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.

Next, Valerie Torreggiani's ambitious "The Other Side of Class Struggle. Business Interest Associations in Liberal Italy (1861-1914)," a non-sectorial history of business interest associations in Italy from 1861 to 1914 based on a novel interpretation of the logic behind their collective actions.

It's Tuesday morning! What better time for all that is new in business history research. First, Tanner Corley on "Regulating Beauty: The Licensing of Barbers and Beauticians in Alabama and the Nation." Open Access here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Sorry about that! It's a really great article and we're delighted to have published it.

A reminder that the deadline for applications for the position of next Editor-in-Chief of @entandsoc.bsky.social is rapidly approaching, on May 1st. Details here: thebhc.org/sites/defaul... I will be sorry to step down from the role but am also very excited to hand over to whoever is coming next

We are always happy to spread the word around such exciting calls.

We’re a bit in love with Felicity Hall’s new essay on the female flower sellers of nineteenth-century London in @historywo.bsky.social (and the beautiful illustrations from Dana Iliac): www.historyworkshop.org.uk/womens-histo...

Profound apologies! We never actually linked the article from Hillard and Pearson. Please find it here: lawcha.org/2025/03/23/b...

We're really delighted to read this fascinating perspective from @lawcha.bsky.social scholars Michael Hillard and Chad Pearson on the relationship between labor and business history via a review of the 2025 @businesshistoryc.bsky.social meeting. We appreciate the kind shoutout for the journal and

Finally 2025 Krooss Prize for best dissertation in business history to Pablo Pryluka for "Developing Consumers: A History of Wants & Needs in Postwar South America". The other finalists were Mattie Webb & Josua Lappen. Look out for summaries by all finalists in @entandsoc.bsky.social later this year

Next up, the 2025 Scranton Prize for best article in @entandsoc.bsky.social to @sabinepitteloud.bsky.social for "Have Faith in Business: Nestlé, Religious Shareholders, and the Politicization of the Church in the Long 1970s" - www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

It's @businesshistoryc.bsky.social prize time. 1st the Mira Wilkins prize for the best paper in international & comparative business history in @entandsoc.bsky.social to Adam Hefetz for "Capturing Regulation under Imperial Rule: The Regulation of Palestine's Banking Sector."

We're excited to see lots of "skeeting" from @businesshistoryc.bsky.social, @hagleycenter.bsky.social and everyone else at #BHC2025 - keep 'em coming!