Sign in

Enterprise and Society

@entandsoc.bsky.social
352 followers 250 following 238 posts

We are Enterprise and Society: the International Journal of Business History.

PostsRepliesMedia
Enterprise and Society @entandsoc.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Hot off the press, three brand new articles. First up, from Dag Bennett, Michael Rowlinson, and Philip Stern, "The Importance of Light Buyers in Marketing History: Evidence From the Sales Ledgers of a Luxury Tailor, 1890–1899" opens up important new avenues of research in marketing history.
cambridge.org
The Importance of Light Buyers in Marketing History: Evidence From the Sales Ledgers of a Luxury Tailor, 1890–1899 | Enterprise & Society | Cambridge Core
The Importance of Light Buyers in Marketing History: Evidence From the Sales Ledgers of a Luxury Tailor, 1890–1899
122
Enterprise and Society @entandsoc.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Also fresh out, "Creative Types: Inventive Women in Colonial and Federation-Era Australia," by Grant Fleming, Zhangxin (Frank) Liu, David Merrett, and Simon Ville. Once more we are pleased to be able to present this work Open Access.
cambridge.org
Creative Types: Inventive Women in Colonial and Federation-Era Australia | Enterprise & Society | Cambridge Core
Creative Types: Inventive Women in Colonial and Federation-Era Australia
032
Enterprise and Society @entandsoc.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
It gives us very great pleasure to be able to publish Stephen Mihm's beautiful 2025 Business History Conference Presidential Address, "The Business of Labor." Stephen's wise words are available here, Open Access. @businesshistoryc.bsky.social
cambridge.org
The Business of Labor | Enterprise & Society | Cambridge Core
The Business of Labor
051
Enterprise and Society @entandsoc.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Make a date in your diaries.
010
Enterprise and Society @entandsoc.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Given the Guardian's commitment to highlighting new research in the legacies of British involvement in the slave trade, it seems a good moment to highlight two recent contributions we were delighted to publish in @entandsoc.bsky.social, both focused on the business of compensation ...
110
Enterprise and Society @entandsoc.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
In 2024, Manuel Bautista González's dissertation was shortlisted for the Krooss Prize. Unfortunately, personal circumstances prevented Manuel from finalizing his summary for publication. It therefore gives us great pleasure to be able to publish it now - it is a fantastic, compelling piece.
cambridge.org
Following Monies: The New Orleans Specie Market, Merchant Finance, and the Historical Evolution of International Payment Infrastructures | Enterprise & Society | Cambridge Core
Following Monies: The New Orleans Specie Market, Merchant Finance, and the Historical Evolution of International Payment Infrastructures
000
Enterprise and Society @entandsoc.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
We're not going to miss out on an opportunity to re-up Hallie Lieberman's classic article, "Selling Sex Toys: Marketing and the Meaning of Vibrators in Early Twentieth-Century America."
cambridge.org
Selling Sex Toys: Marketing and the Meaning of Vibrators in Early Twentieth-Century America | Enterprise & Society | Cambridge Core
Selling Sex Toys: Marketing and the Meaning of Vibrators in Early Twentieth-Century America - Volume 17 Issue 2
1126
Enterprise and Society @entandsoc.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Attention to gender in business history has tended to focus on reclaiming the neglected business historical role of women, with much less attention to men and masculinities (there are important exceptions, ofc), so we are delighted to publish Claire Wright's new essay on ...
120
Enterprise and Society @entandsoc.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Bringing you two new, very different papers from the Netherlands. First, Ronny Reshev and coauthors bring us "Legitimacy of Communal Institutions in the Early Modern Times: The Ashkenazi Meat Hall of Amsterdam." Open Access and just a click or two away.
cambridge.org
Legitimacy of Communal Institutions in the Early Modern Times: The Ashkenazi Meat Hall of Amsterdam | Enterprise & Society | Cambridge Core
Legitimacy of Communal Institutions in the Early Modern Times: The Ashkenazi Meat Hall of Amsterdam
100
Enterprise and Society @entandsoc.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Here at @entandsoc.bsky.social we are delighted to bring our readers two fine new articles. First up, from Juan A. Rubio-Mondéjar and coauthors, "The Renewal of the Corporate Elite in Spain (1920–2020)," using social network analysis and prosopography to explore renewal of Spanish corporate elites.
cambridge.org
The Renewal of the Corporate Elite in Spain (1920–2020) | Enterprise & Society | Cambridge Core
The Renewal of the Corporate Elite in Spain (1920–2020)
142
Enterprise and Society @entandsoc.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
How do Chilean business elites remember the Unidad Popular government (1970–1973) & how do these memories shape their current political culture? Find answers in Memory and Political Culture Across Generations of Chilean Economic Elites, a great new OA essay from Alejandro Osorio-Rauld & co-authors
cambridge.org
Memory and Political Culture Across Generations of Chilean Economic Elites | Enterprise & Society | Cambridge Core
Memory and Political Culture Across Generations of Chilean Economic Elites
120
Enterprise and Society @entandsoc.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Further, also announced today, the death of Alan Greenspan, head of the Federal Reserve (1987 to 2006), at age 100
theguardian.com
Alan Greenspan obituary
American economist and long-serving head of the Federal Reserve widely praised for the US boom whose reputation was re-evaluated in the wake of the 2008 crash
001
Enterprise and Society @entandsoc.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
When it comes to the music business, they didn't come much bigger than Clive Davis. His death at the age of 94 has been announced today.
theguardian.com
Clive Davis: music industry executive who signed Whitney Houston and Bruce Springsteen dies aged 94
Davis, who discovered many of the defining musicians of the 20th century and helmed major record labels, said he ‘never’ tired of the music business
000
Enterprise and Society @entandsoc.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
We have a brace of very contrasting but equally fascinating new articles for you today. First, John D'Amico with "Business Organization in Early Modern Japan," exploring how merchants in early modern Japan created large-scale enterprises in the absence of formal legal institutions. Open Access here
cambridge.org
Business Organization in Early Modern Japan | Enterprise & Society | Cambridge Core
Business Organization in Early Modern Japan
1157
Enterprise and Society @entandsoc.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Get the latest! "Micropolitics & Economic Power: Corporate Relocation in the Twilight of the British Empire" by Kondwani Ngoma, exploring corporate relocations as politically charged processes embedded in imperial decline & the reconfiguration of ... global capital. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
cambridge.org
Micropolitics and Economic Power: Corporate Relocation in the Twilight of the British Empire | Enterprise & Society | Cambridge Core
Micropolitics and Economic Power: Corporate Relocation in the Twilight of the British Empire
040
Enterprise and Society @entandsoc.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
A fascinating and important call from our friends at @businesshistory.bsky.social
031
Enterprise and Society @entandsoc.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
We really, really don't have favourites. But we are very, very excited about publishing this fantastic essay, "In the Silence of the Smokestack. Post-Disaster Public Relations in the French Oil Industry (1964–1971)" - from Renaud Bécot. #envhist #envirohist #bizhist www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
cambridge.org
In the Silence of the Smokestack. Post-Disaster Public Relations in the French Oil Industry (1964–1971) | Enterprise & Society | Cambridge Core
In the Silence of the Smokestack. Post-Disaster Public Relations in the French Oil Industry (1964–1971)
182
Enterprise and Society @entandsoc.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
Don't say you've nothing to read this fine Saturday! Here's another triple decker of fantastic new business research, from France, to Spain, Australia, from the medieval to the modern. Truly something for everyone. First up is ...
111
Enterprise and Society @entandsoc.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
We have a true cornucopia of the finest business historical research for you today at @entandsoc.bsky.social: from the cool capitalism of Canadian craft brewing to land reform in Tsarist Russia, from canning Malayan pineapples to funding London Underground projects through the C20th! More below
131
Enterprise and Society @entandsoc.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
But we really don't have favourites, and "Offshore Creations: The Invention of International Ship Registries in the 1980s" by Jesper Lund Jørstian is another brilliant new paper. Get it here with a single click! www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
cambridge.org
Offshore Creations: The Invention of International Ship Registries in the 1980s | Enterprise & Society | Cambridge Core
Offshore Creations: The Invention of International Ship Registries in the 1980s
033
Enterprise and Society @entandsoc.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
As an editor, I feel like I shouldn't have favourites, but I loved working with Dr. Nicholas Gaffney on his article "A Jazz Salute to Freedom: Amplifying Civil Rights Activism through Corporate Allyship during the early 1960s." More details in the next post. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
cambridge.org
A Jazz Salute to Freedom: Amplifying Civil Rights Activism through Corporate Allyship during the early 1960s | Enterprise & Society | Cambridge Core
A Jazz Salute to Freedom: Amplifying Civil Rights Activism through Corporate Allyship during the early 1960s
110
Enterprise and Society @entandsoc.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Michael Borsk's fascinating new article, "Accounting for Partridge: Food and Value in the Eighteenth-Century Hudson’s Bay Company," recounts the strange entanglement of partridge and accounting at the Hudson Bay Company. Only to be found in @entandsoc.bsky.social! www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
cambridge.org
Accounting for Partridge: Food and Value in the Eighteenth-Century Hudson’s Bay Company | Enterprise & Society | Cambridge Core
Accounting for Partridge: Food and Value in the Eighteenth-Century Hudson’s Bay Company
032
Enterprise and Society @entandsoc.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Indeed! Very many congratulations to Sarah and Katherine!
010
Enterprise and Society @entandsoc.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
We love this article!
010
Enterprise and Society @entandsoc.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
At #BHC2026 it's time for the Krooss Prize plenary session, with three fascinating dissertations from Lillian Tsay, Yuanxie Shi, and Cody Patton - @businesshistoryc.bsky.social
020
Enterprise and Society @entandsoc.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
#BHC2026 is underway. We are waiting in lively anticipation for Session 1k: Doing Business with Animals: Livestock, Commodities and Capitalist Innovations." with Oscar Broughton, Nathan Norris, Olivia Paschal and Narusa Yamato,, chaired by @shamilto.bsky.social
020
Enterprise and Society @entandsoc.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Here we go! Up early for our flight to London for @businesshistoryc.bsky.social 2026! See you there.
020
Enterprise and Society @entandsoc.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
Contemplating your journey to @businesshistoryc.bsky.social 2026 in London this weekend? @entandsoc.bsky.social has all your reading needs covered.
010
Enterprise and Society @entandsoc.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
Hot off the press, we're delighted to bring you Ioan Balaban's latest essay, "Corporate Warfare: Sudameris and the Franco–Italian Banking Rivalry in South America, 1945–1960," on the postwar Franco-Italian struggle over Sudameri,, a multinational bank operating across South America. Link below
100
Enterprise and Society @entandsoc.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
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...
thebhc.org
Annual Meeting Program | The Business History Conference
030
Enterprise and Society @entandsoc.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
'“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...
cambridge.org
“Salt of the Earth:” ABF Freight and Entrepreneurial Processes in American Trucking | Enterprise & Society | Cambridge Core
“Salt of the Earth:” ABF Freight and Entrepreneurial Processes in American Trucking
010
Enterprise and Society @entandsoc.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
Our readers will likely want to check out this special issue of @jich.bsky.social on Business and Labour in German Colonialism!
031
Enterprise and Society @entandsoc.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
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...
cambridge.org
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
010
Enterprise and Society @entandsoc.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
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...
resolve.cambridge.org
Enterprise & Society: Volume 26 - Issue 4 | Cambridge Core
Cambridge Core - Enterprise & Society - Volume 26 - Issue 4
022
Enterprise and Society @entandsoc.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
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
100
Enterprise and Society @entandsoc.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
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.
0115
Enterprise and Society @entandsoc.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
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...
cambridge.org
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
010
Enterprise and Society @entandsoc.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
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...
theguardian.com
Sir Alec Reed obituary
Employment agency founder and philanthropist who raised hundreds of millions of pounds for charity
010
Enterprise and Society @entandsoc.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
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.
020
Enterprise and Society @entandsoc.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
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...
cambridge.org
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
101
Enterprise and Society @entandsoc.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
Not report, repost.
000
Enterprise and Society @entandsoc.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
Really delighted to see this report Mattie! (Apologies, we'd have tagged you if we'd known you were here).
130
Enterprise and Society @entandsoc.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
A great theme for a call!
031
Enterprise and Society @entandsoc.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
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...
cambridge.org
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
031
Enterprise and Society @entandsoc.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
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...
theguardian.com
Gopichand Hinduja obituary
Billionaire businessman who as head of his family’s vast conglomerate topped the UK rich lists
112
Reposted by Enterprise and Society
Pablo Pryluka @ppryluka.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
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).
132
Enterprise and Society @entandsoc.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
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...
cambridge.org
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
020
Enterprise and Society @entandsoc.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
This looks very interesting.
010
Enterprise and Society @entandsoc.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
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...
cambridge.org
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
030
Enterprise and Society @entandsoc.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
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...
cambridge.org
Canned Speech: Selling Democracy in the Phonographic Age | Enterprise & Society | Cambridge Core
Canned Speech: Selling Democracy in the Phonographic Age - Volume 25 Issue 2
000