Clio in the business school: Historical approaches in strategy, international business and entrepreneurship

On the back of recent and significant new debates on the use of history within business and management studies, we consider the perception of historians as being anti-theory and of having methodological shortcomings; and business and management scholars displaying insufficient attention to historica...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published inBusiness history Vol. 59; no. 6; pp. 904 - 927
Main Authors Perchard, Andrew, MacKenzie, Niall G., Decker, Stephanie, Favero, Giovanni
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Liverpool Routledge 18.08.2017
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Subjects
Business schools
Entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurship education
Historians
Historical perspectives
History
International business
methodology
strategy
Online AccessGet full text

Cover

More Information
Summary:On the back of recent and significant new debates on the use of history within business and management studies, we consider the perception of historians as being anti-theory and of having methodological shortcomings; and business and management scholars displaying insufficient attention to historical context and privileging of certain social science methods over others. These are explored through an examination of three subjects: strategy, international business and entrepreneurship. We propose a framework for advancing the use of history within business and management studies more generally through greater understanding of historical perspectives and methodologies.
ISSN:0007-6791
1743-7938
DOI:10.1080/00076791.2017.1280025