History in Australian and New Zealand Business Schools: The Proceedings of the First AAHANZBS Conference.: Recent submissions
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Should Banking be Left to the Bankers? A Comparison of the Great Depression and the Great Financial Crisis
Published 2009-12-01G.K. Chesterton wrote ‘The Secret People’ in 1915, but his words also express the despair felt by the unemployed in the 1930s, struggling against events outside their control. "They fight us by shuffling papers; they have ...Open AccessConference paper -
Organisational Paths: How History Matters in a Publishing Organisation
Published 2009-12-01Whilst the notion of path dependence features quite prominently in organisation and business history literature, its actual meaning and logic have remained vague and ambiguous. In order to advance a more precise understanding ...Open AccessConference paper -
The History of the US Automobile Industry: A Psychological Inquiry
Published 2009-12-01The US auto industry has been in-and-out of crisis for a number of decades; the question is why? To begin answering this question, the present paper will undertake a case history dating from 1893 (the date of the first ...Open AccessConference paper -
The Concept of Socipe in Societal Planning: An Historical Approach
Published 2009-12-01This paper presents a new theoretical framework that has been explored through historical methods. The Socipe framework combines Podgórecki’s Sociotechnical paradigm with the communication aspects of the diffusion process. ...Open AccessConference paper -
Competition in Retailing: Lessons from the History of Rochdale Consumer Co-operatives in Australia
Published 2009-12-01Rochdale consumer co-operatives have played an integral role in the lives of many people in particular localities in Australia. The Rochdale movement developed in waves in the period prior to the end of World War II, but ...Open AccessConference paper