A2 Review article, Literature review, Systematic review
Strategy and business history rejoined : How and why strategic management concepts took over business history (2022)
Lamberg, J.-A., Ojala, J., & Gustafsson, J.-P. (2022). Strategy and business history rejoined : How and why strategic management concepts took over business history. Business History, 64(6), 1011-1039. https://doi.org/10.1080/00076791.2020.1856076
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Publication details
All authors or editors: Lamberg, Juha-Antti; Ojala, Jari; Gustafsson, Jan-Peter
Journal or series: Business History
ISSN: 0007-6791
eISSN: 1743-7938
Publication year: 2022
Volume: 64
Issue number: 6
Pages range: 1011-1039
Publisher: Routledge
Publication country: United Kingdom
Publication language: English
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/00076791.2020.1856076
Publication open access: Openly available
Publication channel open access: Partially open access channel
Publication is parallel published (JYX): https://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/73902
Abstract
Scholars at the intersection of business history and strategic management have argued for the relevance and importance of historical methods in the study of strategic management of organizations. We flip this argument and ask about the role of strategic management concepts in the study of business history. We analyze volumes of Business History and Business History Review and a representative sample of business history books using a comprehensive set of keywords, each related to a specific sub-discourse in strategic management. Our results show that as scientific communities, business history and strategic management have become increasingly similar in their conceptual overlap. This study contributes further nuance to the understanding of intellectual change across scientific communities, and the role of business history in the rise of management and organizational history.
Keywords: historical research; economic history; leadership (activity); strategic leadership; corporate strategies; research methods; research history; methodology; concept analysis; scientific communities; sociolinguistics
Free keywords: Business history; strategic management; scientific communities; sociolinguistic analysis; management history
Contributing organizations
Related projects
- Learning from the past for the future:
A historical perspective on industrial and strategic change- Lamberg, Juha-Antti
- Research Council of Finland
Ministry reporting: Yes
VIRTA submission year: 2023
JUFO rating: 2
