All Prize Recipients
2024 Philip Scranton Best Article Prize
Recognizes the author of an article published in Enterprise & Society in the previous year
"Business Against Drunk Driving: The Neoliberal State, Labatt Brewery, and the Creation of the “Responsible Drinker" ," Enterprise & Society
(June 2023)
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Honorable Mention:
Gerardo Con Díaz, "Patent Law and the Materiality of Inventions in the California Oil Industry: The Story of Halliburton v. Walker, 1935–1946," Enterprise & Society, Volume 24 , Issue 1 (2023) [open access]
2024 K. Austin Kerr Prize
For the best first paper delivered at the annual meeting of the Business History Conference
Zada Ballew
University of Wisconsin - Madison
University of Wisconsin - Madison
"A Company of Kin: Pokagon Village and the Business of Tribal Nationalism, 1821-1841"
Honorable Mention:
Emmet von Stackelberg
"From the World to Rochester: The Raw Materials of Kodak’s Motion Picture Film"
2024 Mira Wilkins Prize
Awarded to the author of the best article published annually in Enterprise & Society pertaining to international and comparative business history
Alicia Maggard
Postdoctoral Fellow, Williams College
Postdoctoral Fellow, Williams College
"Dealing in Debt: The Role of Credit in Early Sino–U.S. Trade," Enterprise & Society
(December 2023)
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2024 Martha Moore Trescott Prize
For the best paper at the intersection of business history and the history of the technology presented at the annual meeting of the Business History Conference
Jennifer Black
Associate Professor of History and Government, Misericordia University (2020-current)
Associate Professor of History and Government, Misericordia University (2020-current)
"Networks for Sale: Advertising and Infrastructure in the US, 1830-1860"
Honorable Mention:
Andrew C. Godley
"Green Entrepreneurship in UK Foods and the emergence of the alternative meat sector: Quorn 1965-2001"
2024 Anne Fleming Article Prize
For the best article in either Law and History Review or Enterprise and Society on the relation of law and business/economy
Gerardo Con Diaz
Associate Professor of Science and Technology Studies
Associate Professor of Science and Technology Studies
"Patent Law and the Materiality of Inventions in the California Oil Industry: The Story of Halliburton v. Walker, 1935–1946," Enterprise & Society
(January 2023)
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Honorable Mention:
Nora Slonimsky, "‘To Save the Benefit of the Act of Parliament’: Mapping an Early American Copyright," Law and History Review, Volume 40, Issue 4 (2022).
2024 Hagley Prize in Business History
For the best book in business history (broadly defined)
Margot Canaday
Princeton University
Princeton University
Queer Career: Sexuality and Work in Modern America
Princeton University Press, 2023
Princeton University Press, 2023
Finalists List
2024 Business History Conference Lifetime Achievement Award
For scholars who have contributed in major ways to the field of business history
Mark H. Rose
Florida Atlantic University
Florida Atlantic University
2024 Ralph Gomory Prize
Recognizes historical work on the effects of business enterprises on the economic conditions of the countries in which they operate
Sharon Murphy
Providence College
Providence College
Banking on Slavery Financing Southern Expansion in the Antebellum United States
The University of Chicago Press, 2023
The University of Chicago Press, 2023
Honorable Mention:
Ghassan Moazzin, Foreign Banks and Global Finance in Modern China: Banking on the Chinese Frontier, 1870-1919. Cambridge University Press, 2022
2024 Herman E. Krooss Prize for Best Dissertation in Business History
For the best Ph.D. dissertation in business history completed within past 3 years
Ellen Nye
Harvard University
Harvard University
2024 Henry Kaufman Financial History Fellowship Program
Competitive monetary awards for PhD candidate dissertation fellowships and for post-doctoral fellowships for PhD recipients within five years of receipt of their degree
Michael Leger
University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge
2024 Henry Kaufman Financial History Fellowship Program
Competitive monetary awards for PhD candidate dissertation fellowships and for post-doctoral fellowships for PhD recipients within five years of receipt of their degree
Bill Kelson
PhD candidate, University of Georgia
PhD candidate, University of Georgia
2024 Henry Kaufman Financial History Fellowship Program
Competitive monetary awards for PhD candidate dissertation fellowships and for post-doctoral fellowships for PhD recipients within five years of receipt of their degree
Paula Vedoveli
Assistant Professor, Fundação Getulio Vargas
Assistant Professor, Fundação Getulio Vargas
2024 Henry Kaufman Financial History Fellowship Program
Competitive monetary awards for PhD candidate dissertation fellowships and for post-doctoral fellowships for PhD recipients within five years of receipt of their degree
Robert Yee
University of Oxford
University of Oxford
2024 Henry Kaufman Financial History Fellowship Program
Competitive monetary awards for PhD candidate dissertation fellowships and for post-doctoral fellowships for PhD recipients within five years of receipt of their degree
Koh Choon Hwee
University of California, Los Angeles
University of California, Los Angeles
2024 Henry Kaufman Financial History Fellowship Program
Competitive monetary awards for PhD candidate dissertation fellowships and for post-doctoral fellowships for PhD recipients within five years of receipt of their degree
Mirek Tobiáš Hošman
University of Bologna
University of Bologna
2023 Henry Kaufman Financial History Fellowship Program
Dissertation Fellowship
Competitive monetary awards for PhD candidate dissertation fellowships and for post-doctoral fellowships for PhD recipients within five years of receipt of their degree
Uziel Gonzalez Aliaga
University of Oxford
University of Oxford
2023 Henry Kaufman Financial History Fellowship Program
Dissertation Fellowship
Competitive monetary awards for PhD candidate dissertation fellowships and for post-doctoral fellowships for PhD recipients within five years of receipt of their degree
James Nadel
Columbia University
Columbia University
2023 Henry Kaufman Financial History Fellowship Program
Dissertation Fellowship
Competitive monetary awards for PhD candidate dissertation fellowships and for post-doctoral fellowships for PhD recipients within five years of receipt of their degree
Amanda Ortiz Molina
Binghamton University
Binghamton University
2023 Ralph Gomory Prize
Recognizes historical work on the effects of business enterprises on the economic conditions of the countries in which they operate
Edmond Smith
The University of Manchester
The University of Manchester
Merchants. The Community That Shaped England's Trade and Empire, 1550-1650
Yale University Press, 2021
Yale University Press, 2021
2023 Hagley Prize in Business History
Co-Recipient
For the best book in business history (broadly defined)
Alejandro Gomez-del-Moral
University Lecturer, University of Helsinki
University Lecturer, University of Helsinki
Buying into Change Mass Consumption, Dictatorship, and Democratization in Franco's Spain, 1939-1982
University of Nebraska Press
University of Nebraska Press
Finalists List
2023 Hagley Prize in Business History
Co-Recipient
For the best book in business history (broadly defined)
Hannah Farber
University of California, Berkeley
University of California, Berkeley
Underwriters of the United States: How Insurance Shaped the American Founding
University of North Carolina Press
University of North Carolina Press
Finalists List
2023 Philip Scranton Best Article Prize
Recognizes the author of an article published in Enterprise & Society in the previous year
Philip Thai
Associate Professor of History, Northeastern University
Associate Professor of History, Northeastern University
"A Risky Business: The Tai Ping Insurance Company and Fire Insurance in China, 1928– 1937," Enterprise & Society
(September 2020)
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Honorable Mention:
REVELL, Keith. (2022). Regulating Resort Revelry: Alcohol, Music, and the Entertainment Market in Miami Beach, 1935–1955. Enterprise & Society, 23(4), 1047-1091. [View PDF]
2023 Herman E. Krooss Prize for Best Dissertation in Business History
For the best Ph.D. dissertation in business history completed within past 3 years
Adam Frost
Postdoctoral Fellow Copenhagen Business School
Postdoctoral Fellow Copenhagen Business School
"Speculation and Profiteering: The Entrepreneurial Transformation of Socialist China"
Harvard University, 2020
Supervised by:
Harvard University, 2020
Supervised by:
2023 K. Austin Kerr Prize
For the best first paper delivered at the annual meeting of the Business History Conference
Jeremy Goodwin
Cornell University
Cornell University
"From Economic Literacy to Entrepreneurial Literacy: The National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship and Business Conservatism in the United States, 1987-1999"
2023 Mira Wilkins Prize
Awarded to the author of the best article published annually in Enterprise & Society pertaining to international and comparative business history
David Baillargeon
University of Texas at Arlington
University of Texas at Arlington
"“Imperium in Imperio”: The Corporation, Mining, and Governance in British Southeast Asia, 1900–1930," Enterprise & Society
(June 2022)
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Honorable Mention:
DEL HIERRO, Pablo and Espen STORLI, (2022). Poisoned Partnership: The International Mercury Cartel and Spanish–Italian Relations, 1945–1954. Enterprise & Society, 23(3), 825-856.
2023 Martha Moore Trescott Prize
For the best paper at the intersection of business history and the history of the technology presented at the annual meeting of the Business History Conference
Marina Moskowitz
Lynn and Gary Mecklenburg Chair in Textiles, Material Culture, and Design, Professor Design Studies Department, University of Wisconsin
Lynn and Gary Mecklenburg Chair in Textiles, Material Culture, and Design, Professor Design Studies Department, University of Wisconsin
"Broadcasting Seeds on the American Landscape"
Honorable Mention:
Louise Karlskov Skyggebjerg, Copenhagen Business School, "The Can War – Everyday Business History from the Perspective of the Aluminium Container"
2023 Harold F. Williamson Prize
For a mid-career scholar who has made significant contributions to business history
Alexia Yates
University of Manchester
University of Manchester
2022 Ralph Gomory Prize
Recognizes historical work on the effects of business enterprises on the economic conditions of the countries in which they operate
Andrew B. Liu
Villanova University
Villanova University
Tea War: A History of Capitalism in China and India
Yale University Press, 2020
Yale University Press, 2020
2022 Business History Conference Lifetime Achievement Award
For scholars who have contributed in major ways to the field of business history
Carlos Davila
Professor Emeritus, Universidad de Los Andes, Colombia
Professor Emeritus, Universidad de Los Andes, Colombia
2022 Hagley Prize in Business History
Co-Recipient
For the best book in business history (broadly defined)
Timothy Yang
Assistant Professor, Department of History, University of Georgia
Assistant Professor, Department of History, University of Georgia
A Medicated Empire The Pharmaceutical Industry and Modern Japan
Cornell University Press
Cornell University Press
Finalists List
2022 Hagley Prize in Business History
Co-Recipient
For the best book in business history (broadly defined)
Caley Horan
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Insurance Era Risk, Governance, and the Privatization of Security in Postwar America
The University of Chicago Press
The University of Chicago Press
Finalists List
2022 Philip Scranton Best Article Prize
Co-Recipient
Recognizes the author of an article published in Enterprise & Society in the previous year
Jason Petrulis
Assistant Professor, The Education University of Hong Kong
Assistant Professor, The Education University of Hong Kong
"A Country of Hair: A Global Story of South Korean Wigs, Korean American Entrepreneurs, African American Hairstyles, and Cold War Industrialization," Enterprise & Society
(June 2021)
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Honorable Mention:
Margartia Serje, “The Peruvian Amazon Co.: Credit and Debt in the Putumayo ‘Wild Rubber’ Business” Enterprise & Society, 22(2), 475 - 501 [View PDF]
2022 Herman E. Krooss Prize for Best Dissertation in Business History
For the best Ph.D. dissertation in business history completed within past 3 years
Bench Ansfield
Harvard University
Harvard University
Born in Flames: Arson, Racial Capitalism, and the Reinsuring of the Bronx in the Late Twentieth Century”
2021
Supervised by:
2021
Supervised by:
Finalists List
2022 K. Austin Kerr Prize
For the best first paper delivered at the annual meeting of the Business History Conference
Ellen Nye
Harvard University
Harvard University
"A Commerce in Coins: The Early Modern Ottoman Empire as an Arena for Competing Theories of Money’s Value"
Honorable Mention:
Charles Petersen, “Flexible Accumulation, Flexible Organization, Flexible Masculinity: Silicon Valley and the Birth of a New Subjectivity, 1957-1998”
2022 Mira Wilkins Prize
Awarded to the author of the best article published annually in Enterprise & Society pertaining to international and comparative business history
Damian Clavel
SNF Ambizione Fellow
SNF Ambizione Fellow
"What’s in a Fraud? The Many Worlds of Gregor MacGregor, 1817–1824," Enterprise & Society
(December 2021)
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Honorable Mention:
PETRULIS, Jason. (2021). “A Country of Hair”: A Global Story of South Korean Wigs, Korean American Entrepreneurs, African American Hairstyles, and Cold War Industrialization. Enterprise & Society, 22(2), 368-408.
TENOLD, S., KANG, J., KIM, S., &; MURPHY, H. (2021). International Transfer of Tacit Knowledge: The Transmission of Shipbuilding Skills from Scotland to South Korea in the Early 1970s. Enterprise & Society, 22(2), 335-367.
2022 Martha Moore Trescott Prize
For the best paper at the intersection of business history and the history of the technology presented at the annual meeting of the Business History Conference
Charles Petersen
Stanford University
Stanford University
“Flexible Accumulation, Flexible Organization, Flexible Masculinity: Silicon Valley and the Birth of a New Subjectivity, 1957-1998”
Honorable Mention:
Tina Wei, “The US Contraceptive Market Niche: the OCP, the IUD, and their Physician Inventors, 1970-1985”
2021 Philip Scranton Best Article Prize
Recognizes the author of an article published in Enterprise & Society in the previous year
Karin Lurvink
Postdoc researcher VU Amsterdam
Postdoc researcher VU Amsterdam
"The Insurance of Mass Murder: The Development of Slave Life Insurance Policies of Dutch Private Slave Ships, 1720–1780," Enterprise & Society
(January 2020)
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2021 Hagley Prize in Business History
Co-Recipient
For the best book in business history (broadly defined)
Marcia Chatelain
Professor, Georgetown University
Professor, Georgetown University
Franchise The Golden Arches in Black America
Liveright, 2020
Liveright, 2020
Finalists List
2021 Mira Wilkins Prize
Awarded to the author of the best article published annually in Enterprise & Society pertaining to international and comparative business history
Paolo Di Martino
Associate Professor in Economic History, University of Turin, Italy
Associate Professor in Economic History, University of Turin, Italy
Michelangelo Vasta
Professor of Economic history, University of Siena
Professor of Economic history, University of Siena
Mark Latham
Lecturer, University of Birmingham, UK
Lecturer, University of Birmingham, UK
"Bankruptcy Laws around Europe (1850-2015): Institutional Change and Institutional Features," Enterprise & Society
(December 2020)
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Honorable Mention:
Emily Buchnea, “Bridges and Bonds: The Role of British Merchant Bank Intermediaries in Latin American Trade and Finance Networks, 1825-1850,” Enterprise & Society, 21: 2 (June 2020).
Jessica Ann Levy, “Black Power in the Boardroom: Corporate America, the Sullivan Principles, and Anti-Apartheid,” Enterprise & Society 21: 1 (March 2020).
2021 Hagley Prize in Business History
Co-Recipient
For the best book in business history (broadly defined)
Ben Marsh
Reader in American History, University of Kent
Reader in American History, University of Kent
Unravelled Dreams Silk and the Atlantic World, 1500-1840
Cambridge University Press, 2020
Cambridge University Press, 2020
Finalists List
2021 Herman E. Krooss Prize for Best Dissertation in Business History
For the best Ph.D. dissertation in business history completed within past 3 years
Dylan Gottlieb
Assistant Professor, History, Bentley University
Assistant Professor, History, Bentley University
"Yuppies: Young Urban Professionals and the Making of Postindustrial New York"
Princeton University, 2020
Supervised by:
Princeton University, 2020
Supervised by:
2021 K. Austin Kerr Prize
For the best first paper delivered at the annual meeting of the Business History Conference
Jiemin Tina Wei
Harvard University
Harvard University
"Amazon Mechanical Turk: Methodological Innovation in an Evolving Labor Market"
2021 Ralph Gomory Prize
Recognizes historical work on the effects of business enterprises on the economic conditions of the countries in which they operate
Suzanne Marchand
Louisiana State University
Louisiana State University
Porcelain: A History from the Heart of Europe
Princeton University Press, 2020
Princeton University Press, 2020
2021 Martha Moore Trescott Prize
For the best paper at the intersection of business history and the history of the technology presented at the annual meeting of the Business History Conference
Fabian Prieto Ñañez
Assistant Professor, Virginia Tech
Assistant Professor, Virginia Tech
"Disrupting National Infrastructures: Satellite Television, Informal Trade, and Suitcase Entrepreneurs in the Caribbean in the 1980s," Business History Conference
(March 2021)
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Honorable Mention:
Sarvnaz Lotfi (Virginia Tech), “The Stock Market and the Space Age: R&D Assetization and the Quest for Certainty”
2021 Hagley Prize in Business History
Co-Recipient
For the best book in business history (broadly defined)
Ben Marsh
Reader in American History, University of Kent
Reader in American History, University of Kent
Unravelled Dreams: Silk and the Atlantic World, 1500–1840
Cambridge University Press, 2020
Cambridge University Press, 2020
2020 Hagley Prize in Business History
For the best book in business history (broadly defined)
Ai Hisano
The University of Tokyo
The University of Tokyo
Visualizing Taste: How Business Changed the Look of What You Eat
Harvard University Press, 2019
Harvard University Press, 2019
Finalists List
2020 Philip Scranton Best Article Prize
Recognizes the author of an article published in Enterprise & Society in the previous year
Hoi-eun Kim
Texas A&M University
Texas A&M University
"Adulterated Intermediaries: Peddlers, Pharmacists, and the Patent Medicine Industry in Colonial Korea (1910-1945)," Enterprise & Society
(December 2019)
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2020 Mira Wilkins Prize
Awarded to the author of the best article published annually in Enterprise & Society pertaining to international and comparative business history
Nikolas Glover
Uppsala University
Uppsala University
"Between Order and Justice: Investments in Africa and Corporate International Responsibility in Swedish Media in the 1960s," Enterprise & Society
(June 2019)
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2020 Harold F. Williamson Prize
For a mid-career scholar who has made significant contributions to business history
Sharon Murphy
Providence College
Providence College
2020 Harold F. Williamson Prize
For a mid-career scholar who has made significant contributions to business history
Daniel Wadhwani
University of Southern California
University of Southern California
2020 Herman E. Krooss Prize for Best Dissertation in Business History
For the best Ph.D. dissertation in business history completed within past 3 years
Jessica Levy
Assistant Professor, Purchase College, SUNY
Assistant Professor, Purchase College, SUNY
"Black Power, Inc: Global American Business and the Post-Apartheid City"
Johns Hopkins University, 2018
Supervised by: N.D.B. Connolly and Angus Burgin
Johns Hopkins University, 2018
Supervised by: N.D.B. Connolly and Angus Burgin
2020 Ralph Gomory Prize
Recognizes historical work on the effects of business enterprises on the economic conditions of the countries in which they operate
Heidi Tworek
University of British Columbia
University of British Columbia
News from Germany: The Competition to Control World Communications, 1900- 1945
Harvard University Press, 2019
Harvard University Press, 2019
2020 Martha Moore Trescott Prize
For the best paper at the intersection of business history and the history of the technology presented at the annual meeting of the Business History Conference
Owen James Hyman
University of Mississippi
University of Mississippi
“Collaboration and Dispossession: The Creation of NASA’s Space Technology Laboratory”
2019 Herman E. Krooss Prize for Best Dissertation in Business History
For the best Ph.D. dissertation in business history completed within past 3 years
Ghassan Moazzin
Assistant Professor, University of Hong Kong
Assistant Professor, University of Hong Kong
"Networks of Capital: German Bankers and the Financial Internationalisation of China (1885-1919)"
University of Cambridge, 2017
Supervised by: Hans van de Ven
University of Cambridge, 2017
Supervised by: Hans van de Ven
2019 K. Austin Kerr Prize
For the best first paper delivered at the annual meeting of the Business History Conference
Alastair Y. Su
Westmont College
Westmont College
"'A Marvellous Affair': Opium and the Panic of 1839"
Honorable Mention:
Kate Epstein, Rutgers University, Camden
"Arms and the State: American Torpedoes, Intellectual Property Rights, and the Origins of the Military-Industrial Complex before World War I"
2019 Mira Wilkins Prize
Awarded to the author of the best article published annually in Enterprise & Society pertaining to international and comparative business history
Valeria Giacomin
Assistant Professor, Bocconi University
Assistant Professor, Bocconi University
""The Emergence of an Export Cluster: Traders and Palm Oil in Early Twentieth-Century Southeast Asia"," Enterprise & Society
(June 2018)
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2019 Ralph Gomory Prize
Recognizes historical work on the effects of business enterprises on the economic conditions of the countries in which they operate
Anne Fleming
(1980-2020)
(1980-2020)
City of Debtors: A Century of Fringe Finance
Harvard University Press, 2018
Harvard University Press, 2018
Honorable Mention:
Herbert S. Klein, Columbia University and Francisco Vidal Luna, University of São Paulo, Faculty of Economics, Administration and Accounting, Department of Economics
Feeding the World: Brazil's Transformation into a Modern Agricultural Economy
Cambridge University Press, 2019
2019 Business History Conference Lifetime Achievement Award
For scholars who have contributed in major ways to the field of business history
Franco Amatori
Universita' Bocconi
Universita' Bocconi
2019 Hagley Prize in Business History
For the best book in business history (broadly defined)
Per H. Hansen
Professor in the Department of Management, Politics, and Philosophy, Copenhagen Business School
Professor in the Department of Management, Politics, and Philosophy, Copenhagen Business School
Danish Modern Furniture, 1930-2016: The Rise, Decline and Re-emergence of a Cultural Market Category
University Press of Southern Denmark, 2018
University Press of Southern Denmark, 2018
2019 Philip Scranton Best Article Prize
Recognizes the author of an article published in Enterprise & Society in the previous year
Natalya Vinokurova
Lehigh University
Lehigh University
"How Mortgage-Backed Securities Became Bonds: The Emergence, Evolution, and Acceptance of Mortgage-Backed Securities in the United States, 1960-1987," Enterprise & Society
(September 2018)
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Honorable Mention:
Richard Popp, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
"The Anywhere, Anytime Market: The 800-Number, Direct Marketing, and the New Networks of Consumption," Enterprise & Society (September 2018) [View PDF]
2018 Herman E. Krooss Prize for Best Dissertation in Business History
For the best Ph.D. dissertation in business history completed within past 3 years
Rachel Gross
University of Colorado Denver
University of Colorado Denver
“From Buckskin to Gore-Tex: Consumption as a Path to Mastery in Twentieth-Century American Wilderness Recreation".
University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2017
Supervised by: William Cronon
University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2017
Supervised by: William Cronon
2018 K. Austin Kerr Prize
For the best first paper delivered at the annual meeting of the Business History Conference
Joan Flores-Villalobos
Assistant Professor, The Ohio State University
Assistant Professor, The Ohio State University
“’Cash fe’ sen’ back home:’ Banks, Compensation, and Women’s Financial Exchanges in Panama and Barbados"
2018 Mira Wilkins Prize
Awarded to the author of the best article published annually in Enterprise & Society pertaining to international and comparative business history
Patricio Sáiz
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
Rafael Castro
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
""Foreign Direct Investment and Intellectual Property Rights: International Intangible Assets in Spain over the Long Term"," Enterprise & Society
(December 2017)
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2018 Ralph Gomory Prize
Recognizes historical work on the effects of business enterprises on the economic conditions of the countries in which they operate
Edward Balleisen
Duke University
Duke University
Fraud: An American History from Barnum to Madoff
Princeton University Press, 2017
Princeton University Press, 2017
2018 Hagley Prize in Business History
For the best book in business history (broadly defined)
Kenda Mutongi
Williams College
Williams College
MATATU: A History of Popular Transportation in Nairobi
University of Chicago Press, 2017
University of Chicago Press, 2017
2018 Philip Scranton Best Article Prize
Co-recipient
Recognizes the author of an article published in Enterprise & Society in the previous year
Patricio Sáiz
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
Rafael Castro
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
"Foreign Direct Investment and Intellectual Property Rights: International Intangible Assets in Spain over the Long Term," Enterprise & Society
(December 2017)
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2018 Philip Scranton Best Article Prize
Recognizes the author of an article published in Enterprise & Society in the previous year
David M. Higgins
Newcastle University
Newcastle University
Aashish Velkar
University of Manchester
University of Manchester
"’Spinning a yarn’: Institutions, Law, and Standards, c. 1880-1914," Enterprise & Society
(September 2017)
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2018 Harold F. Williamson Prize
For a mid-career scholar who has made significant contributions to business history
Edward Balleisen
Duke University
Duke University
2017 Herman E. Krooss Prize for Best Dissertation in Business History
For the best Ph.D. dissertation in business history completed within past 3 years
Gerardo Con Diaz
Associate Professor of Science and Technology Studies
Associate Professor of Science and Technology Studies
"Intangible Inventions: A History of Software Patenting in the United States, 1945-1985"
Yale University, 2016
Supervised by: Daniel J. Kevles
Yale University, 2016
Supervised by: Daniel J. Kevles
2017 K. Austin Kerr Prize
For the best first paper delivered at the annual meeting of the Business History Conference
"'No Free Market: The Enslaved Marketwoman and Butchers of Charleston's Centre Market Stalls"
2017 Mira Wilkins Prize
Awarded to the author of the best article published annually in Enterprise & Society pertaining to international and comparative business history
Thomas Haigh
The Haigh Group
The Haigh Group
""IBM Rebuilds Europe: The Curious Case of the Transnational Typewriter"," Enterprise & Society
(June 2016)
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2017 Ralph Gomory Prize
Co-recipient
Recognizes historical work on the effects of business enterprises on the economic conditions of the countries in which they operate
Mark Wilson
University of North Carolina at Charlotte
University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Destructive Creation: American Business and the Winning of World War II
University of Pennsylvania Press, 2016
University of Pennsylvania Press, 2016
Honorable Mention:
William N. Goetzmann, Yale University School of Management
Money Changes Everything: How Finance Made Civilization Possible (Princeton University Press, 2016)
2017 Ralph Gomory Prize
Co-recipient
Recognizes historical work on the effects of business enterprises on the economic conditions of the countries in which they operate
Johan Mathew
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey - New Brunswick
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey - New Brunswick
Margins of the Market: Trafficking and Capitalism across the Arabian Sea
University of California Press, 2016
University of California Press, 2016
2017 Philip Scranton Best Article Prize
Recognizes the author of an article published in Enterprise & Society in the previous year
Thomas Haigh
The Haigh Group
The Haigh Group
"IBM Rebuilds Europe: The Curious Case of the Transnational Typewriter," Enterprise & Society
(June 2016)
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2017 Business History Conference Lifetime Achievement Award
For scholars who have contributed in major ways to the field of business history
Naomi Lamoreaux
Department of Economics, Yale University
Department of Economics, Yale University
2017 Hagley Prize in Business History
For the best book in business history (broadly defined)
Mark Wilson
University of North Carolina at Charlotte
University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Destructive Creation: American Business and the Winning of World War II
University of Pennsylvania Press, 2016
University of Pennsylvania Press, 2016
2016 Herman E. Krooss Prize for Best Dissertation in Business History
For the best Ph.D. dissertation in business history completed within past 3 years
Anne Fleming
(1980-2020)
(1980-2020)
"City of Debtors: Law, Loan Sharks, and the Shadow Economy of Urban Poverty, 1900-1970"
University of Pennsylvania, 2014
Supervised by: Sarah Barringer Gordon
University of Pennsylvania, 2014
Supervised by: Sarah Barringer Gordon
2016 K. Austin Kerr Prize
For the best first paper delivered at the annual meeting of the Business History Conference
Robert William Cole
New York University
New York University
"'Making Immovable Wealth Movable': Land Finance and Rural Money in 1930s Shanxi"
2016 Mira Wilkins Prize
Awarded to the author of the best article published annually in Enterprise & Society pertaining to international and comparative business history
Michael Aldous
Queen's University Belfast
Queen's University Belfast
""Avoiding Negligence and Profusion: The Failure of the Joint-Stock Form in the Anglo-Indian Tea Trade, 1840-1870"," Enterprise & Society
(September 2015)
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2016 Ralph Gomory Prize
Recognizes historical work on the effects of business enterprises on the economic conditions of the countries in which they operate
Christy Chapin
University of Maryland, Baltimore County
University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Ensuring America's Health: The Public Creation of the Corporate Health Care System
Cambridge University Press, 2015
Cambridge University Press, 2015
2016 Hagley Prize in Business History
Co-recipient
For the best book in business history (broadly defined)
Vicki Howard
University of Essex
University of Essex
From Main Street to Mall: The Rise and Fall of the American Department Store
University of Pennsylvania Press, 2015
University of Pennsylvania Press, 2015
2016 Hagley Prize in Business History
Co-recipient
For the best book in business history (broadly defined)
Jonathan Coopersmith
Professor
Professor
Faxed: The Rise and Fall of the Fax Machine
Johns Hopkins University Press, 2016
Johns Hopkins University Press, 2016
2016 Philip Scranton Best Article Prize
Recognizes the author of an article published in Enterprise & Society in the previous year
Daniel Levinson Wilk
Fashion Institute of Technology
Fashion Institute of Technology
"The Red Cap's Gift: How Tipping Tempers the Rational Power of Money," Enterprise & Society
(March 2015)
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2016 Harold F. Williamson Prize
For a mid-career scholar who has made significant contributions to business history
Christopher McKenna
Reader in Business History & Strategy, Saïd Business School, University of Oxford
Reader in Business History & Strategy, Saïd Business School, University of Oxford
2015 Herman E. Krooss Prize for Best Dissertation in Business History
For the best Ph.D. dissertation in business history completed within past 3 years
David Singerman
University of Virginia
University of Virginia
"Inventing Purity in the Atlantic Sugar World, 1860-1930"
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014
Supervised by: David Kaiser
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014
Supervised by: David Kaiser
2015 K. Austin Kerr Prize
Co-recipient
For the best first paper delivered at the annual meeting of the Business History Conference
Paige Glotzer
University of Florida
University of Florida
"National Standards, Local Sales: The Professional Culture of Real Estate and the Creation of an Exclusionary Housing Market"
2015 K. Austin Kerr Prize
Co-recipient
For the best first paper delivered at the annual meeting of the Business History Conference
Joseph Slaughter
Wesleyan University
Wesleyan University
"Christian Business Enterprise Reform: The Pioneer Line, 1828-1831"
2015 Mira Wilkins Prize
Awarded to the author of the best article published annually in Enterprise & Society pertaining to international and comparative business history
Paula de la Cruz-Fernández
Digital editor and Assoc. Director, Inquire Capitalism Program, University of Florida
Digital editor and Assoc. Director, Inquire Capitalism Program, University of Florida
""Marketing the Hearth: Ornamental Embroidery and the Building of the Multinational Singer Sewing Machine Company" ," Enterprise & Society
(September 2014)
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2015 Ralph Gomory Prize
Co-recipient
Recognizes historical work on the effects of business enterprises on the economic conditions of the countries in which they operate
Emily Erikson
Yale University School of Management
Yale University School of Management
Between Monopoly and Free Trade: The English East India Company, 1600-1757
Princeton University Press, 2014
Princeton University Press, 2014
2015 Ralph Gomory Prize
Co-recipient
Recognizes historical work on the effects of business enterprises on the economic conditions of the countries in which they operate
Kathryn Steen
Drexel University
Drexel University
The American Synthetic Organic Chemicals Industry: War and Politics, 1910-1930
University of North Carolina Press, 2014
University of North Carolina Press, 2014
2015 CEBC Halloran Prize in the History of Corporate Responsibility
Offered between 2010 and 2015 for a paper that made a significant contribution to the history of corporate responsibility
Owen James Hyman
University of Mississippi
University of Mississippi
"Why a West Coast Paper Company Went South: Corporate Expansion and Civil Rights in the Deep South"
2015 Hagley Prize in Business History
For the best book in business history (broadly defined)
Walter Friedman
Harvard Business School
Harvard Business School
Fortune Tellers: The Story of America's First Economic Forecasters
Princeton University Press, 2013
Princeton University Press, 2013
2015 Philip Scranton Best Article Prize
Recognizes the author of an article published in Enterprise & Society in the previous year
Marc Flandreau
University of Pennsylvania
University of Pennsylvania
Gabriel F Geisler Mesevage
University of Oxford
University of Oxford
"The Untold History of Transparency: Mercantile Agencies, the Law, and the Lawyers (1851-1916)," Enterprise & Society
(June 2014)
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2015 Business History Conference Lifetime Achievement Award
For scholars who have contributed in major ways to the field of business history
Juliet E. K. Walker
University of Texas, Austin
University of Texas, Austin
2014 Herman E. Krooss Prize for Best Dissertation in Business History
For the best Ph.D. dissertation in business history completed within past 3 years
Heidi Tworek
University of British Columbia
University of British Columbia
"Magic Connections: German News Agencies and Global News Networks, 1905-1945"
Harvard University
Supervised by: Charles Maier
Harvard University
Supervised by: Charles Maier
2014 K. Austin Kerr Prize
For the best first paper delivered at the annual meeting of the Business History Conference
Elizabeth Semler
University of Minnesota
University of Minnesota
"Public Health or Industry Health? U.S. Government Responses to the 1970s Dietary Cholesterol–Heart Disease Controversy"
2014 Mira Wilkins Prize
Awarded to the author of the best article published annually in Enterprise & Society pertaining to international and comparative business history
Brenna Greer
Wellesley College
Wellesley College
""Selling Liberia: Moss H. Kendrix, the Liberian Centennial Commission, and the Post-World War II Trade in Black Progress"," Enterprise & Society
(June 2013)
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2014 Ralph Gomory Prize
Recognizes historical work on the effects of business enterprises on the economic conditions of the countries in which they operate
Arwen Mohun
University of Delaware
University of Delaware
Risk: Negotiating Safety in American Society
Johns Hopkins University Press, 2012
Johns Hopkins University Press, 2012
2014 CEBC Halloran Prize in the History of Corporate Responsibility
Offered between 2010 and 2015 for a paper that made a significant contribution to the history of corporate responsibility
Stephanie Decker
Professor of Strategy & International Business, Birmingham Business School
Professor of Strategy & International Business, Birmingham Business School
"The Impact of Colonial Development Debates on the HR Policies of Imperial Business in Ghana and Nigeria, 1940-1960"
2014 Hagley Prize in Business History
Co-recipient
For the best book in business history (broadly defined)
Bernhard Rieger
Leiden University
Leiden University
The People's Car: A Global History of the Volkswagen Beetle
Harvard University Press, 2013
Harvard University Press, 2013
2014 Hagley Prize in Business History
Co-recipient
For the best book in business history (broadly defined)
Dimitry Anastakis
University of Toronto
University of Toronto
Autonomous State: The Struggle for a Canadian Car Industry from OPEC to Free Trade
University of Toronto Press, 2013
University of Toronto Press, 2013
2014 Philip Scranton Best Article Prize
Recognizes the author of an article published in Enterprise & Society in the previous year
Francesca Carnevali
1964-2013
1964-2013
Lucy Newton
Henley Business School, University of Reading
Henley Business School, University of Reading
"Pianos for the People: From Producer to Consumer in Britain, 1851-1914," Enterprise & Society
(March 2013)
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2014 Newcomen Prize
Awarded from 1992 through 2008
Francesca Carnevali
1964-2013
1964-2013
Lucy Newton
Henley Business School, University of Reading
Henley Business School, University of Reading
"Pianos for the People: From Producer to Consumer in Britain, 1851-1914," Enterprise & Society
(March 2013)
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2014 Harold F. Williamson Prize
For a mid-career scholar who has made significant contributions to business history
Stephen Mihm
University of Georgia
University of Georgia
2013 Herman E. Krooss Prize for Best Dissertation in Business History
For the best Ph.D. dissertation in business history completed within past 3 years
Caitlin Rosenthal
University of California-Berkeley
University of California-Berkeley
"From Memory to Mastery: Accounting for Control in America, 1740-1880"
Harvard University, 2012
Supervised by: Sven Beckert and Claudia Goldin
Harvard University, 2012
Supervised by: Sven Beckert and Claudia Goldin
2013 K. Austin Kerr Prize
For the best first paper delivered at the annual meeting of the Business History Conference
Anne Fleming
(1980-2020)
(1980-2020)
"The 'very fibre of personal finance': Changing Beliefs about Regulation and the Small-Sum Lending Industry in New York, 1900-1940"
Honorable Mention:
Joshua Specht, Monash University
"Hard Winters, International Capital, and the Rise and Fall of the Land and Cattle Company in the United States"
2013 Mira Wilkins Prize
Awarded to the author of the best article published annually in Enterprise & Society pertaining to international and comparative business history
Tore Olsson
University of Tennessee
University of Tennessee
""Peeling Back the Layers: Vidalia Onions and the Making of a Global Agribusiness"," Enterprise & Society
(December 2012)
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2013 Ralph Gomory Prize
Article Prize Recipient
Recognizes historical work on the effects of business enterprises on the economic conditions of the countries in which they operate
Gerben Bakker
Lecturer in Economic History and Management, London School of Economics
Lecturer in Economic History and Management, London School of Economics
"Trading Facts: Arrow's Fundamental Paradox and the Origins of Global News Networks," Peter Putnis, Chandrika Kaul, and Jurgen Wilke, eds., International Communication and Global News Networks: Historical Perspectives
(2011)
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2013 Ralph Gomory Prize
Recognizes historical work on the effects of business enterprises on the economic conditions of the countries in which they operate
Shareholder Democracies? Corporate Governance in Britain and Ireland before 1850
University of Chicago Press, 2012
University of Chicago Press, 2012
Honorable Mention:
Jennifer L. Anderson, SUNY-Stony Brook
Mahogany: The Costs of Luxury in Early America (Harvard University Press, 2012)
2013 CEBC Halloran Prize in the History of Corporate Responsibility
Offered between 2010 and 2015 for a paper that made a significant contribution to the history of corporate responsibility
Stephanie Amerian
Irvine Valley College
Irvine Valley College
" 'A store is a citizen': Civic Culture and Consumer Culture at Lord & Taylor Department Store, 1945-1959"
2013 Hagley Prize in Business History
For the best book in business history (broadly defined)
Michael Miller
University of Miami
University of Miami
Europe and the Maritime World: A Twentieth-Century History
Cambridge University Press, 2012
Cambridge University Press, 2012
2013 Philip Scranton Best Article Prize
Recognizes the author of an article published in Enterprise & Society in the previous year
Geoffrey Jones
Harvard Business School
Harvard Business School
Christina Lubinski
Copenhagen Business School
Copenhagen Business School
"Managing Political Risk in Global Business: Beiersdorf 1914-1990," Enterprise & Society
(March 2012)
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2013 Oxford Journals Best Article Prize
Awarded from 2009 to 2014
Geoffrey Jones
Harvard Business School
Harvard Business School
Christina Lubinski
Copenhagen Business School
Copenhagen Business School
"Managing Political Risk in Global Business: Beiersdorf 1914-1990," Enterprise & Society
(March 2012)
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2013 Business History Conference Lifetime Achievement Award
For scholars who have contributed in major ways to the field of business history
Mansel G. Blackford
Emeritus Professor of History, The Ohio State University
Emeritus Professor of History, The Ohio State University
2012 Herman E. Krooss Prize for Best Dissertation in Business History
For the best Ph.D. dissertation in business history completed within past 3 years
Alexia Yates
University of Manchester
University of Manchester
"Selling Paris: Real Estate and Commercial Culture in the Fin-de-Siècle Capital
University of Chicago, 2010
Supervised by: Leora Auslander
University of Chicago, 2010
Supervised by: Leora Auslander
2012 K. Austin Kerr Prize
For the best first paper delivered at the annual meeting of the Business History Conference
Gabriel N. Rosenberg
Duke University
Duke University
"The Programa Interamericano para la Juventud Rural and the Cultivation of Agribusiness and U.S. Hegemony in Cold-War Latin America"
Honorable Mention:
Judge Glock, Rutgers University
"The Federal Housing Administration: Did It Really Favor the Suburbs?"
2012 Mira Wilkins Prize
Awarded to the author of the best article published annually in Enterprise & Society pertaining to international and comparative business history
Neil Rollings
University of Glasgow
University of Glasgow
""Multinational Enterprise and Government Controls on Outward Foreign Direct Investment in the United States and the United Kingdom in the 1960s"," Enterprise & Society
(June 2011)
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2012 Ralph Gomory Prize
Recognizes historical work on the effects of business enterprises on the economic conditions of the countries in which they operate
Richard White
Stanford University
Stanford University
Railroaded: The Transcontinentals and the Making of Modern America
W. W. Norton, 2011
W. W. Norton, 2011
Honorable Mention:
Jason Colby, University of Victoria
The Business of Empire: United Fruit, Race, and U.S. Expansion in Central America (Cornell University Press, 2011)
Philip J. Stern, Duke University
The Company-State: Corporate Sovereignty and the Early Modern Foundations of the British Empire in India (Oxford University Press, 2011)
2012 Ralph Gomory Prize
Article Prize Recipient
Recognizes historical work on the effects of business enterprises on the economic conditions of the countries in which they operate
Gregg Mitman
University of Wisconsin, Madison
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Paul Erickson
Wesleyan University
Wesleyan University
"Latex and Blood: Science, Markets, and American Empire," Radical History Review
(Spring 2010)
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2012 CEBC Halloran Prize in the History of Corporate Responsibility
Offered between 2010 and 2015 for a paper that made a significant contribution to the history of corporate responsibility
Jennifer J. Armiger
Assessment Director, Arts & Languages, at Educational Testing Service (ETS)
Assessment Director, Arts & Languages, at Educational Testing Service (ETS)
"'What Was Good Enough in the 1960s Is Not Good Enough Today': Sex, Race, and Business Opposition to Equal Opportunity Policy in 1970s America"
2012 Hagley Prize in Business History
For the best book in business history (broadly defined)
Sharon Murphy
Providence College
Providence College
Investing in Life: Insurance in Antebellum America
Johns Hopkins University Press, 2010
Johns Hopkins University Press, 2010
2012 Philip Scranton Best Article Prize
Recognizes the author of an article published in Enterprise & Society in the previous year
Milena Veenis
Universiteit van Amsterdam
Universiteit van Amsterdam
"Cola in the German Democratic Republic: East German Fantasies on Western Consumption," Enterprise & Society
(September 2011)
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2012 Oxford Journals Best Article Prize
Awarded from 2009 to 2014
Milena Veenis
Universiteit van Amsterdam
Universiteit van Amsterdam
"Cola in the German Democratic Republic: East German Fantasies on Western Consumption," Enterprise & Society
(September 2011)
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Honorable Mention:
Bianca Murillo, Associate Professor, California State University, Dominguez Hills
"'The Devil We Know': Gold Coast Consumers, Local Employees, and the United Africa Company, 1940-1960," Enterprise & Society (June 2011) [View PDF]
Christopher Jones, Arizona State University
"The Carbon-Consuming Home: Residential Markets and Energy Transitions," Enterprise & Society (December 2011) [View PDF]
2012 Harold F. Williamson Prize
For a mid-career scholar who has made significant contributions to business history
Mary O'Sullivan
University of Geneva
University of Geneva
2011 K. Austin Kerr Prize
For the best first paper delivered at the annual meeting of the Business History Conference
Di Yin Lu
Harvard University
Harvard University
"Shanghai's Art Dealers and the International Market for Chinese Art, 1922-1949"
Honorable Mention:
Kelly Brennan Arehart
"'To Put a Mass of Putrefying Animal Matter into a Fine Plush Casket': The Development of Professional Knowledge among Morticians, 1880-1920"
Johan Mathew, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey - New Brunswick
"Controlling Currency and Smuggling Specie in the Arabian Sea, 1873-1966"
2011 Philip Scranton Best Article Prize
Recognizes the author of an article published in Enterprise & Society in the previous year
Oskar Broberg
University of Gothenburg
University of Gothenburg
"Labeling the Good: Alternative Visions and Organic Branding in Sweden in the Late Twentieth Century," Enterprise & Society
(December 2010)
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2011 Herman E. Krooss Prize for Best Dissertation in Business History
For the best Ph.D. dissertation in business history completed within past 3 years
"The Science of Difference: Developing Tools for Discrimination in the American Life Insurance Industry, 1830-1930"
Princeton University, 2009
Supervised by: Daniel T. Rodgers
Princeton University, 2009
Supervised by: Daniel T. Rodgers
2011 Mira Wilkins Prize
Awarded to the author of the best article published annually in Enterprise & Society pertaining to international and comparative business history
Marcelo Bucheli
Gies College of Business and Department of History, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Gies College of Business and Department of History, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
""Multinational Corporations, Business Groups, and Economic Nationalism: Standard Oil (New Jersey), Royal Dutch-Shell, and Energy Politics in Chile, 1913-2005"," Enterprise & Society
(June 2010)
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2011 Ralph Gomory Prize
Recognizes historical work on the effects of business enterprises on the economic conditions of the countries in which they operate
Richard John
Columbia University
Columbia University
Network Nation: Inventing American Telecommunications
Harvard University Press, 2010
Harvard University Press, 2010
Honorable Mention:
James R. Fichter, Lingnan University
So Great a Proffit: How the East Indies Trade Transformed Anglo-American Capitalism
Harvard University Press, 2010
2011 CEBC Halloran Prize in the History of Corporate Responsibility
Offered between 2010 and 2015 for a paper that made a significant contribution to the history of corporate responsibility
Ann-Kristin Bergquist
Umeå University
Umeå University
Kristina Söderholm
Luleå University of Technology
Luleå University of Technology
"The Making of a Green Innovation System: The Swedish Institute for Water and Air Protection and the Swedish Pulp and Paper Industry from the Mid-1960s to the 1980s"
2011 Hagley Prize in Business History
For the best book in business history (broadly defined)
Susan Ingalls Lewis
State University of New York at New Paltz
State University of New York at New Paltz
Unexceptional Women: Female Proprietors in Mid-Nineteenth-Century Albany, New York, 1830-1885
The Ohio State University Press, 2009
The Ohio State University Press, 2009
2011 Oxford Journals Best Article Prize
Awarded from 2009 to 2014
Oskar Broberg
University of Gothenburg
University of Gothenburg
"Labeling the Good: Alternative Visions and Organic Branding in Sweden in the Late Twentieth Century," Enterprise & Society
(December 2010)
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2011 Business History Conference Lifetime Achievement Award
For scholars who have contributed in major ways to the field of business history
Richard Sylla
Stern School of Business, New York University
Stern School of Business, New York University
2010 Philip Scranton Best Article Prize
Recognizes the author of an article published in Enterprise & Society in the previous year
Simon Ville
University of Wollongong
University of Wollongong
"'Making Connections': Insights into Relationship Marketing from the Australasian Stock and Station Agent Industry," Enterprise & Society
(September 2009)
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2010 Herman E. Krooss Prize for Best Dissertation in Business History
For the best Ph.D. dissertation in business history completed within past 3 years
Josh Lauer
University of New Hampshire
University of New Hampshire
"The Good Consumer: Credit Reporting and the Invention of Financial Identity in the United States, 1840-1940"
University of Pennsylvania, 2008
Supervised by: Carolyn Marvin
University of Pennsylvania, 2008
Supervised by: Carolyn Marvin
2010 K. Austin Kerr Prize
For the best first paper delivered at the annual meeting of the Business History Conference
Robert Goldberg
University of Pennsylvania
University of Pennsylvania
"Black Power in the Dollhouse: Shindana Toys and the Business of Social Change"
2010 Mira Wilkins Prize
Awarded to the author of the best article published annually in Enterprise & Society pertaining to international and comparative business history
Paul Duguid
University of California, Berkeley
University of California, Berkeley
""French Connections: The International Propagation of Trademarks in the Nineteenth Century" ," Enterprise & Society
(March 2009)
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2010 CEBC Halloran Prize in the History of Corporate Responsibility
Offered between 2010 and 2015 for a paper that made a significant contribution to the history of corporate responsibility
Robert Goldberg
University of Pennsylvania
University of Pennsylvania
"Black Power in the Dollhouse: Shindana Toys and the Business of Social Change"
2010 Hagley Prize in Business History
For the best book in business history (broadly defined)
David Suisman
University of Delaware
University of Delaware
Selling Sounds: The Commercial Revolution in American Music
Harvard University Press, 2012
Harvard University Press, 2012
2010 Oxford Journals Best Article Prize
Awarded from 2009 to 2014
Simon Ville
University of Wollongong
University of Wollongong
"'Making Connections': Insights into Relationship Marketing from the Australasian Stock and Station Agent Industry," Enterprise & Society
(September 2009)
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2010 Harold F. Williamson Prize
For a mid-career scholar who has made significant contributions to business history
Sally Clarke
University of Texas at Austin (retired)
University of Texas at Austin (retired)
2009 Philip Scranton Best Article Prize
Recognizes the author of an article published in Enterprise & Society in the previous year
Giorgio Riello
University of Warwick
University of Warwick
"Strategies and Boundaries: Subcontracting and the London Trades in the Long Eighteenth Century," Enterprise & Society
(June 2008)
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2009 Herman E. Krooss Prize for Best Dissertation in Business History
For the best Ph.D. dissertation in business history completed within past 3 years
Michael Easterly
University of California, Los Angeles
University of California, Los Angeles
"Your Job is Your Credit: Creating a Market for Loans to Salaried Employees in New York City, 1885-1920"
University of California, Los Angeles, 2008
Supervised by: Naomi Lamoreaux
University of California, Los Angeles, 2008
Supervised by: Naomi Lamoreaux
2009 K. Austin Kerr Prize
For the best first paper delivered at the annual meeting of the Business History Conference
Alexander Engel
University of Goettingen
University of Goettingen
"Coloring Markets: The Industrial Transformation of the Dyestuff Business Revisited"
2009 Hagley Prize in Business History
For the best book in business history (broadly defined)
Ann Smart Martin
University of Wisconsin, Madison
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Buying into the World of Goods: Early Consumers in Backcountry Virginia
Johns Hopkins University Press, 2008
Johns Hopkins University Press, 2008
2009 Oxford Journals Best Article Prize
Awarded from 2009 to 2014
Giorgio Riello
University of Warwick
University of Warwick
"Strategies and Boundaries: Subcontracting and the London Trades in the Long Eighteenth Century," Enterprise & Society
(June 2008)
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2009 Business History Conference Lifetime Achievement Award
For scholars who have contributed in major ways to the field of business history
Thomas K. McCraw
1940-2012
1940-2012
2008 Philip Scranton Best Article Prize
Recognizes the author of an article published in Enterprise & Society in the previous year
Per H. Hansen
Professor in the Department of Management, Politics, and Philosophy, Copenhagen Business School
Professor in the Department of Management, Politics, and Philosophy, Copenhagen Business School
"Organizational Culture and Organizational Change: The Transformation of Savings Banks in Denmark, 1965-1990," Enterprise & Society
(December 2007)
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2008 Herman E. Krooss Prize for Best Dissertation in Business History
For the best Ph.D. dissertation in business history completed within past 3 years
Louis Hyman
Cornell University
Cornell University
"Debtor Nation: How Consumer Credit Built Postwar America"
Harvard University, 2007
Supervised by: Lizabeth Cohen
Harvard University, 2007
Supervised by: Lizabeth Cohen
2008 K. Austin Kerr Prize
For the best first paper delivered at the annual meeting of the Business History Conference
Paula Gajewski
LKQ Corporation
LKQ Corporation
"Expanding Connections between the New York Stock Exchange and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act"
2008 Hagley Prize in Business History
For the best book in business history (broadly defined)
Thomas K. McCraw
1940-2012
1940-2012
Prophet of Innovation: Joseph Schumpeter and Creative Destruction
Harvard University Press, 2007
Harvard University Press, 2007
2008 Newcomen Prize
Awarded from 1992 through 2008
Per H. Hansen
Professor in the Department of Management, Politics, and Philosophy, Copenhagen Business School
Professor in the Department of Management, Politics, and Philosophy, Copenhagen Business School
"Organizational Culture and Organizational Change: The Transformation of Savings Banks in Denmark, 1965-1990," Enterprise & Society
(December 2007)
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2008 Harold F. Williamson Prize
For a mid-career scholar who has made significant contributions to business history
Regina Lee Blaszczyk
Leadership Chair in the History of Business and Society
Leadership Chair in the History of Business and Society
Andrea Colli
Universita' Bocconi
Universita' Bocconi
2007 Philip Scranton Best Article Prize
Recognizes the author of an article published in Enterprise & Society in the previous year
Dario Gaggio
University of Michigan
University of Michigan
"Pyramids of Trust: Social Embeddedness and Political Culture in Two Italian Gold Jewelry Districts," Enterprise & Society
(March 2006)
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2007 Herman E. Krooss Prize for Best Dissertation in Business History
For the best Ph.D. dissertation in business history completed within past 3 years
Bethany Moreton
Dartmouth College
Dartmouth College
"The Soul of the Service Economy: Wal-Mart and the Making of Christian Free Enterprise, 1929-1994"
Yale University, 2006
Supervised by: Glenda Gilmore
Yale University, 2006
Supervised by: Glenda Gilmore
2007 K. Austin Kerr Prize
For the best first paper delivered at the annual meeting of the Business History Conference
Eric Hintz
Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation, Smithsonian Institution
Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation, Smithsonian Institution
"Independent Inventors in an Era of Burgeoning Research & Development"
2007 Hagley Prize in Business History
For the best book in business history (broadly defined)
Christopher McKenna
Reader in Business History & Strategy, Saïd Business School, University of Oxford
Reader in Business History & Strategy, Saïd Business School, University of Oxford
The World's Newest Profession: Management Consulting in the Twentieth Century
Cambridge University Press, 2006
Cambridge University Press, 2006
2007 Newcomen Prize
Awarded from 1992 through 2008
Dario Gaggio
University of Michigan
University of Michigan
"Pyramids of Trust: Social Embeddedness and Political Culture in Two Italian Gold Jewelry Districts," Enterprise & Society
(March 2006)
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2007 Business History Conference Lifetime Achievement Award
For scholars who have contributed in major ways to the field of business history
Louis Galambos
Johns Hopkins University
Johns Hopkins University
2006 Philip Scranton Best Article Prize
Recognizes the author of an article published in Enterprise & Society in the previous year
Tony Webster
University of Northumbria
University of Northumbria
"An Early Global Business in a Colonial Context: The Strategies, Management, and Failure of John Palmer and Company of Calcutta, 1780-1830," Enterprise & Society
(March 2005)
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2006 Herman E. Krooss Prize for Best Dissertation in Business History
For the best Ph.D. dissertation in business history completed within past 3 years
Shane Hamilton
University of York
University of York
"Trucking Country: Food Politics and the Transformation of Rural Life in Postwar America"
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005
Supervised by: Deborah K. Fitzgerald
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005
Supervised by: Deborah K. Fitzgerald
2006 K. Austin Kerr Prize
For the best first paper delivered at the annual meeting of the Business History Conference
Michelle McDonald
Stockton College of New Jersey
Stockton College of New Jersey
"The Drink of Diplomats: Government Intervention in the U.S. Coffee Re-Export Trade, 1790-1805"
2006 Newcomen Prize
Awarded from 1992 through 2008
Tony Webster
University of Northumbria
University of Northumbria
"An Early Global Business in a Colonial Context: The Strategies, Management, and Failure of John Palmer and Company of Calcutta, 1780-1830," Enterprise & Society
(March 2005)
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2006 Hagley Prize in Business History
For the best book in business history (broadly defined)
Pamela Laird
Department of History, University of Colorado Denver
Department of History, University of Colorado Denver
Pull: Networking and Success since Benjamin Franklin
Harvard University Press, 2006
Harvard University Press, 2006
2006 Business History Conference Lifetime Achievement Award
For scholars who have contributed in major ways to the field of business history
K. Austin Kerr
Ohio State University
Ohio State University
2006 Harold F. Williamson Prize
For a mid-career scholar who has made significant contributions to business history
Pamela Laird
Department of History, University of Colorado Denver
Department of History, University of Colorado Denver
2005 Philip Scranton Best Article Prize
Recognizes the author of an article published in Enterprise & Society in the previous year
Emanuela Scarpellini
Full Professor, University of Milan, Italy
Full Professor, University of Milan, Italy
"Shopping American-Style: The Arrival of the Supermarket in Postwar Italy," Enterprise & Society
(December 2004)
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2005 Herman E. Krooss Prize for Best Dissertation in Business History
Co-recipient
For the best Ph.D. dissertation in business history completed within past 3 years
Anna Spadavecchia
University of Strathclyde
University of Strathclyde
"State Subsidies and the Sources of Company Finance in Italian Industrial Districts, 1951-1991"
London School of Economics
Supervised by: Max-Stephan Schulze
London School of Economics
Supervised by: Max-Stephan Schulze
2005 Herman E. Krooss Prize for Best Dissertation in Business History
Co-recipient
For the best Ph.D. dissertation in business history completed within past 3 years
Dalit Baranoff
Business History Group
Business History Group
"Shaped by Risk: The American Fire Insurance Industry, 1790-1920"
Johns Hopkins University, 2004
Supervised by: Louis Galambos
Johns Hopkins University, 2004
Supervised by: Louis Galambos
2005 K. Austin Kerr Prize
For the best first paper delivered at the annual meeting of the Business History Conference
Sharon Murphy
Providence College
Providence College
"Protecting Middle-Class Families: Life Insurance in Antebellum America"
2005 Hagley Prize in Business History
Co-recipient
For the best book in business history (broadly defined)
Thomas Kinney
Bluefield College
Bluefield College
The Carriage Trade: Making Horse-Drawn Vehicles in America
Johns Hopkins University Press, 2004
Johns Hopkins University Press, 2004
2005 Hagley Prize in Business History
Co-recipient
For the best book in business history (broadly defined)
Mira Wilkins
Florida International University
Florida International University
The History of Foreign Investment in the United States, 1914-1945
Harvard University Press, 2004
Harvard University Press, 2004
2005 Newcomen Prize
Awarded from 1992 through 2008
Emanuela Scarpellini
Full Professor, University of Milan, Italy
Full Professor, University of Milan, Italy
"Shopping American-Style: The Arrival of the Supermarket in Postwar Italy," Enterprise & Society
(December 2004)
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2004 Newcomen Prize
Awarded from 1992 through 2008
John Smail
University of North Carolina, Charlotte
University of North Carolina, Charlotte
"The Culture of Credit in Eighteenth-Century Commerce: The English Textile Industry," Enterprise & Society
(June 2003)
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2004 Philip Scranton Best Article Prize
Recognizes the author of an article published in Enterprise & Society in the previous year
John Smail
University of North Carolina, Charlotte
University of North Carolina, Charlotte
"The Culture of Credit in Eighteenth-Century Commerce: The English Textile Industry," Enterprise & Society
(June 2003)
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2004 Herman E. Krooss Prize for Best Dissertation in Business History
For the best Ph.D. dissertation in business history completed within past 3 years
Tiffany Gill
Department of History, University of Delaware
Department of History, University of Delaware
"Civic Beauty: Beauty Culturists and the Politics of African American Female Entrepreneurship, 1900-1965"
Rutgers University
Supervised by: Deborah Gray White
Rutgers University
Supervised by: Deborah Gray White
2004 K. Austin Kerr Prize
Co-recipient
For the best first paper delivered at the annual meeting of the Business History Conference
Ellen Hartigan-O'Connor
Department of History, University of California, Davis
Department of History, University of California, Davis
"The Ties That Buy: Shopping Networks of the Atlantic World"
2004 K. Austin Kerr Prize
Co-recipient
For the best first paper delivered at the annual meeting of the Business History Conference
Hyungsub Choi
Assistant Professor, Seoul National University of Science and Technology
Assistant Professor, Seoul National University of Science and Technology
"Between Research and Production: Making Transistors at RCA, 1948-1960"
2004 Business History Conference Lifetime Achievement Award
For scholars who have contributed in major ways to the field of business history
Mira Wilkins
Florida International University
Florida International University
2004 Harold F. Williamson Prize
For a mid-career scholar who has made significant contributions to business history
Steven Usselman
Georgia Tech
Georgia Tech
2004 Hagley Prize in Business History
For the best book in business history (broadly defined)
Jennifer Klein
Department of History, Yale University
Department of History, Yale University
For All These Rights: Business, Labor, and the Shaping of America's Public-Private Welfare State
Princeton University Press, 2003
Princeton University Press, 2003
2003 Newcomen Prize
Awarded from 1992 through 2008
Morris L. Bian
Auburn University
Auburn University
"The Sino-Japanese War and the Formation of the State Enterprise System in China: A Case Study of the Dadukou Iron and Steel Works, 1938-1945," Enterprise & Society
(March 2002)
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Honorable Mention:
Jeffrey Hornstein, Executive Director, Economy League of Greater Philadelphia
"'Rosie the Realtor' and the Re-Gendering of Real Estate Brokerage, 1930-1960," Enterprise & Society (June 2002) [View PDF]
2003 Philip Scranton Best Article Prize
Recognizes the author of an article published in Enterprise & Society in the previous year
Morris L. Bian
Auburn University
Auburn University
"The Sino-Japanese War and the Formation of the State Enterprise System in China: A Case Study of the Dadukou Iron and Steel Works, 1938-1945," Enterprise & Society
(March 2002)
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2003 Herman E. Krooss Prize for Best Dissertation in Business History
For the best Ph.D. dissertation in business history completed within past 3 years
Gerben Bakker
Lecturer in Economic History and Management, London School of Economics
Lecturer in Economic History and Management, London School of Economics
"Entertainment Industrialized: The Emergence of the International Film Industry, 1890-1940"
European University Institute, 2001
Supervised by: Jaime Reis
European University Institute, 2001
Supervised by: Jaime Reis
2003 K. Austin Kerr Prize
Co-recipient
For the best first paper delivered at the annual meeting of the Business History Conference
Elysa Engelman
Mystic Seaport Museum
Mystic Seaport Museum
"Dear Mrs. Pinkham: Expanding Intimate Advice Networks into a National Community of Consumers, 1890 to 1935"
2003 K. Austin Kerr Prize
Co-recipient
For the best first paper delivered at the annual meeting of the Business History Conference
Marlis Schweitzer
York University
York University
"Uplifting Makeup: Actresses' Testimonials and the Cosmetics Industry, 1910-1918"
2003 Hagley Prize in Business History
For the best book in business history (broadly defined)
Clare H. Crowston
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Fabricating Women: The Seamstresses of Old Regime France, 1675-1791
Duke University Press, 2001
Duke University Press, 2001
2002 Philip Scranton Best Article Prize
Recognizes the author of an article published in Enterprise & Society in the previous year
"Women in the Underground Business of Eighteenth-Century Lyon," Enterprise & Society
(March 2001)
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2002 Herman E. Krooss Prize for Best Dissertation in Business History
For the best Ph.D. dissertation in business history completed within past 3 years
Jeffrey Hornstein
Economy League of Greater Philadelphia
Economy League of Greater Philadelphia
"A Nation of Realtors: The Professionalization of Real Estate Brokerage and the Construction of a New Middle Class"
University of Maryland, 2001
Supervised by:
University of Maryland, 2001
Supervised by:
2002 Business History Conference Lifetime Achievement Award
For scholars who have contributed in major ways to the field of business history
Alfred D. Chandler, Jr.
1918-2007
1918-2007
2002 Harold F. Williamson Prize
For a mid-career scholar who has made significant contributions to business history
Richard John
Columbia University
Columbia University
Angel Kwolek-Folland
Department of History, University of Florida
Department of History, University of Florida
2002 Hagley Prize in Business History
Co-recipient
For the best book in business history (broadly defined)
Gerald Feldman
1937 - 2007
1937 - 2007
Allianz and the German Insurance Business, 1933-1945
Cambridge University Press, 2001
Cambridge University Press, 2001
2002 Hagley Prize in Business History
Co-recipient
For the best book in business history (broadly defined)
Jonathan Wiesen
University of Alabama, Birmingham
University of Alabama, Birmingham
West German Industry and the Challenge of the Nazi Past, 1945-1955
University of North Carolina Press, 2001
University of North Carolina Press, 2001
2002 Newcomen Prize
Awarded from 1992 through 2008
"Women in the Underground Business of Eighteenth-Century Lyon," Enterprise & Society
(March 2001)
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2001 Philip Scranton Best Article Prize
Recognizes the author of an article published in Enterprise & Society in the previous year
Jonathan Zeitlin
University of Amsterdam
University of Amsterdam
"Reconciling Automation and Flexibility? Technology and Production in the Postwar British Motor Vehicle Industry," Enterprise & Society
(March 2000)
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2001 Herman E. Krooss Prize for Best Dissertation in Business History
For the best Ph.D. dissertation in business history completed within past 3 years
Christopher McKenna
Reader in Business History & Strategy, Saïd Business School, University of Oxford
Reader in Business History & Strategy, Saïd Business School, University of Oxford
"The World's Newest Profession: Management Consulting in the Twentieth Century"
Johns Hopkins University, 2000
Supervised by: Louis Galambos
Johns Hopkins University, 2000
Supervised by: Louis Galambos
2001 Hagley Prize in Business History
For the best book in business history (broadly defined)
Regina Lee Blaszczyk
Leadership Chair in the History of Business and Society
Leadership Chair in the History of Business and Society
Imagining Consumers: Design and Innovation from Wedgwood to Corning
Johns Hopkins University Press, 2000
Johns Hopkins University Press, 2000
2001 Newcomen Prize
Awarded from 1992 through 2008
Jonathan Zeitlin
University of Amsterdam
University of Amsterdam
"Reconciling Automation and Flexibility? Technology and Production in the Postwar British Motor Vehicle Industry," Enterprise & Society
(March 2000)
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2000 Herman E. Krooss Prize for Best Dissertation in Business History
For the best Ph.D. dissertation in business history completed within past 3 years
Marina Moskowitz
Lynn and Gary Mecklenburg Chair in Textiles, Material Culture, and Design, Professor Design Studies Department, University of Wisconsin
Lynn and Gary Mecklenburg Chair in Textiles, Material Culture, and Design, Professor Design Studies Department, University of Wisconsin
"Standard Bearers: Material Culture and Middle-Class Communities at the Turn of the Twentieth Century"
Yale University, 1999
Supervised by: Jean-Christophe Agnew
Yale University, 1999
Supervised by: Jean-Christophe Agnew
2000 Harold F. Williamson Prize
For a mid-career scholar who has made significant contributions to business history
Kenneth Lipartito
Florida International University
Florida International University
2000 Hagley Prize in Business History
For the best book in business history (broadly defined)
Kathryn J. Burns
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Colonial Habits: Convents and the Spiritual Economy of Cuzco, Peru
Duke University Press, 1999
Duke University Press, 1999
1999 Herman E. Krooss Prize for Best Dissertation in Business History
For the best Ph.D. dissertation in business history completed within past 3 years
Lisa A. Marovich
University of California, Los Angeles
University of California, Los Angeles
"Fueling the Fires of Genius: Women's Inventive Activities in American War Eras"
University of California, Los Angeles, 1998
Supervised by: Mary Yeager
University of California, Los Angeles, 1998
Supervised by: Mary Yeager
1999 Newcomen Prize
Awarded from 1992 through 2008
Kevin S. Reilly
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
"Dilettantes at the Gate: Fortune Magazine and the Cultural Politics of Business Journalism in the 1930s," Business and Economic History
(Winter 1999)
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1999 Hagley Prize in Business History
For the best book in business history (broadly defined)
Roland Marchand
1933 - 1997
1933 - 1997
Creating the Corporate Soul: The Rise of Public Relations and Corporate Imagery in American Big Business
University of California Press, 1998
University of California Press, 1998
1999 Newcomen Prize
Awarded from 1992 through 2008
Kevin S. Reilly
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
"Dilettantes at the Gate: Fortune Magazine and the Cultural Politics of Business Journalism in the 1930s," Business and Economic History
(Winter 1999)
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1998 Herman E. Krooss Prize for Best Dissertation in Business History
For the best Ph.D. dissertation in business history completed within past 3 years
Ross Bassett
North Carolina State University
North Carolina State University
"New Technology, New People, New Organizations: The Rise of the MOS Transistor, 1945-1975"
Princeton University, 1998
Supervised by: Michael S. Mahoney
Princeton University, 1998
Supervised by: Michael S. Mahoney
1998 Newcomen Prize
Awarded from 1992 through 2008
Sean Patrick Adams
Professor, University of Florida
Professor, University of Florida
"Different Charters, Different Paths: Corporations and Coal in Antebellum Pennsylvania and Virginia," Business and Economic History
(Fall 1998)
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1998 Harold F. Williamson Prize
For a mid-career scholar who has made significant contributions to business history
Steven Tolliday
University of Leeds
University of Leeds
JoAnne Yates
Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
1998 Newcomen Prize
Awarded from 1992 through 2008
Sean Patrick Adams
Professor, University of Florida
Professor, University of Florida
"Different Charters, Different Paths: Corporations and Coal in Antebellum Pennsylvania and Virginia," Different Charters, Different Paths: Corporations and Coal in Antebellum Pennsylvania and Virginia
(Fall 1998)
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1997 Herman E. Krooss Prize for Best Dissertation in Business History
For the best Ph.D. dissertation in business history completed within past 3 years
Kolleen Guy
University of Texas, San Antonio
University of Texas, San Antonio
"Wine, Work, and Wealth: Class Relations and Modernization in the Champagne Wine Industry, 1870-1914"
Indiana University, 1996
Supervised by: William Cohen
Indiana University, 1996
Supervised by: William Cohen
1997 Newcomen Prize
Awarded from 1992 through 2008
William Tsutsui
University of Kansas
University of Kansas
"Rethinking the Paternalist Paradigm in Japanese Industrial Management," Business and Economic History
(Winter 1997)
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1997 Newcomen Prize
Awarded from 1992 through 2008
William Tsutsui
University of Kansas
University of Kansas
"Rethinking the Paternalist Paradigm in Japanese Industrial Management," Business and Economic History
(Winter 1997)
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1996 Herman E. Krooss Prize for Best Dissertation in Business History
For the best Ph.D. dissertation in business history completed within past 3 years
Regina Lee Blaszczyk
Leadership Chair in the History of Business and Society
Leadership Chair in the History of Business and Society
"Imagining Consumers: Manufacturers and Markets in Ceramics and Glass, 1865-1965"
University of Delaware, 1995
Supervised by: David A. Hounshell and Anne M. Boylan
University of Delaware, 1995
Supervised by: David A. Hounshell and Anne M. Boylan
1996 Newcomen Prize
Awarded from 1992 through 2008
William Mass
University of Massachusetts-Lowell
University of Massachusetts-Lowell
"From Textiles to Automobiles: Mechanical and Organizational Innovation in the Toyoda Enterprises, 1895-1933," Business and Economic History
(Winter 1996)
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1996 Harold F. Williamson Prize
For a mid-career scholar who has made significant contributions to business history
William J. Hausman
College of William & Mary
College of William & Mary
1996 Newcomen Prize
Awarded from 1992 through 2008
William Mass
University of Massachusetts-Lowell
University of Massachusetts-Lowell
"From Textiles to Automobiles: Mechanical and Organizational Innovation in the Toyoda Enterprises, 1895-1933," Business and Economic History
(Winter 1996)
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1995 Herman E. Krooss Prize for Best Dissertation in Business History
For the best Ph.D. dissertation in business history completed within past 3 years
Jonathan Bean
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
"Beyond the Broker State: A History of the Federal Government's Policies toward Small Business, 1936-61"
The Ohio State University, 1994
Supervised by: Mansel Blackford, K. Austin Kerr, and William Childs
The Ohio State University, 1994
Supervised by: Mansel Blackford, K. Austin Kerr, and William Childs
1995 Newcomen Prize
Awarded from 1992 through 2008
Kenneth Lipartito
Florida International University
Florida International University
"Culture and the Practice of Business History," Business and Economic History
(Winter 1995)
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1995 Newcomen Prize
Awarded from 1992 through 2008
Kenneth Lipartito
Florida International University
Florida International University
"Culture and the Practice of Business History," Business and Economic History
(Winter 1995)
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1994 Herman E. Krooss Prize for Best Dissertation in Business History
For the best Ph.D. dissertation in business history completed within past 3 years
Rosalind Remer
University of California, Los Angeles
University of California, Los Angeles
"Building an American Book Trade: Philadelphia Publishing in the New Republic"
University of California, Los Angeles, 1991
Supervised by: Joyce Appleby
University of California, Los Angeles, 1991
Supervised by: Joyce Appleby
1994 Newcomen Prize
Awarded from 1992 through 2008
Paul A. Gompers
University of Chicago
University of Chicago
"The Rise and Fall of Venture Capital," Business and Economic History
(Winter 1994)
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1994 Harold F. Williamson Prize
For a mid-career scholar who has made significant contributions to business history
Geoffrey Jones
Harvard Business School
Harvard Business School
1994 Newcomen Prize
Awarded from 1992 through 2008
Paul A. Gompers
University of Chicago
University of Chicago
"The Rise and Fall of Venture Capital," Business and Economic History
(Winter 1994)
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1993 Herman E. Krooss Prize for Best Dissertation in Business History
For the best Ph.D. dissertation in business history completed within past 3 years
Victoria Woeste
Research Professor Emerita, American Bar Foundation
Research Professor Emerita, American Bar Foundation
"Cooperatives and Corporations: The Sun-Maid Antitrust Case and the Legal Status of Agricultural Cooperatives, 1890-1943"
University of California at Berkeley, 1990
Supervised by: Harry N. Scheiber and Morton Rothstein
University of California at Berkeley, 1990
Supervised by: Harry N. Scheiber and Morton Rothstein
1993 Newcomen Prize
Awarded from 1992 through 2008
Steven Usselman
Georgia Tech
Georgia Tech
"IBM and Its Imitators: Organizational Capabilities and the Emergence of the International Computer Industry," Business and Economic History
(Winter 1993)
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1993 Newcomen Prize
Awarded from 1992 through 2008
Steven Usselman
Georgia Tech
Georgia Tech
"IBM and Its Imitators: Organizational Capabilities and the Emergence of the International Computer Industry," Business and Economic History
(Winter 1993)
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1992 Herman E. Krooss Prize for Best Dissertation in Business History
For the best Ph.D. dissertation in business history completed within past 3 years
Margaret Levenstein
Michigan Census Research Data Center and Ross School of Business, University of Michigan
Michigan Census Research Data Center and Ross School of Business, University of Michigan
"Information Systems and Internal Organization: A Study of the Dow Chemical Company, 1890-1914"
Yale University, 1991
Supervised by: William N. Parker and David F. Weiman
Yale University, 1991
Supervised by: William N. Parker and David F. Weiman
1992 Newcomen Prize
Awarded from 1992 through 2008
Sally Clarke
University of Texas at Austin (retired)
University of Texas at Austin (retired)
"'Innovation' in U.S. Agriculture: A Role for New Deal Regulation," Business and Economic History
(Winter 1992)
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1992 Harold F. Williamson Prize
For a mid-career scholar who has made significant contributions to business history
David A. Hounshell
Carnegie Mellon University
Carnegie Mellon University
1992 Newcomen Prize
Awarded from 1992 through 2008
Sally Clarke
University of Texas at Austin (retired)
University of Texas at Austin (retired)
"'Innovation' in U.S. Agriculture: A Role for New Deal Regulation," Business & Economic History
(Winter 1992)
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1991 Herman E. Krooss Prize for Best Dissertation in Business History
For the best Ph.D. dissertation in business history completed within past 3 years
David Sicilia
University of Maryland, College Park
University of Maryland, College Park
"Selling Power: Marketing and Monopoly at Boston Edison, 1886-1926"
Brandeis University
Supervised by: Morton Keller and Alfred D. Chandler, Jr.
Brandeis University
Supervised by: Morton Keller and Alfred D. Chandler, Jr.
1990 Herman E. Krooss Prize for Best Dissertation in Business History
For the best Ph.D. dissertation in business history completed within past 3 years
Richard John
Columbia University
Columbia University
"Spreading the Word: The Postal System and the Creation of American Society"
Harvard University, 1989
Supervised by: Alfred D. Chandler, Jr., and David Herbert Donald
Harvard University, 1989
Supervised by: Alfred D. Chandler, Jr., and David Herbert Donald
1990 Harold F. Williamson Prize
For a mid-career scholar who has made significant contributions to business history
Naomi Lamoreaux
Department of Economics, Yale University
Department of Economics, Yale University
1989 Herman E. Krooss Prize for Best Dissertation in Business History
For the best Ph.D. dissertation in business history completed within past 3 years
Helen Shapiro
University of California Washington Center
University of California Washington Center
"State Intervention and Industrialization: The Origins of the Brazilian Automotive Industry"
Yale University, 1988
Supervised by: William N. Parker and Albert Fishlow
Yale University, 1988
Supervised by: William N. Parker and Albert Fishlow
1988 Herman E. Krooss Prize for Best Dissertation in Business History
For the best Ph.D. dissertation in business history completed within past 3 years
Sally Clarke
University of Texas at Austin (retired)
University of Texas at Austin (retired)
"Farmers as Entrepreneurs: Regulation and Innovation in American Agriculture in the Twentieth Century"
Brown University, 1987
Supervised by: Naomi Lamoreaux
Brown University, 1987
Supervised by: Naomi Lamoreaux
1986 Herman E. Krooss Prize for Best Dissertation in Business History
For the best Ph.D. dissertation in business history completed within past 3 years
Paul J. Miranti
-2022
-2022
"From Conflict to Consensus: The American Institute of Accountants and the Professionalization of Public Accountancy, 1886-1940"
Johns Hopkins University, 1985
Supervised by: Louis Galambos
Johns Hopkins University, 1985
Supervised by: Louis Galambos
