Journal of Management History
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New institutional theory and AI: toward rethinking of artificial intelligence in organizations
Ihor Rudko, Aysan Bashirpour Bonab, Maria Fedele, Anna Vittoria FormisanoThis study, a theoretical article, aims to introduce new institutionalism as a framework through which business and management researchers can explore the significance of…
Emergence of chambers in the Turkish history: the case of Dersaadet Chamber of Commerce (DCC) as a public-agent meta-organization, 1882–1929
Ali Doğan, Mehmet ErçekBuilding on previous historical works, this study aims to develop a framework to represent chambers as meta-organizations and present the case of Dersaadet Chamber of Commerce…
Hard and soft governance mechanisms for large projects. A historical perspective
Maria Cleofe Giorgino, Federico BarnabèDrawing motivation from the greater exposure to uncertainty and condition changes that affect large projects due to their long lifecycle, this paper aims to investigate how the…
Women’s entrepreneurship education: a systematic review and future agenda
Younggeun Lee, Eric W. Liguori, Riya Sureka, Satish KumarIn this systematic review of the literature on women’s entrepreneurship education, this paper aims to examine the current state of the field. The authors analyze publication…
From Allston to Ahmedabad: American hegemony in management education reexamined
Keshav KrishnamurtyThis paper aims to study the origin story of Harvard Business School’s involvement with the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad to study the reasons for the spread of…
Entrepreneurial migrations and diffusion of innovations: the case of Apulia in the first half of the 19th century
Stella Lippolis, Dario Dell’Osa, Ezio RitrovatoThrough the reconstruction of the events of some foreign entrepreneurs who worked in the territory of the Italian city of Bari in the first half of the 19th century, this paper…
When government is the solution: creating the arms industry in the Connecticut River Valley in the 1800s
Robert Ford, Lindsay Schakenbach RegeleThis historical example of the creation of the arms industry in the Connecticut River Valley in the 1800s provides new insights into the value of government venture capital (GVC…
The two ages of electric vehicle promotion in the United States; a comparative thematic analysis, 1910s-2010s
Patrick LecourThere is a lot of talk about the electric car today, but these vehicles are not new. Indeed, thebeginning of the 20th century saw electricity and the automobile take hold in North…
Open innovation and new product development: major themes and research trajectories
Sonica RautelaThis paper aims to review the extant literature on open innovation and new product development (NPD) using bibliometric analysis to gauge the evolving journey of this concept in…
Intercultural transfer over the Atlantic in early 20th century – How the European cooperative banking system travelled to Quebec: the case of Desjardins Group
Christoph Barmeyer, Tobi RodrigueThis paper aims to study historical intercultural transfer by examining the case of the Mouvement Desjardins, a Quebec, Canada-based cooperative bank founded in 1900 by Alphonse…
In search of breadth and depth: the origin story of a multidisciplinary faculty of management
Kim Brooks, Thomas NichiniThis paper aims to use the origin story of Dalhousie’s Faculty of Management as a foil for unpacking the tensions between deep disciplinary specialization and liberal education in…
The political alignment of presidents of the early Royal Society of London
Mark Adrian GovierThis study aims to identify the political alignment and political activity of the 11 Presidents of Britain’s most important scientific organisation, the Royal Society of London…
Proximal versus distal temporal orientation in an infinite game: lessons from the 1892 Homestead Massacre
Erik TaylorWorking conditions, pay rates and the rights of workers to collectively negotiate have become important points of discussions in recent years, with support for unions and union…
The principal–agent problem and its mitigation: a critical historical analysis
Tony Yan, Michael R. HymanThe purpose of this paper is to provide a critical historical analysis of the business (mis)behaviors and influencing factors that discourage enduring cooperation between…
Employee based brand equity: a systematic review of literature, framework development, and implications for future research
Bianca Sousa, Pedro FerreiraThrough a systematic literature review, this paper aims to endeavor to present a thorough historical perspective on the evolution of employee-based brand equity (EBBE), offering a…
“Firm performance” measurement in strategic management: some notes on our performance
Joel Bolton, Frank C. Butler, John MartinFirm performance remains at the heart of strategic management. In the quest to refine the field’s contribution, Venkatraman and Ramanujam (1986) argued that reliance upon single…
Forms of nostalgia in the rhetorical history of Jack Daniel’s
Chad S. Seifried, Milorad M. Novicevic, Stephen PoorThis study aims to use a theoretical-based case study of two distinct ownership groups of the Jack Daniel’s brand to explore how rhetorical history (i.e. malleability of the past…
ANTi-microhistory of social innovation: humanistic education at Robert Owen’s New Harmony experiment
Foster B. Roberts, Milorad M. Novicevic, John H. HumphreysThe purpose of this study is to present ANTi-microhistory of social innovation in education within Robert Owen’s communal experiment at New Harmony, Indiana. The authors zoom out…
Historical embeddedness and rhetorical strategies: the case of Medicare’s enactment, 1957–1965
Markus Kantola, Hannele Seeck, Albert J. Mills, Jean Helms MillsThis paper aims to explore how historical context influences the content and selection of rhetorical legitimation strategies. Using case study method, this paper will focus on how…
Emerging from the chaos of Management Theory Jungle: a historical analysis of the development of the four principles of management
Robert Lloyd, Daniel Mertens, Přemysl Pálka, Salvador VillegasThis paper aims to map the antecedents and precursory contexts regarding the four principles of management. Moreover, a description of its codification and coalescence as a…
Examining a centenary family business in the pasta industry: the case of Barilla, 1877–1971
Massimo Sargiacomo, Luana Gliosca, Martin QuinnThis study aims to explore the evolution of corporate governance through a 100-year-old Italian Barilla pasta family business from its founding to 1971. The study builds on prior…
The role of networks for women’s empowerment. The case of Industrie Femminili Italiane at the beginning of 20th century
Francesca Picciaia, Simone Terzani, Libero Mario MariThis paper aims to analyse the role of a network in the development of female business experiences through the study of the Industrie Femminili Italiane (I.F.I.) (Italian Women’s…
In the beginning: the light, scientific management and Quaker Philadelphia
Sigmund A. Wagner-TsukamotoThis paper aims to offer a new history of management by tracing a religious dimension of scientific management. The thesis is that the good was foundational for bringing…
More on adoption criteria of revolutionary business techniques: the case of ETFs
Klaus BrockhoffThis paper aims to add further evidence to adoption criteria for “revolutionary” business techniques.
Recovering the neglected importance of Harry Hopkins’ role in the New Deal: insights for management and organization studies
Nicholous M. Deal, Mark D. MacIsaac, Albert J. Mills, Jean Helms MillsThe purpose of this paper is to revisit the potential of the New Deal as a research context in management and organization studies and, in doing so, forward the role one of its…
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- Jeffrey Muldoon