Join us for the first 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.
For our first event, we will be joined by Prof Natalya Vinokurova, who has published in a range of leading management and business historical journals, including Strategic Management Journal and Enterprise & Society.
In this webinar, we will discuss her most recent publication in SMJ on the Financial Crisis, which is available open access here: https://sms.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/smj.3732
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 Natalya Vinokurova
Dr Natalya Vinokurova is an associate professor of management at the College of Business at Lehigh University. Natalya’s research focuses on understanding problems of innovation diffusion. Her research has been published in top academic journals and won numerous awards, including the Philip B. Scranton Prize for Best Article in Enterprise & Society, the Most Novel Research Award from the Behavioral Strategy Division of the Strategic Management Society, and the first prize from the Industry Studies Association for her dissertation.
Natalya is also the recipient of multiple teaching awards and was selected as the top 40 business school professors under 40 by Poets&Quants. She currently serves on the editorial boards of Business History and Organization Science and as a trustee of the Business History Conference. Before academia, she worked as a management consultant and an analyst at Capital One.
Facilitator
Professor Stephanie Decker
Stephanie Decker, FAcSS, is Professor of Strategy and Deputy Dean 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 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 Decolonizing 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
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 7th January 2026 at 23:59 GMT