Contents
Major discounts on key textbooks
Women’s entrepreneurship on Hagley History Hangout
Schildt on AI in qualitative research (OS)
Bucheli reviews The Nationalist Dilemma (JIBP)
1. Major discounts on the Handbook and Encyclopaedia of Management & Organizational History
Edward Elgar is still offering major discounts on the Handbook of Historical Methods for Management (70 per cent!) and the newly released Encyclopaedia of Historical Organization Studies (35 per cent!). They are running out at the end of September, so time to get your copy now!
Handbook discount: HHMM70 redeemable at https://www.e-elgar.com/shop/isbn/9781800883734
Encyclopaedia discount: DEAL35 redeemable at https://www.e-elgar.com/shop/isbn/9781035332922
Don’t forget that if you are an Elgar author, you also get a big discount (normally 50 per cent).
All deal details are available on the Perks page.
2. Hagley History Hangout Podcast - New Episode - She’s The Boss: The Rise of Women’s Entrepreneurship Since World War II with Debra Michals
Tune in here or wherever you find your podcasts: https://www.hagley.org/research/history-hangout-debra-michals
Women own over 40% of businesses in the United States and are responsible for a large majority of new business startups. How did this come to be?
Dr. Debra Michals, associate professor and chair of the humanities department at Merrimack College, answers this question in her book She’s the Boss: The Rise of Women’s Entrepreneurship Since World War II (Rutgers University Press, 2025). Contrary to popular misconceptions about feminism pushing women into business, Michals finds that economic need drove women into business. More surprisingly, Michals finds that sexism and racism increased the numbers of women entrepreneurs by limiting their access to economic resources by other means.
In support of her work Dr. Michals received funding from the Center for the History of Business, Technology, and Society at the Hagley Museum and Library. For more information, and more Hagley History Hangouts, visit us online at hagley.org.
To make a donation underwriting this program and others like it please visit Hagley’s donations page.
3. New OS article on AI in qualitative research
Henri Schildt, who launched his own AI qualitative analysis tool (Skimle) has a piece in Organization Studies making the case for using AI in qualitative analysis. This issue has obviously been highly controversial, and personally, I am not sure I want AI to be involved in my interpretive practice. But with so much negativity around and plenty of situations where you may want to use such tools as first filter, it is worthwhile considering Henri’s point of view:
Schildt, H. (2026). The Case for Artificial Intelligence in Qualitative Research. Organization Studies, 47(9), 1501–1505. https://doi.org/10.1177/01708406261452993
Worth pairing with this other new article:
O’Sullivan, D., & Ravasi, D. (2026). Prompt-making and sensemaking: Using generative artificial intelligence to interpret empirical patterns in qualitative research. Strategic Organization, 14761270261476963. https://doi.org/10.1177/14761270261476963
4. Marcelo Bucheli’s book review of The Nationalist Dilemma
The Journal of International Business Policy continues its series of historical book reviews. I reviewed Stern’s Empire Incorporated a while back, and Marcelo now published his review of a global history economic nationalism in the journal. Check it out:
Bucheli, M. (2026). The nationalist dilemma: A global history of economic nationalism, 1776–present. Journal of International Business Policy. https://doi.org/10.1057/s42214-026-00240-2
5. Forthcoming BAM MBH Publishing Webinar
Last but not least, we are having a brand new publishing webinar coming up - freely available to all BAM members, and doctoral students only pay £20 for annual membership and have access to a wide range of training and events through BAM.
1 October 2026, 10am – 11.30am BST, online
We will be joined by Dr Anastasia Sergeeva, whose research focuses on entrepreneurial reasoning and value-laden aspects of innovating and organizing.
Anastasia is a Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) at the University of Bath School of Management.
Her co-authored article in the Strategic Management Journal is available open access here: https://sms.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/smj.3727. Please read the article in advance of the webinar for an in-depth discussion with the author and other participants.
Register for the event here.
That’s it for Monday. Check out this Friday’s post, asking whether we will still be able to publish literature reviews in the age of AI, and whether Claude Science can replace them.