Description
Join us for our next MBH webinar on publishing historical research in top journals in management and business history! This interactive event will feature scholars who share their experiences of successfully positioning their historical work for key journals. Participants will have the opportunity to learn more about how to develop approaches and strategies for publishing in top journals and build knowledge and skills around how to position historical research in management and business history journals.
We will be joined by Dr Anastasia Sergeeva, whose research focuses on entrepreneurial reasoning and value-laden aspects of innovating and organizing.
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.
Provider Information
BAM Management and Business History Special Interest GroupWho Should Attend?
The event speaks to Sections A1 and A2, as detailed in the BAM Framework.
Speakers
Dr Anastasia Sergeeva
Dr. Anastasia Sergeeva serves as a Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) at the University of Bath School of Management, having previously held a tenured Assistant Professorship at Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University.
Her research agenda grounded in American Pragmatism centers on interpretative understanding of entrepreneurial reasoning and value-laden aspects of innovating and organizing. This work has resulted in publications in top-tier journals, including the Strategic Management Journal, Academy of Management Review, Journal of Business Venturing, and Journal of Management Studies.
Guting Shen
Guting Shen is a PhD student at the University of Birmingham. Her research focuses on Chinese business history and the application of historical methods in management and organisational studies.
Facilitator
Professor Stephanie Decker
Stephanie Decker, FAcSS, is Professor of Strategy at Birmingham Business School. She has contributed substantially to interdisciplinary research that draws on historical knowledge to expand and problematise management knowledge.
This research stream was recognised in the REF 2022 panel report for its contribution to the theoretical sophistication of business history. Her work spans methodological and theoretical issues, as well as empirical research on the role of international business in global contexts that are often underrepresented in business research, such as Africa. She has been joint editor-in-chief of Business History since 2020.
As former Co-Vice Chair for Research & Publications at the British Academy of Management, she has developed BAM’s Open Access strategy to support the continued excellence of our journals, British Journal of Management and International Journal of Management Reviews, as well as supporting the further development of the BAM research grants scheme.
She co-authored the BAM Guide to Decolonising the Business School Curriculum with the BAM Vice Chair for Equality, Diversity, Inclusivity & Respect and continues to champion interdisciplinary research in business, management and beyond.
Dr Nicholas Wong
Dr Nicholas Wong is currently Senior Lecturer in Entrepreneurship at Newcastle Business School, Northumbria University and Deputy Convenor of the Responsible Business Research Group.
Nick is Associate Editor of Business History, Editorial Board Member at Academy of Management Perspectives and Editor of SAGE Business Cases in Business History. He is also Co-Chair of the Management and Business History Division at the British Academy of Management and Treasurer of the Association of Business Historians.
Nick's research is focused on Entrepreneurship, Strategy, Business History and Historical Organisation Studies with numerous studies published on topics including: social entrepreneurship, ethical business practices, modern slavery and family business studies. He has published in, amongst others, Academy of Management Perspectives, Business History, International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior & Research, Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Journal of Management Inquiry, and International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management.
Dr Anna Spadavecchia
Anna Spadavecchia is a Reader in Innovation and Business History at the Hunter Centre for Entrepreneurship, Strategy and Innovation, Strathclyde Business School (Glasgow, UK). She was the Alfred D. Chandler Jr. International Visiting Scholar in Business History at Harvard Business School in 2022–23 and Visiting Professor at Università Ca’ Foscari - Venice School of Management in 2025–26.
Her research focuses on innovation, entrepreneurship, and small business management from both historical and contemporary perspectives. Her work has been published in Business History Review, Industrial and Corporate Change, Journal of Management Studies, Research Policy and Technovation, among other journals. She was awarded the Best International Paper Prize in the Management History Division at the Academy of Management Conference in 2024. Her recent research has been funded by the British Academy-Leverhulme Trust (SRG21/211100).
Benefits of attending
- Develop strategies to publish historical research;
- Build knowledge and skills how to position work for different types of journals;
- Gain deeper insights into review and editorial processes.
Contact
Please contact the BAM Office at [email protected] with any queries.
Event Fee
BAM Members and Student Members: Free
Non-Members: £60
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Registration closes on 30th September 2026 at 23:59 BST