Expertise Database

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Shane Hamilton
University of York (Bio)
Transportation, Agriculture, Risk, Insurance, Capitalism, Technology, Supermarkets, Labor, Agribusiness
Twitter@ShamiltoShane
Marc Levinson
Economist, Independent Scholar (Bio)
Transportation, Retailing, supply chains and globalization, regulation, Finance

Scott E. Randolph
Associate Professor of Business Administration, Department of Business Administration & Management, University of Redlands (Bio)
Transportation, regulation, Railways, Network Efficiency, Trade Organizations, Regulatory policy, Interstate commerce, Commodity Chains, Banking
Twitter@DrScottRandolph
Joseph Slaughter
Wesleyan University (Bio)
Capitalism, political economy; communications; nineteenth-century, Religion, Early America, Technology, Transportation

Javier Vidal
Professor Economic and Business History, University of Alicante, Spain. Deputy Director Institute of Latin American Social Studies (Bio)
Economic and Business History, Latin American business history, Transportation, entrepreneurship, Railways, family business
Twitter@Jvidalolivares
John D Wong
Associate Professor, The University of Hong Kong (Bio)
Business and Economic History, East Asian modern business history, business and consumption, Business and Culture, Transnational history, Transnational, Transportation, food history, Housing