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| BHC Expert | Research Interests | BHC Prize(s) Received | |
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Eric John Abrahamson, Principal Historian, Vantage Point Historical Services, Inc., Fellow, Institute of Applied Economics, Global Health, and Study of Business Enterprise, Johns Hopkins University (Bio) |
philanthropic foundations, Philanthropy, Market Regulation, Public policy and regulation, Innovation, History of Capitalism | |
| Stephen B. Adams, Franklin P. Perdue School of Business, Salisbury University (Bio) |
Education | ||
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Joseph M. Adelman, Assistant Professor of History, Framingham State University (Bio) |
history of communication, Transatlantic History, American History, Post Office | |
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Araceli Alvarado Almaraz, El Colegio de la Frontera Norte @@almarazara (Bio) |
Entrepreneurial families, Business History, History of Science and Technology, Entrepreneurial History | |
| Bamidele Aly, Independent scholar (Bio) |
History of Money, Economic and Business History, Economic Development, diaspora and immigrant entrepreneurship | ||
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Rolv Petter Amdam, Professor. BI Norwegian Business School (Bio) |
Executive education, Business education, Industrial clusters, Maritime industry, Mulitinationals | |
| Timothy Visel Barker, PhD Candidate, Harvard University (Bio) |
Political Economy | ||
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Bernardo Batiz-Lazo, Professor of Business History and Bank Management, Bangor University (Wales) @BatizLazo (Bio) |
Banking History, retail payments (cashless; credit cards), automation, history of computers, Latin America (Mexico), history of management thought | |
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Manuel Alejandro Bautista González, Doctoral Candidate in United States History at Columbia University in the City of New York, Consultant at The Winthrop Group @econobitch (Bio) |
Money, Finance, Capitalism, Slavery, United States, Mexico | |
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Gavin Benke, Boston University @GavinBenke (Bio) |
Business and Culture, Corporations and the Environment, Energy, Financial Services | |
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Hartmut Berghoff, Director, Institute of Economic and Social History, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Platz der Göttinger Sieben 5, 37073 Göttingen, Germany (Bio) |
History of Consumption, History of Economic Crime | |
| Catherine Bishop, Junior Research Fellow University of Sydney (Bio) |
Colonial Businesswomen in Australia and New Zealand, Businesswomen in Australia | ||
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Jennifer Black, Assistant Professor of History and Government, Misericordia University @blackjen1 (Bio) |
history of advertising and consumer culture, material and visual culture, cultural history, 19th c. US | |
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Mansel G. Blackford, Emeritus Professor of History, The Ohio State University (Bio) |
Firms, Fishing | |
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Regina Lee Blaszczyk, Leadership Chair in the History of Business and Society, Professor of Business History, School of History, University of Leeds, UK (Bio) |
Consumer Culture, Design, Fashion, Textiles, Retailing, Innovation, Creative Industries, Chemical Industry, International Business, Transatlantic History | |
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Jessica Borge, Visiting Fellow in Digital Humanities, School of Advanced Study, University of London (Bio) |
British industry (1960s), contraception, pharmaceuticals | |
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Alejandro E. Caceres, Lecturer of Economics and Enterprise (Venezuelan Business History) / Latin American Economic Development (Economic History) / Strategy and Structure , PhD Student History, Universidad Catolica Andres Bello, Caracas, Venezuela (Bio) |
Latin America, Oil Multinationals, Energy, Strategy, Organizations, Management Practices | |
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Ludovic Cailluet, Professor of strategy and business history, Edhec Business School, Strategy Department (Bio) |
Strategy, family business, emotions, cosmetics, consulting, uses of the past | |
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Sean D. Carr, Assistant Professor, University of Virginia Darden School of Business, Executive Director, Batten Institute for Entrepreneurship & Innovation (Bio) |
History of Entrepreneurship, Technological Change, Innovation | |
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David Chappell, Rothbaum Professor of Modern American History, University of Oklahoma (Bio) |
Human rights; US constitutional history; big business; history of economic theory & policy | |
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Muwei Chen, Beijing Foreign Studies University, Lecturer, School of Japanese and International Studies (Bio) |
Chinese economy and business, Consumer Cultures, Creative Industries, Culture Industries and Markets, East Asian modern business history, Industrial clusters, SMEs | |
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Jessica P. Clark, Associate Professor, Department of History, Brock University @JessicaPClark (Bio) |
Modern Britain, consumption, beauty, urban space, gender and enterprise | |
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Peter A. Coclanis, University of North Carolina (Bio) |
Agribusiness, Global Histroy, Southern U.S. | |
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Peter Conti-Brown, Assistant Professor, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania (Bio) |
Financial history, central banking, financial regulation, Banking | |
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Mandy L. Cooper, Lecturer of Women's and Gender History, University of North Carolina at Greensboro @ML_Cooper (Bio) |
Business History, Legal History, 19th c. US, American women's history, Slavery, emotions, political history, cultural history, Business-Government Relations, family business | |
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Jonathan Coopersmith, Professor, Dept. of History, Texas A&M University @faxhistory (Bio) |
failure, History of technology, information | |
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John D'Amico, Yale University @johnclarkdamico (Bio) |
Business and Economic History, East Asia, Trade, Early Modern Europe | |
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Anastasia Day, Hagley Scholar, University of Delaware @Anastasia_C_Day (Bio) |
Environment, Agriculture, Industrialization, Mid-Century Corporation, World War II, Food, Consumer Cultures | |
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Paula de la Cruz-Fernández, Cultural Heritage Manager, University of Florida, Founder & Manager, Edita.us LLC, Secretary, Business History Group LLC @cruzmosu (Bio) |
gender and enterprise, Multinational Corporations, Spain, Latin America (Mexico) |
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Nathan Delaney, Case Western Reserve, Ph.D. candidate (Bio) |
Industrialization; Mining and Metals; Futures Markets; International Business; Modern US | |
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Sean Delehanty, Ph.D. Candidate Johns Hopkins University (Bio) |
Management, Financial Economics, Business Schools, Takeovers | |
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Pat Denault, Retired, BHC; Harvard University @PatDenault (Bio) |
Historical editing, digital scholarship | |
| Lynne Pierson Doti, Emeritus Professor of Economics, Argyros School of Business and Economics , Chapman University (Bio) |
Financial, Economic, Business, Entrepreneurial History | ||
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Claire Dunning, Harvard University (Bio) |
Nonprofit Organizations, Cities, the American welfare state. | |
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Anne Fleming, (1980-2020) @AFlemingEsq (Bio) |
Consumer Credit, Commercial Law, bankruptcy, Fringe Lending, Contracts, Poverty | |
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Adam K. Frost, PhD Candidate, Harvard University (Bio) |
History of Capitalism, Modern China, Entreprenuership, Informal Economics | |
| Keiji Fujimura, Doctoral Student, Osaka University, Japan, Adjunct Lecturer, Kobe Gakuin University, Japan, Adjunct Lecturer, Kochi University, Japan (Bio) |
US-Japan Business History, Auto Industry | ||
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Alexi Garrett, Ph.D. Candidate, University of Virginia @AlexiGarrett (Bio) |
Early America, American women's history, history of gender, Slavery, Southern U.S., History of Industrial Research | |
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Valeria Giacomin, Newcomen Fellow, Harvard Business School (Bio) |
emerging markets; colonialism; clusters and districts; agricultural commodities; international trade; entrepreneruship |
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Michela Giorcelli, Ph.D. Candidate, Stanford University (Bio) |
Business Management, Management, History of technology, Technology | |
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Eric Godelier, Professor of Management, Corporate History and Business Anthropology, Ecole Polytechnique, Humanities and Social Sciences department, Ecole Polytechnique , Interdisciplinary research Center on Humanities and Social Sciences, Ecole @EricGodelier (Bio) |
Corporate culture, Managerial Elites, General Business History | |
| Brendan Goff, Assistant Professor, New College of Florida (Bio) |
U.S. international history, Business History, cultural/intellectual history, service clubs and civic culture, gender, urban history, history of advertising and consumer culture | ||
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Brian R. Gold, University of Alberta (Bio) |
Korean, East Asian modern business history | |
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Alejandro Gomez-del-Moral, University Lecturer, University of Helsinki (Bio) |
Consumer Culture, Department Stores, Retailing, Spain, Supermarkets, Sport & Business, Food, gender | |
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Margaret B.W. Graham, Associate Professor of Strategy and Organization, Desautels Faculty of Management, McGill University, Founding Director, Winthrop Group, LLP, Chairman of Governance and Nominating Committee, Pioneer Investments (Bio) |
History of Industrial Research, History of U.S. Entrepreneurship | |
| Rachel Greenfield, Independent Scholar (Bio) |
American women's history, Advertising and Marketing Industries, business and consumption, 1850s-1940s | ||
| Ryan Issa Haddad, University of Maryland (Bio) |
International Trade, Security, Public policy and regulation | ||
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Barbara Hahn, Associate Professor of History, Texas Tech University (Bio) |
History of technology | |
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Shane Hamilton, University of York Management School @ShamiltoShane (Bio) |
Transportation, Agriculture, Risk, Insurance, Capitalism, Technology, Supermarkets, Labor, Agribusiness | |
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Elizabeth Harmon, Lockwood Strategy Lab (Bio) |
Philanthropy, the nonprofit sector, the history of the corporation, the welfare state |