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It is with great pleasure that we announce that the track entitled “Historical Research in Management Studies”has been inserted into the program of the European Academy of Management 2023 (Dublin, June 14th-16th). Click here to open the Call for Papers.

The deadline for paper submission is January 10th, 2023.

This initiative will collect also scientific contributions that will be published as chapters in our Edited Management History book series.

Historical Research in Management Studies

The track ‘Historical Research in Management Studies’ addresses the historical development of management and related areas (e.g., entrepreneurship, international business, marketing, retailing, strategy, accounting, auditing, management tools, etc.), concepts, theories, and practices as well as the application and evolution of historical research methods. We aim to encourage theoretically orientated social science history, and its methods, with a clear relationship to present-day debates and practices in the management discipline; from that, the types of contributions that are looked for fall into the following two categories. First, historical analyses of management concepts, theories, and practices. Second, contributions regarding revisitation or new directions

UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDG):

Goal 4: Quality education, Goal 8: Decent work and economic growth, Goal 9: Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure, Goal 16: Peace, justice and strong institutions

Matteo Cristofaro, University of Rome Tor Vergata – matteo.cristofaro@uniroma2.it

The Aims and Scope information for the peer-reviewed journal Business History was recently updated. For more information, visit https://www.tandfonline.com/journals/fbsh20

Business History is an international journal concerned with the long-run evolution and contemporary operation of business systems and enterprises. Its primary purpose is to make available the findings of advanced research, empirical and conceptual, into matters of global significance, such as corporate organization and growth, multinational enterprise, business efficiency, entrepreneurship, technological change, finance, marketing, human resource management, professionalization and business culture.

Peer Review Policy
All research articles in this journal are rigorously peer reviewed, based on initial editor screening and anonymized reviewing by at least two referees.

Authors can choose to publish gold open access in this journal.

Read the Instructions for Authors for information on how to submit your article.

Business History (64)3: 2022

[Launched as an issue on May 10, 2022]

The article “German Economic Power in Southeastern Europe: The Case of Reemtsma and the Greek Tobacco Merchants (1923-1939),” by Juan Carmona-Zabala studies the strategies that Greek tobacco firms and manufacturers and the German tobacco giant Reemtsma developed during the interwar period. By showing how companies responded to state involvement and competition, Carmona Zabala offers new insights into the industry and management of the tobacco industry in twentieth-century Southeastern Europe. Access the article here: https://doi.org/10.1080/00076791.2020.1717472.

Luis Chirosa-Cañavate, Juan A. Rubio-Mondéjar, and Josean Garrués-Irurzun present new research on how business schools like the Spanish Instituto de Estudios Superiores de la Empresa (IESE) and the Escuela Superior de Administración y Dirección de Empresas (ESADE) influenced the creation of unique models of business and entrepreneurship in the country. The article is titled “Business Schools and the Spanish Business Elite since the Mid-Twentieth Century” and can be accesed here https://doi.org/10.1080/00076791.2020.1726893.

The article “A Return Ticket to the World Market? The Leipzig Fur Industry, Internationalism and the Case of the International Fur Exhibition (IPA) in 1930” by Robrecht Declercq [https://doi.org/10.1080/00076791.2020.1736045] explores how trade exhibitions serve “as vehicles of internationalism” for the fur industry in the postwar period.

Chantal S. Game, Lisa M. Cullen, and Alistair M. Brown draw important comparisons and transnational connections between three banking enactments Colombia Banking Act 1817 (CO) the Canadian Mauritius Regulations 1830 and the Joint Stock Banks Act 1844 (UK) in their article “Origins Resting behind Banking Financial Accountability of Paragraphs 78 to 82 of the First Schedule of the Companies Act 1862 (UK).” Read it here: https://doi.org/10.1080/00076791.2020.1718109.

How have Spanish companies used (and invented) tradition and history as a branding strategy? José Antonio Miranda and Felipe Ruiz-Moreno explain this in their article “Selling the Past. The Use of History as a Marketing Strategy in Spain, 1900-1980,” accessible here: https://doi.org/10.1080/00076791.2020.1717473.

Juan Ricardo Nazer and Manuel Llorca-Jaña explore “Succession in Large Nineteenth-Century Chilean Family Businesses” by looking at the cases of the Errázuriz-Urmeneta, the Cousiño-Goyenechea and the Edwards-MacClure groups. The article is available here: https://doi.org/10.1080/00076791.2020.1717471.

“Between the Market and the State: Ibáñez, the Marquis of Sargadelos (1749–1809), a Spanish Businessman Sailing against the Tide” brings to light new findings on the transition economic Liberalism in Spain. Check out Joaquín Ocampo Suárez-Valdés and Patricia Suárez Cano’s article here: https://doi.org/10.1080/00076791.2020.1726892.

[COMMENT] Pearson, Robin. 2022. “The Indigenous Origins of UK Corporate Financial Accountability: A Comment.” Business History 64 (3): 583–86. https://doi.org/10.1080/00076791.2020.1769606.

Learn more about how Parisian couture businesses made it into London’s market and consumers at the turn of the twentieth century. Véronique Pouillard and Waleria Dorogova explore this process in their article “Couture Ltd: French Fashion’s Debut in London’s West End: https://doi.org/10.1080/00076791.2020.1724286.

Deadline: 31st August 2022

Apply here

About the Role with Business History

Applications are invited for the position of Co-Editor-in-Chief for Business History. The new Editor-in-Chief will work alongside Stephanie Decker from January 2023, following Neil Rollings’ departure from the role at the end of 2022. The role is for a three-year appointment, renewable by mutual consent for a second three-year term.

We are seeking an outstanding and professional academic who is actively involved in the disciplines covered by Business History, with an international reputation for research excellence, and a passion for communication. Prior experience of editing an established journal is strongly preferred.

Applicants should be actively involved in networks within the field. Key qualities sought for the positions include energy, enthusiasm, managerial skills to oversee the editorial cycle, an understanding of research and publishing ethics, and the ability to meet deadlines and work effectively with Editorial Team members and a major publisher.

Routledge provides administrative support and an annual contribution to expenses incurred by the Editorial team.

Role Responsibilities

The tasks to be undertaken will include but will not be limited to:

• Working with the Editorial Team, Routledge and the Editorial Board to develop the editorial strategy and direction of Business History and acting as an ambassador for the Journal;
• Attendance and networking at international conferences and events to promote Business History and solicit submissions, invited contributions, and special issue proposals;
• Responsibility for enhancing the quality and reputation of Business History, particularly in relation to the quantity, quality and timeliness of published research;
• Coordinating peer review of submissions amongst the Editorial Team;
• Commissioning topical special issues with active, well-respected Guest Editors;
• Ensuring that all reviewers and authors uphold the Journal’s code of publishing ethics;
• Working with the Editorial Team to refresh the Editorial Board and pool of reviewers as necessary in terms of subject specialisms and geographical representation;
• Attending Editorial Team / Editorial Board meetings annually.

Submitting your Application to Business History

Applications shall include:

• A CV
• A letter of interest, specifically referring to why you believe you are particularly qualified for the role of co-Editor-in-Chief, leading the Editorial Team for Business History, and how you see your role in the future development and direction of the Journal (maximum of one side of A4).

Anyone who wishes to discuss these positions informally with the Editors-in-Chief or the Portfolio Manager are welcome to contact Zoe Sternberg, Neil Rollings or Stephanie Decker.

Candidates who pass the initial screening stage will be invited for an interview with the current Editors-in-Chief and Routledge over a video call.

Business History welcomes expressions of interest to become a peer reviewer and a book reviewer for the journal. If your research is connected in any way to business history and you would like to be contacted to evaluate submissions to the journal or to write a book review please get in touch with us. We especially encourage emerging scholars and doctoral students to become reviewers to be more involved in publishing in the field of business history and more familiar with the academic publishing world.

The following lines explain the main roles of peer reviewers and book reviewers in Business History;

A peer reviewer is contacted once a paper has been first accepted. The main role of the peer reviewer, selected based on research specialization and experience in a certain field, is to assess and ensure that a submission is suitable for the specific journal. Generally, a journal editor selects 2 or 3 reviewers per article. Each reviewer is expected to provide a structured, succinct assessment on whether the paper should continue the peer review process or be rejected. The editor may find that the reviewers disagree about the quality and revisions that a paper should undergo. The journal editors are ultimately the ones in charge of communicating to the author/s what changes are needed. If the paper will continue towards the publishing process, the author/s might be asked to either Review and Resubmit with minor corrections or Review and Resubmit with major changes. Once the paper has been reviewed and resubmitted, along with a letter addressing the reviewers’ comments, the editor can either track the paper toward the publishing pipeline or recommend that the previous reviewers, or new ones, check and confirm that the paper.

Book reviews editors receive requests from publishers and from authors for their books to be reviewed in Business History. Next, book reviewers reach out to researchers that work in the field or in related fields. If a reviewer agrees, he/she/they will receive a copy of the book. The book reviewer and the reviewer will then agree on a deadline within the next few months. The review, once submitted, goes through the usual copyediting process.

A good book review presents the main findings of the book and evaluates whether the book is successful in demonstrating the main argument. Book reviews are also welcomed when they do not simply summarize the book, but when they point out to the contributions and significance of the manuscript within the most recent debates.

Taylor & Francis Group offers an array of resources to guide you in the process of peer review and book review:

Becoming a book reviewer

5 tips on how to become a peer reviewer

The role of early career researchers in improving peer review diversity

Peer review is fundamental to the scientific process

If you are interested in becoming a reviewer, please create an account in Manuscript Central https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/fbsh and get in touch with the editors-in-chief and book review editors of the journal:

Veronica Binda – Università Bocconi, Italy

Stephanie Decker – University of Bristol, UK

Adam Nix – University of Birmingham, UK

Neil Rollings – University of Glasgow, UK

The New Books Network is a consortium of author-interview podcast channels dedicated to raising the level of public discourse by introducing scholars and other serious writers to a wide public via new media. Covering 90+ subjects, disciplines, and genres, we publish 55 episodes every week and serve a large, worldwide audience. We are about to celebrate the first anniversary of a parallel platform for interviews conducted entirely in Spanish.

If you speak Spanish and are interested in being a host for New Books Network en español please send us an email: newbooksnetworkes@gmail.com

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What will I be doing?

Read books and record a conversation with your favorite authors and colleagues about the books they recently published.

What are the benefits?

This is a way to disseminate new ideas while promoting new books through conversations with their authors. The host can expand their network by connecting with researchers and readers, while also having the opportunity of talking in depth with colleagues about their new books. Our mission is the dissemination of knowledge through digital technologies.

It is time-consuming to collaborate?

No: you read a book that interests you, schedule and conduct the interview, and the post-production process is in the hands of the editors. When we publish the interview on New Books Network en español you can post the URL in your social media or on your academic/work webpage.

Check out some of the latest episodes:

• Aurora Gómez Galvarriato y Gabriela Recio Cavazos, Business and Entrepreneurship in the Era of Nationalism. Presentado por Bernardo Batiz-Lazo
• Claudia Stern W. Entre el cielo y el suelo: las identidades elásticas de las clases medias (Santiago de Chile, 1932-1962). Presentado por Luka Haeberle

Gothenburg FRESH meeting, call for papers
Topic: Colonialism and natural resources Date: 20-21 October 2022
Place: Gothenburg, Sweden

On 20-21 October 2022 the Unit for Economic History of the Department of Economy and Society of the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, will host a Frontier Research in Economics and Social History (FRESH) 2-day meeting on the theme Colonialism and natural resources.

The goal of FRESH meetings is to gather researchers to present ongoing research, with a focus on early- stage research, in an environment especially focused on constructive feedback and support.
The keynote speaker for this meeting will be Tirthankar Roy, Professor of Economic History at the London School of Economics and Political Science, who specializes in global history, history and development of South Asia, and empires and environmental history.

We welcome papers from a broad range of methodologies, and especially welcome papers which are connected to the broad theme of ‘Colonialism and natural resources’ and deal with topics such as:
• trade
• agricultural development
• natural resource exploitation
• environmental history
• slavery
• colonial institutions
• business history
• inequality
but we will also consider papers on any topic relating to economic and social history, broadly defined.

Logistics

The FRESH meeting organisers strive to accommodate as many speakers as possible. Accepted papers will receive 30 minutes each (approx. 20 minutes for presentation and 10 minutes for discussion). There will also be a conference dinner for further discussions. There will be no registration fee for this meeting while accommodation for presenters will be covered by the event organizers.

Please submit your paper abstract (max. 500 words) and a CV (maximum two pages) to:
dimitrios.theodoridis[at]gu.se. Please mark your email with “Fresh 2022” in the subject line.

Submission deadline: Friday 2 September 2022
Notification of acceptance will be sent by 16 September 2022.

For further inquiries please contact:

• Local organizer Dimitrios Theodoridis, University of Gothenburg, dimitrios.theodoridis[at]gu.se

• FRESH organizer Anna Missiaia, University of Gothenburg, anna.missiaia[at]gu.se

Please visit the FRESH website for more information: https://www.quceh.org.uk/gothenburg-2022.html