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Business History: A Cultural and Narrative Approach

Part of: Henrietta Larson Award Winner

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2013

Per H. Hansen
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This article argues that a cultural and narrative perspective can enrich the business history field, encourage new and different questions and answers, and provide new ways of thinking about methods and empirical material. It discusses what culture is and how it relates to narratives. Taking a cultural and narrative approach may affect questions, sources, and methodologies, as well as the status of our results. Finally, a narrative approach may contribute to our historical understanding of entrepreneurship and globalization.

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Business History Review , Volume 86 , Issue 4 , Winter 2012 , pp. 693 - 717
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Copyright © The President and Fellows of Harvard College 2012

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