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@entandsoc.bsky.social is delighted to announce that Prof. Ai Hisano has been chosen as incoming Editor-in-Chief. This is a truly exciting appointment that promises a bright new phase in the journal's history. More about Ai and her fascinating work can be found here:
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Our readers will likely want to check out this special issue of @jich.bsky.social on Business and Labour in German Colonialism!
Out now! Check out out upcoming Special issue on Business and Labour in German Colonialism.
Thanks for this great collaboration
@pocobusiness.bsky.social
@jzurlage.bsky.social
@debneill.bsky.social
Mona Rudolph
Michael Rösser
Thanks for this great collaboration
@pocobusiness.bsky.social
@jzurlage.bsky.social
@debneill.bsky.social
Mona Rudolph
Michael Rösser
See Mona Rudolph & Nina Kleinöder's introduction to the upcoming special issue 'Business and Labour in German Colonialism', currently #FreeAccess : doi.org/10.1080/0308...
February 3, 2026 at 11:06 AM
Our readers will likely want to check out this special issue of @jich.bsky.social on Business and Labour in German Colonialism!
Were Scottish bankers born or made? Robert Dawson Scott has the answers in "Professionalism and Presbyterianism: How Edinburgh’s Financial Elite Sustained Itself in the 20th Century," the latest publication from @entandsoc.bsky.social. Open Access, of course.
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Professionalism and Presbyterianism: How Edinburgh’s Financial Elite Sustained Itself in the 20th Century | Enterprise & Society | Cambridge Core
Professionalism and Presbyterianism: How Edinburgh’s Financial Elite Sustained Itself in the 20th Century
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January 27, 2026 at 2:58 PM
Were Scottish bankers born or made? Robert Dawson Scott has the answers in "Professionalism and Presbyterianism: How Edinburgh’s Financial Elite Sustained Itself in the 20th Century," the latest publication from @entandsoc.bsky.social. Open Access, of course.
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It's just a little late, but @entandsoc.bsky.social Vol.26, No.4 is now out, with a pretty breathtaking array of articles and topics, almost exclusively Open Access. There is something here you will want to read, guaranteed!
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Enterprise & Society: Volume 26 - Issue 4 | Cambridge Core
Cambridge Core - Enterprise & Society - Volume 26 - Issue 4
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January 17, 2026 at 7:14 AM
It's just a little late, but @entandsoc.bsky.social Vol.26, No.4 is now out, with a pretty breathtaking array of articles and topics, almost exclusively Open Access. There is something here you will want to read, guaranteed!
resolve.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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Ever wondered how the state and private enterprise come together in driving condom consumption during times of war? Anna Inez Bergman has all the answers in "The War Against Venereal Diseases: Engineering Protective Practices During World War II in Sweden." Fresh out, OA, in @entandsoc.bsky.social
January 13, 2026 at 6:28 PM
Ever wondered how the state and private enterprise come together in driving condom consumption during times of war? Anna Inez Bergman has all the answers in "The War Against Venereal Diseases: Engineering Protective Practices During World War II in Sweden." Fresh out, OA, in @entandsoc.bsky.social
There has recently been a welcome growth in work at the intersection of business history and German colonial. This very interesting essay, from @nkleinoeder.bsky.social, is the most recent addition to this emerging stream of work.
New and #OpenAccess, check out 'On Site. Colonial Labour, Business and the Construction of the Swakopmund Jetty, c. 1911–1915' by Nina Kleinöder: doi.org/10.1080/0308...
On Site. Colonial Labour, Business and the Construction of the Swakopmund Jetty, c. 1911–1915
The Swakopmund jetty was one of only two entry points to the colony of German South West Africa (GSWA) located on the Atlantic coast. It was first built as a silted-up mole at the turn of the centu...
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January 5, 2026 at 8:30 PM
There has recently been a welcome growth in work at the intersection of business history and German colonial. This very interesting essay, from @nkleinoeder.bsky.social, is the most recent addition to this emerging stream of work.
New year, new articles! We are delighted to present Christy Ford Chapin's "Mary G. Roebling, Capitalist Feminism, and Marketing American Women’s Economic Rights," which explores the remarkable career of Mary G. Roebling to propose of form of “capitalist feminism.” www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Mary G. Roebling, Capitalist Feminism, and Marketing American Women’s Economic Rights | Enterprise & Society | Cambridge Core
Mary G. Roebling, Capitalist Feminism, and Marketing American Women’s Economic Rights
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January 4, 2026 at 8:11 AM
New year, new articles! We are delighted to present Christy Ford Chapin's "Mary G. Roebling, Capitalist Feminism, and Marketing American Women’s Economic Rights," which explores the remarkable career of Mary G. Roebling to propose of form of “capitalist feminism.” www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
A fascinating obituary for employment agency founder and philanthropist Sir Alec Reed. It is interesting to reflect on the differences in business philanthropy across different cultural contexts.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Sir Alec Reed obituary
Employment agency founder and philanthropist who raised hundreds of millions of pounds for charity
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December 22, 2025 at 9:07 AM
A fascinating obituary for employment agency founder and philanthropist Sir Alec Reed. It is interesting to reflect on the differences in business philanthropy across different cultural contexts.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Just putting to bed the proofs for @entandsoc.bsky.social Vol. 26, No. 4 and it's going to be something else, packed with a whole bunch of the best stuff.
December 17, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Just putting to bed the proofs for @entandsoc.bsky.social Vol. 26, No. 4 and it's going to be something else, packed with a whole bunch of the best stuff.
Wow! We have a whole bunch of the good stuff to bring you today. First up, Daniel T. Gresham's "Feedlot Imprimatur: Public-Private Cooperation in the Advent of Government Beef Grading" explores how government beef grading shaped markets for meat in America.
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Feedlot Imprimatur: Public-Private Cooperation in the Advent of Government Beef Grading | Enterprise & Society | Cambridge Core
Feedlot Imprimatur: Public-Private Cooperation in the Advent of Government Beef Grading
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December 5, 2025 at 5:09 AM
Wow! We have a whole bunch of the good stuff to bring you today. First up, Daniel T. Gresham's "Feedlot Imprimatur: Public-Private Cooperation in the Advent of Government Beef Grading" explores how government beef grading shaped markets for meat in America.
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Not report, repost.
December 5, 2025 at 4:41 AM
Not report, repost.
Really delighted to see this report Mattie! (Apologies, we'd have tagged you if we'd known you were here).
I’m thrilled to share my Krooss Prize summary, which Enterprise & Society @entandsoc.bsky.social recently published. I was a finalist for last year’s dissertation prize at the Business History Conference. My short article provides a preview of my forthcoming book with Columbia University Press.
And last but very much not least, we bring you the third and final of this year's Krooss Prize summaries, Mattie Webb's "Diplomacy at Work: The South African Worker, US Multinationals, and Transnational Racial Solidarity." OA here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
December 5, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Really delighted to see this report Mattie! (Apologies, we'd have tagged you if we'd known you were here).
A great theme for a call!
Call for Papers – Special Issue: Business and Cities in the Global Economy
Editors 🗣️
Valeria Giacomin (Bocconi)
Youssef Cassis (EUI)
Jan Logemann (Göttingen)
Chinmay Tumbe (IIM Ahmedabad)
Share with colleagues working on cities, capitalism, global networks, and urban economic history 🙏 #bizhis
Editors 🗣️
Valeria Giacomin (Bocconi)
Youssef Cassis (EUI)
Jan Logemann (Göttingen)
Chinmay Tumbe (IIM Ahmedabad)
Share with colleagues working on cities, capitalism, global networks, and urban economic history 🙏 #bizhis
November 27, 2025 at 5:25 PM
A great theme for a call!
And last but very much not least, we bring you the third and final of this year's Krooss Prize summaries, Mattie Webb's "Diplomacy at Work: The South African Worker, US Multinationals, and Transnational Racial Solidarity." OA here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Diplomacy at Work: The South African Worker, US Multinationals, and Transnational Racial Solidarity | Enterprise & Society | Cambridge Core
Diplomacy at Work: The South African Worker, US Multinationals, and Transnational Racial Solidarity
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November 27, 2025 at 12:39 PM
And last but very much not least, we bring you the third and final of this year's Krooss Prize summaries, Mattie Webb's "Diplomacy at Work: The South African Worker, US Multinationals, and Transnational Racial Solidarity." OA here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
The death has been announced of Gopichand Hinduja, a titan of Indo-British business and, at the time of his death, the richest man in Britain. Guardian obituary here: www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Gopichand Hinduja obituary
Billionaire businessman who as head of his family’s vast conglomerate topped the UK rich lists
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November 27, 2025 at 12:09 PM
The death has been announced of Gopichand Hinduja, a titan of Indo-British business and, at the time of his death, the richest man in Britain. Guardian obituary here: www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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Thanks to @entandsoc.bsky.social for publishing a summary of my dissertation, which earlier this year won the Krooss Prize from the @businesshistoryc.bsky.social. Hope you enjoy it and keep an eye out for the book (although it might take a while).
The next of this year's Krooss Prize summaries is now available for your perusal & pleasure. Indeed, Pablo Pryluka was the 2025 winner for his dissertation "Developing Consumers: A History of Wants and Needs in Postwar South America." Congratulations Pablo! OA here:
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Developing Consumers: A History of Wants and Needs in Postwar South America | Enterprise & Society | Cambridge Core
Developing Consumers: A History of Wants and Needs in Postwar South America
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November 26, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Thanks to @entandsoc.bsky.social for publishing a summary of my dissertation, which earlier this year won the Krooss Prize from the @businesshistoryc.bsky.social. Hope you enjoy it and keep an eye out for the book (although it might take a while).
The next of this year's Krooss Prize summaries is now available for your perusal & pleasure. Indeed, Pablo Pryluka was the 2025 winner for his dissertation "Developing Consumers: A History of Wants and Needs in Postwar South America." Congratulations Pablo! OA here:
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Developing Consumers: A History of Wants and Needs in Postwar South America | Enterprise & Society | Cambridge Core
Developing Consumers: A History of Wants and Needs in Postwar South America
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November 26, 2025 at 5:41 AM
The next of this year's Krooss Prize summaries is now available for your perusal & pleasure. Indeed, Pablo Pryluka was the 2025 winner for his dissertation "Developing Consumers: A History of Wants and Needs in Postwar South America." Congratulations Pablo! OA here:
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
This looks very interesting.
"From slavery to freedom: Labour, technological change, and institutional innovation on the salt islands of the British Caribbean, c. 1774-1845" by Kimberley Thomas (@universityofleeds.bsky.social)
DOI: doi.org/10.1344/rhi-...
DOI: doi.org/10.1344/rhi-...
From slavery to freedom: Labour, technological change, and institutional innovation on the salt islands of the British Caribbean, c. 1774-1845
| Revista de Historia Industrial — Industrial H...
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November 24, 2025 at 7:13 AM
This looks very interesting.
We are delighted to bring you the first of this year's three Krooss Prize summaries, with Joshua Lappen's Cultures of Power: Electrification, Politics, and Visibility in Greater Los Angeles." Available now, Open Access.
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Cultures of Power: Electrification, Politics, and Visibility in Greater Los Angeles | Enterprise & Society | Cambridge Core
Cultures of Power: Electrification, Politics, and Visibility in Greater Los Angeles
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November 20, 2025 at 6:34 AM
We are delighted to bring you the first of this year's three Krooss Prize summaries, with Joshua Lappen's Cultures of Power: Electrification, Politics, and Visibility in Greater Los Angeles." Available now, Open Access.
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
As an historical aside, Bryan also went on to be a pioneer of the "canned speech" - phonographic recordings of speeches for distribution during presidential campaigns, as explored in this delightful paper from Susan Spellman & John Forren; www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
November 20, 2025 at 6:30 AM
As an historical aside, Bryan also went on to be a pioneer of the "canned speech" - phonographic recordings of speeches for distribution during presidential campaigns, as explored in this delightful paper from Susan Spellman & John Forren; www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Wait up! Not one, but two new articles. First up, Andrew Johnston reveals "The Dawn of Shareholder Value: The Normalization of the Hostile Takeover in the UK 1952–1954", a significant reappraisal of financialization in Britain. Open Access, here with 1 click:
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The Dawn of Shareholder Value: The Normalization of the Hostile Takeover in the UK 1952–1954 | Enterprise & Society | Cambridge Core
The Dawn of Shareholder Value: The Normalization of the Hostile Takeover in the UK 1952–1954
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November 18, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Wait up! Not one, but two new articles. First up, Andrew Johnston reveals "The Dawn of Shareholder Value: The Normalization of the Hostile Takeover in the UK 1952–1954", a significant reappraisal of financialization in Britain. Open Access, here with 1 click:
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
We are deeply shocked and saddened to learn of the passing of Prof. Shakila Jacob. Prof. Jacob was a pioneer in international business history, bringing vital and much needed postcolonial perspectives to the discipline. She will be very sorely missed by many.
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November 12, 2025 at 6:10 PM
We are deeply shocked and saddened to learn of the passing of Prof. Shakila Jacob. Prof. Jacob was a pioneer in international business history, bringing vital and much needed postcolonial perspectives to the discipline. She will be very sorely missed by many.
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www.facebook.com/SunwaySBS/ph...
@entandsoc.bsky.social was delighted to recently publish @riyokoshibe.bsky.social fascinating work on Grangemouth. The work can be found here and is published Open Access:
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October 29, 2025 at 3:13 PM
@entandsoc.bsky.social was delighted to recently publish @riyokoshibe.bsky.social fascinating work on Grangemouth. The work can be found here and is published Open Access:
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Hot off the press! In "The Firm, the Bank, and the Family: Military Intelligence and the Wallenbergs in Sweden’s Cold War" Rikard Westerbeg shines a light on secret collaboration between the Wallenbergs and Sweden's Cold War intelligence establishment. OA of course! www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
The Firm, the Bank, and the Family: Military Intelligence and the Wallenbergs in Sweden’s Cold War | Enterprise & Society | Cambridge Core
The Firm, the Bank, and the Family: Military Intelligence and the Wallenbergs in Sweden’s Cold War
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October 25, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Hot off the press! In "The Firm, the Bank, and the Family: Military Intelligence and the Wallenbergs in Sweden’s Cold War" Rikard Westerbeg shines a light on secret collaboration between the Wallenbergs and Sweden's Cold War intelligence establishment. OA of course! www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
"How has caste influenced entrepreneurship in India in the past and how does it do so in the present?" Amrita Roy sets out to answer this vital question with a fantastic new paper in @entandsoc.bsky.social. Get it Open Access here, one click away.
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Caste Embeddedness and Entrepreneurship in Colonial and Contemporary India | Enterprise & Society | Cambridge Core
Caste Embeddedness and Entrepreneurship in Colonial and Contemporary India
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October 13, 2025 at 5:59 PM
"How has caste influenced entrepreneurship in India in the past and how does it do so in the present?" Amrita Roy sets out to answer this vital question with a fantastic new paper in @entandsoc.bsky.social. Get it Open Access here, one click away.
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Next, Ken Sakai, Yuki Tsuboyama & Masatoshi Fujiwara lead us through the tangled pathways of "Reinterpreting Medical Innovation: The Social Adoption of Automated Multiphasic Health Testing and Services in Japan, 1937–2023." We are delighted to publish this essay OA.
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Reinterpreting Medical Innovation: The Social Adoption of Automated Multiphasic Health Testing and Services in Japan, 1937–2023 | Enterprise & Society | Cambridge Core
Reinterpreting Medical Innovation: The Social Adoption of Automated Multiphasic Health Testing and Services in Japan, 1937–2023
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September 30, 2025 at 4:07 AM
Next, Ken Sakai, Yuki Tsuboyama & Masatoshi Fujiwara lead us through the tangled pathways of "Reinterpreting Medical Innovation: The Social Adoption of Automated Multiphasic Health Testing and Services in Japan, 1937–2023." We are delighted to publish this essay OA.
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