16th ANNUAL CONFERENCE EBHA AND 1st JOINT CONFERENCE WITH BHSJ

Registration

room 6

EBHA Council meeting

room 7-8

Session 1.F: Raw Materials: A Key Target for International Actors

Room 1

chair: Florence Hachez-Leroy, Université d'Artois and IUF discussant: Espen Storli, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim

› Entering the International Manganese Market. W.A. Harriman's Export Concession in the Soviet Union, 1925-1928: Success and Failure - Boris Shpotov, Institute of World History Russian Academy of Sciences Moscow 14:05-15:30 (1h25)

› Can I Take the Brass Plate Down Now? The Fate of International Mining Firms from 1950. - Simon Mollan, Kevin Tennent, University of York 14:10-15:30 (1h20)

› The Entry of the Rio Tinto Company into the Iron Ore Development in Western Australia - Ayumu Sugawara, Tohoku University 14:15-15:30 (1h15)

Session 1.D: Corporate Social Policy in the 19th and 20th Centuries: Between Local, National and Global Goals

Room 10

Chair: Janette Rutterford, Open University discussant : Nicolas Flamant, SPIE Batignolles

› The Industrial Revolution or when the Enterprise Claims to Be an Ideal Micro-Society - Valérie Baroteaux, EHESS 14:00-15:30 (1h30)

› From Local Stakeholders to a Plurality of Interest Groups. Corporate Social Policy from 1945 till the 1970s - Ute Engelen, Institut für Geschichtliche Landeskunde an der Universität Mainz e.V. 14:05-15:30 (1h25)

› French Influences in Finnish Companies in an Era of Industrial Breakthrough and Modernisation – Société Michelin's Welfare Program and G.A. Serlachius AB in the 1920s and 1930s. - Susanna Fellman, University of Gothenburg 14:10-15:30 (1h20)

› Legitimation and Appeasement at Home and Abroad. Social Accounting in the 1970s and 1980s - Stephanie Hagemann-Wilholt,, Bielefeld University 14:20-15:30 (1h10)

Session 1.C: Competition Policies

Room 11

Chair: Dominique Barjot, Université Paris-Sorbonne, discussant: Bram Bouwens, Utrecht University

› The Control of Cartels in Switzerland during the 20th Century - Alain Cortat - André March - Frédéric Rebmann, Swiss National Science Research Foundation, University of Neuchâtel 14:00-15:30 (1h30)

› The Effects of Cartels on Mergers and Acqusitions: The Long-Term Development in a Selection of Industries in Sweden from the late 1940s to 1980 - Peter Sandberg, University of Gothenburg 14:05-15:30 (1h25)

› Ventures into Competitive Capitalism: A Comparison of the Australian and British Restrictive Trade Practices Registers - Zdravka Brunkova - David K. Round, University of South Australia 14:10-15:30 (1h20)

› Business Attitudes to the Australian Trade Practices Act 1965 and the Secret Register of Agreements - Kerrie Round - Martin P. Shanahan, University of South Australia 14:15-15:30 (1h15)

Session 1.I: Finance and International Investment 1: Expanding Capabilities

Room 14

Chair: Rolv Petter Amdam, BI Norwegian Business School discussant : Ludovic Cailluet, Université du Littoral

› Serving Local Demand and Global Opportunities: Dutch Corporate Finance, 1602-1850 - Abe de Jong, Erasmus University - Joost Jonker, Utrecht University/Amsterdam University - Ailsa Röell, Columbia University 14:00-14:05 (05min)

› From Rome to Europe: “Banco Torlonia” 1829-1863 - Daniela Felisini, University of Rome "Tor Vergata" 14:05-14:50 (45min)

› French Investment in Russia in the Late 19th Century: A Modern Portfolio Theory Explanation - Amir Rezaee, ISG - David Le Bris, Bordeaux Management School 14:10-14:10 ()

Session 1.G: Global and Local in 19th and Early 20th Century's Asia : Western Business Strategies and Asian Networks' Interplay and Rivalry in Treaty Ports

Room 15

Chair: François Gipouloux, CNRS - discussant: Hubert Bonin, Sciences Po Bordeaux

› The Saga of Taxation: Trade and Competition in Late Qing Shantou Treaty Port - Hubert Bonin, Sciences Po Bordeaux 14:00-14:20 (20min)

› Chinese Elite's Invitation to Foreign Powers in 1860-1890 - Hubert Bonin, Sciences Po Bordeaux 14:50-15:10 (20min)

Session 1.E: Alternative Strategies, New Products: Dacia Logan and Fiat

Room 2

Chair: Giandomenico Piluso, Università degli Studi di Siena discussant: Alan McKinlay, Heriot Watt University, Edimburgh

› From the Conception of the Logan to the Development of the Entry Line: The Organizational Conditions behind a Successful Disruptive Innovation - Christophe Midler, Ecole Polytechnique 14:00-15:30 (1h30)

› Producing the Logan: The Forced March of Internationalization for Renault and its Teams - Yannick Lung, Université Montesquieu-Bordeaux IV 14:05-15:30 (1h25)

› The Marketing and Sales of Logan: The Emergence of an Alternative Model - Bernard Jullien, Ecole Normale Supérieure de Cachan 14:10-15:30 (1h20)

› On Strategic Discourses and Intangible Specialisation: Output-Mix Optimisation at Fiat, 1970-2012 - Giuliano Maielli, University of London 14:15-15:30 (1h15)

Session 1.B: Emerging Scholars: Energy

Room 3

Chair-discussant: Christophe Bouneau, Université Bordeaux III

› States at War, Business at Stake: The Question of the Japanese Coal “Embargo” towards China during the Sino-Japanese War (1894-95) - Alexandre Roy, INALCO 14:00-15:30 (1h30)

› The Suez Crisis and Managerial Response: British Petroleum, 1956-1957 - Neveen Abdelrehim - Josephine Maltby , University of York - Steven Toms, University of Leeds 14:10-15:30 (1h20)

› Entrepreneurial Leadership and Financial Strategy of Tonen Corporation within the Global Strategy of Exxon and Mobil, 1970-1990 - Ioka Kayoko, Hitotsubashi University 14:20-15:30 (1h10)

› The Global Competitiveness of Petrochemical Complex in Group Operation from the Formation of Kashima Complex to the Development of RING (Research Association of Refinery Integration for Group-Operation) in Japan - Kazuya Inaba, Yamaguchi University 14:30-15:30 (1h)

Session 1.A: Between Local and Global : Tourism as a Factor of Economic, Technical and Social Transformations. A Comparative Approach (19th-20th centuries)

Room 4

Chair: Philip Scranton, Rutgers University discussant: Catherine Bertho-Lavenir, Université Paris III

› The Importance of Innovation in the Parisian Great Hotel Trade, Mid-19th Century-1914 - Alexandre Tessier, Université François Rabelais, Tours 14:00-15:30 (1h30)

› Trains and Tourism. A Fatal Relation in the Development of Tourism? The Montreux-Oberland-Bernois during the 20th Century - Laurent Tissot, Université de Neuchâtel 14:15-15:30 (1h15)

› Baccarat and Bernardaud: When Heritage Meets Brand Communication - Eugénie Briot, Université Paris-Est – Marne-la-Vallée 15:10-15:30 (20min)

Session 1.H: Hidden Aspects of Internationalization

Room 5

Chair: Holger R. Bungsche, Kwansei Gakuin University discussant : Grietjie Verhoef, University of Johannesburg

› The Dynamics of Ethnic Minority Business in Japan: The Development of the “Pachinko” Pinball Entertainment Industry - Jaehyang Han, University of Tokyo 14:05-15:30 (1h25)

› Evolution of “Design Approved Parts” Suppliers in the Japanese Electronics Industry. The Case of Teikoku Tsushin Kogyo in the 1960s - Yuki Nakajima, Toyo University 14:10-15:30 (1h20)

› New Challenge toward Free-Standing: Free-Standing Company (FSC) Headquartered in One Country but Operated in Another Can Be Non-Profit? - Takeshi Ohtowa - Jinyu A. Kayama, Hiroshima City University 14:25-15:30 (1h05)

Coffee break

Rooms 7-8-9

Reimagining Business History: A Roundtable

Amphithéâtre François Furet

Chair: Robert Boyer, Institut des Amériques

› Reimagining Business History: A Roundtable - Ray Stokes, University of Glasgow - Francesca Polese, Università Bocconi - Claire Lemercier, CNRS - Steve Tolliday, University of Leeds. Responses by Philip Scranton, Rutgers University - Patrick Fridenson, EHESS 16:00-17:30 (1h30)

Break

Rooms 7-8-9

Keynote Speech: Proliferating Markets. The Transnational Trade in Uranium from Africa

Amphithéâtre François Furet

Gabrielle Hecht, University of Michigan

Welcome Reception Sponsored by the Comité d'Histoire de La Poste

Rooms 7-8-9