The proposed special issue invites both empirical research and reflections that draw on and develop the rich legacy of Chandler’s work to help further innovative and impactful scholarship in business history. It aims to encourage researchers to (a) draw on the historical and comparative investigation of firms and industries to answer big questions about epochal change; (b) continue to investigate the evolution and impact of big business from the 19th to the 21st centuries; and (c) engage in cross-disciplinary debates about the possible contributions of business history research to generalization and theory-building.
Submission Instructions
Submission process and schedule: All those interested in publishing a paper in the special issue should email a 500-word abstract to: ChandlerRedux@econ.kyoto-u.ac.jp by 1st May 2024. Authors of selected abstracts will be asked to present at one of the following three workshops. In your submission, please indicate which of these you prefer to attend:
June 28-29, 2024: Kyoto University, Japan [before the AIB conference; organizers will cover accommodation in Kyoto for 3 nights & meals during the workshop].
July 11, 2024: Nova School of Business & Economics, Lisbon, Portugal [before the EBHA Conference]
Online [date to be determined]
Selection and Manuscript Preparation
Following all three workshops, the editors will select 10 or more of the proposed papers, based on their fit as well as the feedback received during the audience discussions. These authors will be asked to prepare a full manuscript by March 2025, with editors providing a first round of comments and suggestions. The revised manuscript will be submitted to external reviewers with revisions expected to be completed in early 2026. We are aiming to have between six or eight papers with sufficiently good reviews to warrant publication after further minor revisions, planning to submit the special issue by the summer/fall of 2026. We would encourage the remaining authors whose papers require more extensive revisions to re-submit them independently to the journal.
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