The Prospects for Collaborative Research in Business History
这篇主席演讲回顾了商业史领域50年来的主题演变，探讨了商业史学者之间以及与相关领域同事和学生合作研究的潜在收益，并指出了特别适合合作研究的领域，如比较或跨国分析、口述历史项目和数据科学技术的应用。
After reflecting on the thematic evolution of business history as a field over the past 50 years, this revised presidential address invites readers to consider the potential payoffs of expanding the contexts in which business historians work together on research projects, as well as with colleagues from cognate fields and with students. In addition to charting the steady growth in collaborative research among business historians since 2000, the essay also identifies areas that especially lend themselves to this mode of historical inquiry, including comparative or transnational analysis that requires detailed knowledge of multiple societies, the development of oral history projects, and the use of data science techniques. It concludes by exploring the advantages of incorporating interdisciplinary research teams into curricular structures, using the example of the Bass Connections program at Duke University.