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...

Here are two more wonderfully enriching obituaries, linked by beer and brewing. First, the inestimable Sir Geoffrey Palmer, Scotland's first black professor, grain scientist, and campaigner for racial equality. www.theguardian.com/education/20...

The editor's UK-centric bias is showing itself now, but we want to share this obituary of Sir Bob Reid, former Chairman & CEO of Shell UK, later Chairman of British Rail in the run up to privatisation. Obituaries exemplify journalism as the first draft of history. www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Is there a modest, unassuming yet meaningful business story or obituary that you'd like to share with us?

Most business is "ordinary." A beautiful obituary for an entrepreneur most of us will never have heard of, Arshad Ahmed. Look at this fabulous photograph! www.theguardian.com/business/202...

What a gorgeous looking slice of automotive-industrial history. It's surprising that we still see so little, comparatively, marrying business and design history. It could be such fertile soil.

We're loving this re-skeet!

We are delighted to publish this Roundtable Review of Richard Langlois' "The Corporation and the Twentieth Century: The History of American Business Enterprise." Contributions from Alexander Field, Brian Cheffins, Laura Phillips-Sawyer, Naomi Lamoureaux & Dan Raff: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

It's never too early to start thinking about #BHC2026!

📢 Call for Applications: 𝐇𝐞𝐧𝐫𝐲 𝐊𝐚𝐮𝐟𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐇𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐅𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩𝐬 hagley.org businesshistory.bsky.social historians.bsky.social #skystorians 🗓️ Application deadline: November 1 2025 thebhc.org/dissertation... #FinancialHistory

One of those mornings reading new submissions when we are reminded just what a privilege it is to edit a journal.

Read all about it! We are delighted to announce the publication of Louise Karlskov Skyggebjerg's fascinating study of "The Other Container Revolution: How Businesses Influenced Environmental Politics & Thus the Recycling of Beverage Containers," available now OA: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Dear BHC community, A ✉️ from the Business History Conference President, Rowena Olegario

It is with very great sadness that @entandsoc.bsky.social announces the death of founding editor, Will Hausman. Will was the driving force behind the establishment of the journal, celebrating its 25th anniversary this year, & led it through its early years, the most challenging for any new journal.