Sunday 16 and Monday 17 March 2014 in Frankfurt/Main, Germany The globalization of business has changed the landscape of academic inquiry into business activities. Business historians around the world engage in extensive research on the Business History of local economies, of regional economies and in many instances in the global operations of business. An initiative was launched in September 2012 to bring together Business Historians from around the world in a conference on World Business History in 2014. The focus is the global scope of Business History as it is practiced around the world today. With attention on as many countries around the globe, the World Conference on Business History will focus on the exciting and new research in Business History as practiced in many countries of the world, in as many regions of the world and on all continents comprising the globe. The growing presence of Business History research in emerging economies and developing regions makes it imp
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