Enron is mostly known for its accountancy fraud. But it was also investigated for its market manipulation and gaming strategies in the California energy market at the start of the millennium. This article analyzes Enron's activities from the perspective of organizational corruption, and how it developed inter-organizational networks to facilitate its gaming strategies. The article is published open access in Business History review: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0007680521001008 .

This episode is also available as a blog post: http://orghist.com/2022/12/13/new-ohn-podcast-article-enron-and-the-california-energy-crisis/

This is a summary of a new book published in the International Business History series by Routledge.

This episode is also available as a blog post: http://orghist.com/2022/11/30/new-book-postcolonial-transition-and-global-business-history-routledge-2022/

This episode is also available as a blog post: http://orghist.com/2022/11/16/new-audio-article-available-finding-light-in-dark-archives/

The article is available open access here: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00146-021-01369-9 

Call for Papers. This episode is also available as a blog post: http://orghist.com/2022/07/25/si-cfp-microhistory/

The Call for Papers for the EBHA annual conference 2023. This episode is also available as a blog post: http://orghist.com/2022/11/01/ebha-2023-the-relevance-of-business-history/

Audio version of the Call for Papers. This episode is also available as a blog post: http://orghist.com/2022/11/11/abh2023-pushing-the-boundaries/

This is the audio version of the article: Introducing the Eventful Temporality of Historical Research into International Business. By Stephanie Decker. Published in Journal of World Business in 2022. For the full OA version go to: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1090951622000712 

Published with a CC-BY Open Access license.

This is the video abstract for my new article in JWB: 

Stephanie Decker (2022) Introducing the Eventful Temporality of Historical Research into International Business, Journal of World Business 57,6 .

Highlights

• Historical methods contribute to greater plurality in international business.
• They can enable research into phenomena that are difficult to observe or access.
• They provide a richer and contextually sensitive understanding of institutions.
• Historical accounts focus on events as key elements of long-run processes.