2017
DOI: 10.1017/s0007680517001015
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Business Enterprise and Globalization: Towards a Transnational Business History

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, Jes… Show more

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“…As this information is not available in electronic format or on the internet, we obtained it by conducting archival research on the texts of those sources. In doing so, we follow Boon (), who highlights the importance of using archival sources from the host country when analyzing the operations of MNCs to reduce the “metropolitan bias” in information created by Western powers or multilateral agencies. When possible, we were careful at selecting more than one source to build these individuals' biographical information.…”
Section: Methodology Data and Sourcesmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…As this information is not available in electronic format or on the internet, we obtained it by conducting archival research on the texts of those sources. In doing so, we follow Boon (), who highlights the importance of using archival sources from the host country when analyzing the operations of MNCs to reduce the “metropolitan bias” in information created by Western powers or multilateral agencies. When possible, we were careful at selecting more than one source to build these individuals' biographical information.…”
Section: Methodology Data and Sourcesmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The social context of how Malayan producers sought ways to expand the use of tin also requires a transnational approach. This opens space to explain how actors in similar colonial space but in different regions, connected and cooperated with each other to transform the image of a global commodity (Boon, 2017). This approach has not been thoroughly explored, as historians analyzing consumption of commodities continue to study JHRM 15,2 it as if it were standalone units separated according to territories and nations (Trentmann, 2012).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%