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Christopher McKenna

Reader in Business History & Strategy, Saïd Business School, University of Oxford, Fellow & Tutor, Brasenose College, University of Oxford


Professional Firms, Corporate Governance, Management History, Strategy, White Collar Crime
Business Historians at Business Schools
Service to the BHC
Krooss Dissertation Prize Committee 2017 - 2020 [Chair 2018 - 2019]
Program Committee 2013 - 2014
Grants and Prizes Committee 2010 - 2013 [Chair 2011 - 2012]
Print Media Oversight Committee 2005 - 2008 [Chair 2007 - 2008]
Board of Trustees 2005 - 2008

Prizes and Grants from the BHC
Harold F. Williamson Prize, 2016
Hagley Prize in Business History, 2007
Herman E. Krooss Prize for Best Dissertation in Business History, 2001

Recent Conference Participation
2026 BHC Meeting: Presenter, Roundtable Presentation
2025 BHC meeting: Presenter, "“Whistle While You Work” The Rise of Labor Protections for Exposing Corporate Misconduct"
Chair, Modern Multinationals
Discussant, Boundary Maintenance in U. S. Business, 1830-1980
2024 BHC Meeting: Chair, Corruption, Capitalism, and Fraud in 19th-Century America
Discussant, Corruption, Capitalism, and Fraud in 19th-Century America
2023 BHC Meeting: Presenter, "#MeToo: Reimagining the History of Sexual Harassment in Business History"
Chair, Profiteers Go Global
Discussant, Profiteers Go Global
2021 BHC Virtual Meeting: Presenter, "Light Fingers and Visible Hands: Deploying Fidelity Guarantee Insurance to Curb Employee Theft"
2020 BHC Meeting: Presenter, "Collaboration in Researching and Teaching the Global History of Capitalism at Oxford"

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