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 -...

The following topics are likely to be covered: • an introduction to recent research on exchange rates, in particular market microstructure models, behavioural finance models as well as the new ‘open economy’ macroeconomic paradigm; • reserve currency issues and aspects of foreign...

Topics likely to be covered include: • the objectives of monetary policy and optimal policy under commitment and discretion; • methods for estimating policy rules and objective functions; • forecasting with and without endogenous monetary policy; • modelling the zero lower bound on...

The seminar will focus on a wide range of financial stability issues. The topics covered in the event will fit within the following broad themes: • the enhanced role of the Bank of England in the UK framework for financial stability; • identification and assessment of key risks to financial...

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...