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CRMA logo2010 CRMA Business History Conference

7-10 July 2010, Adelaide

 
The CRMA held its inaugural Business History Conference on UniSA's City West Campus, from 7 July to 9 July 2010.

Business History Research in the CRMA


The Conference was a forum to showcase the latest in business history research from distinguished scholars currently studying the field.

Plenary sessions were given by the following invited speakers:

Bram Bouwens, Utrecht University, "Business in the Netherlands during the Twentieth Century: a Sequence of Collusive Practices"

Susanna Fellman, University of Helsinki, "Government, Interest Groups and Competition Policy: the Case of a Small Corporatist Economy"

Joost Dankers, Utrecht University, "Business in the Netherlands During the Twentieth Century: Competition and Institutions"

Leslie Hannah, London School of Economics, "Lessons from the 1930s for Government Policies toward Business: a US-UK Comparison"

Will Hausman, College of William and Mary, "Donor Policies, Industry Structure, and the Global Allocation of Electrification Aid, 1970-2000"

Stephen Morgan, Nottingham University, "Managerial Knowledge in China before 1949 - A Bibliometric Exploration"

Tetsuji Okazaki, University of Tokyo, "Interbank Networks in Pre-War Japan: Structure and Implications"

Peter Sandberg, University of Gothenburg, "The Cartel Registration and the Evolution of the Swedish Competition Policy in the Post-War Period"

Philip Scranton, Rutgers University, "Mastering Failure: Technological/Organizational Challenges in British and American Military Jet Propulsion, 1943-1957"

Grietjie Verhoef, University of Johannesburg, "Globalisation of Conglomerates: Explaining the Experience from South Africa, 1990-2009"

Simon Ville, University of Wollongong & David Merrett, University of Melbourne, "Cartels and Industry Associations in Australian Wool Marketing"

 

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Mr Alister Haigh, CEO of Haigh's Chocolates, delivered the after-dinner address at the Conference dinner on 8 July. Haigh's Chocolates is the oldest family-owned chocolate manufacturing retailer in Australia, and was founded in 1915 by Alister Haigh's great-grandfather, Alfred.  Mr Haigh will speak about the history of the company and how it has successfully met the challenges of family ownership and a changing business climate over nearly one hundred years. 



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