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Business Enterprise and Globalization: Towards a Transnational Business History

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 August 2017

Marten Boon
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Abstract

Transnational history emerged strongly as globalization intensified in the 1990s, questioning national historiographies and creating new research agendas. Business history has not been part of this, but recent calls within the field to engage more visibly and authoritatively with debates on the history of globalization warrant a closer inspection of transnational history. The article draws on key concepts from transnational history and discusses their application in the work of, among others, Sven Beckert, Jessica Lepler, Stephanie Decker, Ray Stokes, and Michael Miller. The article argues that transnational history provides opportunities to increase business history's engagement with the history of globalization.

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globalizationmethodologymultinational enterprisetransboundary formationstransnational history
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Business History Review , Volume 91 , Special Issue 3: A Special Issue on Methodologies , Autumn 2017 , pp. 511 - 535
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Copyright © The President and Fellows of Harvard College 2017 

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