Expertise Database

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Sandra Bott
University of Lausanne (Bio)
History of Capitalism, Economic History, environmental history, Corporations and the Environment, Multinational Corporations, Oil Multinationals, Financial history, Banks, Commodities

Chad B. Denton
Yonsei University (Bio)
Transnational history, environmental history, Sustainability, Commodities, Commodity Chains, Informal Economics, Europe, Modern, France, Korean, World War II

Colleen Dunlavy
Professor emerita of History, University of Wisconsin-Madison (Bio)
Political Economy, Corporate Governance, Corporate organization, Commodities, Business and Economic History, History of Capitalism, History of technology
Twitter@cad608
Matthew Wormer
University of Massachusetts Amherst (Bio)
British Empire, Colonial India, Political Economy, Commodities, Labor History

Yong Yen Nie
Kyoto University (Bio)
family business, institutions, Entrepreneurial History, Commodities, Industrialization, International Business, East Asia, East Asian modern business history
Twitter@YennieYong