The brokers of globalization: towards a history of business associations in the international arena

Eichenberger, P., Rollings, N. and Schaufelbuehl, J. M. (2023) The brokers of globalization: towards a history of business associations in the international arena. Business History, 65(2), pp. 217-234. (doi: 10.1080/00076791.2022.2112671)

Abstract

This article is the introduction to the special issue looking at organised business in the international arena to gain better understanding of the role of this group of actors. The international strategies of national business interest associations and transnational business interest associations have largely been overlooked by business historians with a focus on multinational enterprise and global historians studying international organisations and international non-governmental organisations. The article explores in broad terms the historical development of these actors, their representation in the existing literature – historical as well as political and social scientific – before turning to some new research perspectives and the contributions of the articles in the special issue to this research agenda.

• Item Type: Articles
• Status: Published
• Refereed: Yes
• Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: Rollings, Professor Neil
• Authors: Eichenberger, P., Rollings, N., and Schaufelbuehl, J. M.
• College/School: College of Social Sciences > School of Social and Political Sciences > Economic and Social History
• Journal Name: Business History
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• ISSN: 0007-6791
• ISSN (Online): 1743-7938
• Published Online: 20 September 2022
• Copyright Holders: Copyright © 2022 The Authors
• First Published: First published in Business History 65(2): 217-234
• Publisher Policy: Reproduced under a Creative Commons License