The conference theme is ‘Pluralistic perspectives of business history: gender, class, ethnicity, religion’. This conference aims to explore the impact of gender, social class, ethnicity, and religion on business success, fraud, funding, financial markets, corporate governance, and corporate...

This event immediately precedes the 2018 ABH Annual Conference held in Milton Keynes. Participants in the Workshop are encouraged to attend the main ABH Annual Conference following the Workshop. The Workshop is an excellent opportunity for doctoral students to discuss their work with other...

The theme of the 2017 ABH conference is ‘The human factor in business history’. Topics: - Entrepreneurs, managers and/or workers, - Leadership in business, - Biographical and prosopographical approaches to business history, - Networks and hierarchies in business as social systems, -...

The theme of the conference is ‘Crisis, Accountability and Institutions’. The conference organisers also welcome research papers on any topic related to business history which are outside of the conference theme.

This year’s conference theme of “Business History in the 21st Century” is intentionally forward-looking and welcomes innovative approaches to conducting business history in the new millennium.

Themes for the conference may include, but are not limited to: - Decision-makers in business, politics and regional economies - Risk management and economic crises - Strategic decisions such as outsourcing, offshoring and downsizing - Market entry and product development decisions -...

Themes for the conference may include: - Business and the natural environment: the role of businesses/industries in eroding or protecting the natural world. The history of relations between business and environmental groups - Sustainability as a source of competitive advantage - How do...

The conference programme committee welcomes proposals in all areas of business history covering a diverse range of periods and countries but is particularly keen to invite papers in the following areas: Business impact of War; Business relations with LDC’s; Business response to international...

Programme: Session 1a: The National Business Archives Strategy Session 1b: Institutions, Markets and Politics Session 1c: Industry Structures and Development Session 1d: Municipal Enterprise Session 2a: Liverpool and its Merchant Networks Session 2b: Beatles, Boots and Boats: City Clusters and...