Recent Events
Recent events organised by the Centre for Contemporary Business History and Society
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Double Whisky: two seminar papers on the business history of whisky
This seminar aims to talk about two papers covering the Scotch Whisky industry and its business history.
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The Recipe to Sweet Success. Competitive Advantages in a Chocolatier Family Dynasty, 1797 – 1936
This seminar aims to unravel a success story in family business history, while engaging with debates in business and management research through the application of corporate strategy tool frameworks.
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'The Courtship of Seven Million Married Women': Direct sales in late-twentieth century Britain & Fair Shares? Women Stockbrokers in Britain since the 1880s - Dr Amy Edwards & Professor James Taylor
Women as home sales reps and women as investors
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Tenants of time and context: localised Discourses as constraint on and resource for culture change as a management lever - Dr Marian Iszatt-White
An historical perspective on cultural change in organisations
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Brokers in Turbulent Economies: Trust in Flux
The role of merchant banks' agents as 'network brokers'
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‘The Very Latest, Modom’
Marketing gas to the British public between the wars
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Combining risky banking and doing good for the local community
Can financial institutions help their local communities and stay secure?