Journal of Management History: Volume 30 Issue 4

Editorial

Jeff Muldoon

The political alignment of presidents of the early Royal Society of London

Mark Adrian Govier

This 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…

Adapting Western management practices: the rationalization and Taylorization of Turkish state monopolies in early republican Turkey (1933–1950)

Akansel Yalçınkaya

This paper aims to investigate the introduction of rationalist concepts through Taylorization to Turkey during the early republican era, using Wallace Clark’s case of the Turkish…

When government is the solution: creating the arms industry in the Connecticut River Valley in the 1800s

Robert Ford, Lindsay Schakenbach Regele

This 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 Lecour

There 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…

Women’s entrepreneurship education: a systematic review and future agenda

Younggeun Lee, Eric W. Liguori, Riya Sureka, Satish Kumar

In 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…

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 Mari

This 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…

The principal–agent problem and its mitigation: a critical historical analysis

Tony Yan, Michael R. Hyman

The purpose of this paper is to provide a critical historical analysis of the business (mis)behaviors and influencing factors that discourage enduring cooperation between…

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 Rodrigue

This 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…

Proximal versus distal temporal orientation in an infinite game: lessons from the 1892 Homestead Massacre

Erik Taylor

Working 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…

Open innovation and new product development: major themes and research trajectories

Sonica Rautela

This 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…

Review of A World Scientific Encyclopedia of Business Storytelling, Set 1 Volume 2

Keshav Krishnamurty

ANTi-History: Theorization, Application, Critique, and Dispersion

Foster Brett Roberts