Sunday 16 and Monday 17 March 2014 in Frankfurt/Main, Germany
The globalization of business has changed the landscape of academic inquiry
into business activities. Business historians around the world engage in
extensive research on the Business History of local economies, of regional
economies and in many instances in the global operations of business. An
initiative was launched in September 2012 to bring together Business Historians
from around the world in a conference on World Business History in 2014. The
focus is the global scope of Business History as it is practiced around the
world today. With attention on as many countries around the globe, the World Conference on Business History will focus on the exciting and new research in
Business History as practiced in many countries of the world, in as many
regions of the world and on all continents comprising the globe. The growing
presence of Business History research in emerging economies and developing
regions makes it imperative to bring all of those scholars together. The global
integration of Business and Research call for academic engagement at a world
conference dedicated to Business History. The multidisciplinary nature of
Business History inquiry across time and place offers a unique opportunity to
bring scholars from all over the world together to deliberate on the entire
scope of Business History disciplinary inquiry. A variety of topics such as the
following can lead to exciting new insights and future collaboration especially
when comparative:
- Business across the wide scope of different stages of globalization.
- Varieties of capitalism and the nature of business.
- Business history and Economic development in different regions and across
centuries.
- Varieties of the forms of business organizations, business groups, industrial
districts, clusters, cartels and small and medium sized enterprises, coops,
etc.
- Entrepreneurs and entrepreneurial families
- Enterprises in sectors such as finance, agriculture, transport, tourism,
teaching, medical care etc.