoly and free trade the english east india company 1600 1757 emily erikson a sociologist traces the institutional features that she contends enabled the success of the english east india companythe type of statistical modeling and data analysis erikson employs may be . Between monopoly and free trade the english east india company 1600 1757 by emily erikson princeton university press 2014 272 pp 3995 else the analytical sociology enterprise can devolve into an ahistorical exercise in rational choice modeling. Between monopoly and free trade the english east india company 1600 1757 byemily erikson princeton princeton university press 2014 xiii 252 pp map . Book description the english east india company was one of the most powerful and enduring organizations in historybetween monopoly and free tradelocates the source of that success in the innovative policy by which the companys court of directors granted employees the right to pursue their own commercial interests while in the firms employ exploring trade network dynamics decision making