We're starting to get incredibly excited about the @businesshistoryc.bsky.social 2026 annual meeting, scheduled to begin in London in just under three weeks! Here's the program - Choices, choices choices! thebhc.org/meeting-prog...

'“Salt of the Earth:” ABF Freight and Entrepreneurial Processes in American Trucking' by Nathanael L. Mickelson is a wonderful new paper on the restructuring of the American road freight industry through the lens of ArcBest. Get it Open Access here! www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

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. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

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...

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 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...

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. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Not report, repost.

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!

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...

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...

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. 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...

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...

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. 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: 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...

"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...

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. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

We have not one, but two wonderful new papers for you today! First, Zen Wang, in a rich and detailed study, takes us "Under the Eagle’s Wings: The Coca-Cola Company’s Trademark Protection & Its Dilemmas in China (1930–1949)." www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

"The House of Guiness" is trying to make business history dark, dramatic, and sexy! Does it work? Is it good television? Is it good history (probably not)? www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

We're delighted to bring you this is a bold intervention from Kristoffer Edelgaard Christensen & Søren Ivarsson: "Global Capitalist Assemblages: A Historiographical Appraisal of Multinational Enterprise in the Global South." Abstract here, link in the next post. We hope it finds a wide readership.

This looks really good!

Giorgio Armani was a creative genius. But he was also uniquely successful in business, fiercely defending independence in a sector dominated by massive groups, retaining sole ownership*. Now in his will he proposes a startling divestment/succession process. Such a great history to be written one day

Many congratulations to @entandsoc.bsky.social authors Sarah Elvins and Katherine Barkin, very worthy winners of CBHA 2025 best article prize. We are proud to have published this fascinating paper on "The Business of Abortion": www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Fresh on FirstView, Joaquim Cuevas and Maria A. Pons guide us through the intricacies to be found "Between State Control and Banking Power: Spanish Banking Supervision Under Franco (1940–1975)." Available now, Open Access: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

The BHC is coming to London!! Upcoming deadline -> Submit proposals by October 17th 2025 thebhc.org/2026-bhc-mee... March 26th - 28th, 2026 "Co-Creation" @entandsoc.bsky.social @hagleycenter.bsky.social @gnvbusinesshistory.bsky.social @businesshistory.bsky.social

We have just read this fascinating obituary of pioneering British computing entrepreneur Stephanie Shirley. It is a truly incredible story, in many ways, and we are somewhat ashamed to admit to not having heard of her before. ' www.nytimes.com/2025/08/20/b...

Great to see these short author promos coming out. Catch the latest here!

We love this image of work and production. "Filandón" by Luis Álvarez Catala (1872), Museo de Bellas Artes, Oviedo.

It's summer & time to hit the beach (we are!). For "beach reading" what better than @andrekosvarnava.bsky.social's brand new essay on "The Origins of “Big Tobacco” Cigarette Manufacturing and the Prevalence of Smoking in Colonial Cyprus, 1920-1960." OA here ... www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Yes!!!!!!!

This was a real "who knew!" moment for us: the surprising role of the Moral Rearmament movement in rebuilding industrial capacity in postwar Japan, brought to you by Eric B. Dent, Stephanie L. Torrico & Craig Randall. Fascinating stuff! www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

@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: www.aihisano.com

And we were delighted to publish it!

Vol. 26, No. 2 now available!

"Better than No Beer at All!" Never a truer word! Finally Jason Taylor and Eline Poelmans introduce us to the fascinating and mysterious persistence of so-called 3.2 beer in the US, revealing many strange legal quirks along the way. Cheers! www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Next, Victoria de Lorenzo Alcantara takes us to Cuba & the world of "Stavert, Zigomala & Co: A Transnational History of the Anglo-Cuban Textile Trade During 1860s–1914." British merchant capital is an old topic but this work brings a fresh perspective using material, visual and archival sources.

Not one! Not two! But three new articles! First up we have Kate Ekama's "Emancipation and the Business of Compensation in the Cape Colony," which uses a case study to examine Cape Town agents who acted as intermediaries in the business of emancipation compensation www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Wonderful to see "Scottish Business and Industrial History" relaunched as the archivally focused "Business and Industrial History." Congratulations to all involved.

Exciting news coming very soon!

Fresh out in @entandsoc.bsky.social, William Kennedy and Robert Delargy tackle the thorny question of "The False Start: British Electrification, 1880–1888," investigating causes of Britain's late and hesitant process of electrification. Get it OA here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...