Session proposal / Call for Papers – “Quantitative Business History” European Business History Association 2022 Congress, Madrid, June 22-24, 2022

2022-01-24

Session proposal / Call for Papers – “Quantitative Business History” European Business History Association 2022 Congress, Madrid, June 22-24, 2022

The Revista de Historia Industrial-Industrial History Review would like to invite you to submit a paper proposal for a session at the forthcoming European Business History Association Congress (Madrid, June 22-24, 2022). The theme of the session is Quantitative Business History. It will be organized by Veronica Binda (Bocconi University) and Anna Spadavecchia (Hunter Centre for Entrepreneurship, University of Strathclyde).

This workshop aims to discuss and assess:

  • the current diffusion and typology of quantitative methods in the discipline;
  • the aims and purposes that these methods serve vis-à-vis research questions that are not suited to quantitative analysis;
  • how the discipline has been impacted by the diffusion of quantitative methods in relation to cognate disciplines, such as economic history, management and business studies;
  • updates to the existing literature on this topic, which has previously considered only leading British and American journals.

We thus especially welcome contributions which can broaden and enrich the current body of work on this topic. These include theoretical articles and original empirical contributions based on a diverse range of quantitative methods.

Publication in a Special Issue

After a process of double-blind review, to be carried out after the congress, five of the accepted papers will be selected for a Special Issue of the Revista de Historia Industrial – Industrial History Review edited by Veronica Binda and Anna Spadavecchia, scheduled to be published in 2023. The remaining contributions, if accepted in the peer review process, can be published in regular issues of the journal.

Deadlines

  • Applicants should submit an abstract of no more than 500 words outlining their proposal and a short CV by February 28, 2022 to Veronica Binda (veronica.binda@unibocconi.it) and Anna Spadavecchia (anna.spadavecchia@strath.ac.uk).
  • Applicants will be informed of the outcome of the selection process by March 15, 2022.
  • Participants to the RHI-IHR Session at EBHA Congress 2022 will have to follow the registration process established by the organizers of the Conference.
  • The congress paper, or a long abstract of 2000 words, should be sent by May 15, 2022.
  • The final version of the manuscripts for the Special Issue review process must be sent by September 30 2022.

Call for Papers in PDF here.

The Editorial Board of the Revista de Historia Industrial – Industrial History Review