8 articles in this issue
Laura Favero Carraro
Between the end of the seventeenth century and the beginning of the eighteenth the birth and development of a flourishing financial market provided the English stage with a variety of new characters, situations and subjects. Most of the plays were written... see more
Paul E. Orzechowski
This article explores the contributions of George Poulett Scrope and the free bankers to monetary reforms in 1833 through their parliamentarian efforts by exploring Hansard recordings. Scrope joined a group of free bankers in the British Parliament to lea... see more
Pierre-Yves Donzé
This article discusses the dynamics of innovation through a comparative business history of a Swiss watch company and a Japanese watch company. The design and production of quartz watches were major technological elements that enabled Japanese watch compa... see more
James Fowler
A rapid deterioration in British railways’ financial results around 1900 sparked an intense debate about how productivity might be improved. As a comparison it was noted that US railways were much more productive and employed far more detailed statistical... see more
Erik Lakomaa,Richard Wahlund
Decentralization of education has been a recurrent policy debate in many countries. In 1989, the Swedish Parliament decided to transfer the political and economic responsibility for primary and secondary education from the state (the national level) to... see more
Eline Poelmans,Samuel Raisanen,Jason E. Taylor
Over the last two decades a geographically staggered-legalization of marijuana has commenced in the United States. Early-legalizing states may subsequently enjoy a first-mover advantage which will help them stake a long-run foothold in what may evolve int... see more
Khayen Prentice,László Kónya,David Prentice
The question of why the Great Migration from the South did not begin before the 1910s remains open. The empirical significance of laws outlawing emigrant agents, who could have helped African Americans migrate, has not previously been considered. We analy... see more
John Haggerty,Sheryllynne Haggerty
Historians have increasingly been using network and narrative analysis as a means by which to explore their data. By doing so, they are able to explore how actors of interest used their relationships to undertake business and economic endeavors, and how, ... see more