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The Prospects for Collaborative Research in Business History

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Balleisen, EJ
Published in: Enterprise and Society
December 1, 2020

After reflecting on the thematic evolution of business history as a field over the past 50 years, this revised presidential address invites readers to consider the potential payoffs of expanding the contexts in which business historians work together on research projects, as well as with colleagues from cognate fields and with students. In addition to charting the steady growth in collaborative research among business historians since 2000, the essay also identifies areas that especially lend themselves to this mode of historical inquiry, including comparative or transnational analysis that requires detailed knowledge of multiple societies, the development of oral history projects, and the use of data science techniques. It concludes by exploring the advantages of incorporating interdisciplinary research teams into curricular structures, using the example of the Bass Connections program at Duke University.

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Enterprise and Society

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EISSN

1467-2235

ISSN

1467-2227

Publication Date

December 1, 2020

Volume

21

Issue

4

Start / End Page

824 / 852

Related Subject Headings

  • History of Social Sciences
  • 5002 History and philosophy of specific fields
  • 3801 Applied economics
  • 3505 Human resources and industrial relations
  • 2202 History and Philosophy of Specific Fields
  • 1503 Business and Management
  • 1402 Applied Economics
 

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Balleisen, E. J. (2020). The Prospects for Collaborative Research in Business History. Enterprise and Society, 21(4), 824–852. https://doi.org/10.1017/eso.2020.68
Balleisen, E. J. “The Prospects for Collaborative Research in Business History.” Enterprise and Society 21, no. 4 (December 1, 2020): 824–52. https://doi.org/10.1017/eso.2020.68.
Balleisen EJ. The Prospects for Collaborative Research in Business History. Enterprise and Society. 2020 Dec 1;21(4):824–52.
Balleisen, E. J. “The Prospects for Collaborative Research in Business History.” Enterprise and Society, vol. 21, no. 4, Dec. 2020, pp. 824–52. Scopus, doi:10.1017/eso.2020.68.
Balleisen EJ. The Prospects for Collaborative Research in Business History. Enterprise and Society. 2020 Dec 1;21(4):824–852.
Journal cover image

Published In

Enterprise and Society

DOI

EISSN

1467-2235

ISSN

1467-2227

Publication Date

December 1, 2020

Volume

21

Issue

4

Start / End Page

824 / 852

Related Subject Headings

  • History of Social Sciences
  • 5002 History and philosophy of specific fields
  • 3801 Applied economics
  • 3505 Human resources and industrial relations
  • 2202 History and Philosophy of Specific Fields
  • 1503 Business and Management
  • 1402 Applied Economics