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Seminars & International Programs

Business History Seminar, Fall 2009

This fall the Business History Seminar will have the theme of "Varieties of Capitalism: A Business History Perspective." The seminar will be held from 3:30 to 5:00, in Baker Library 101, on the following Mondays:

Oct. 19, David Soskice, Duke University

Oct. 26, William Lazonick, University of Massachusetts, Lowell

Nov. 2, R. Bin Wong, UCLA

Nov. 9, Martin Iversen, Copenhagen Business School

"Scandinavian Capitalism: challenges and opportunities of the varieties of capitalism model"

Nov. 16, Cathie Jo Martin, Boston University

The Business History Seminar is organized by Walter Friedman, Geoffrey Jones, and Gunnar Trumbull.

Fellman, Susanna; Iversen, Martin Jes; Sjögren, Hans og Thue, Lars: Creating Nordic Capitalism - The Development of a Competitive Periphery. Palgrave Macmillan, 2008 more about the book >

A SPECIAL ISSUE ON SCANDALS AND PANICS With an introduction by Per H. Hansen

	This September from MIT Press: Communications Under the Seas The Evolving Cable Network and Its Implications Edited by Bernard Finn and Daqing Yang Contributors: Jorma Ahvenainen, Robert Boyce, Bernard Finn, Pascal Griset, Daniel R. Headrick, Jeff Hecht, Peter J. Hugill, Kurt Jacobsen, David Paull Nickles, Jonathan Reed Winkler, Daqing Yang

Seminars Fall 2009

Heide, Lars: Punched—Card Systems and the Early Information Explosion. 1880–1945 John Hopkins University Press 2009 Early punched cards helped to process the United States census in 1890. They soon proved useful in calculating invoices and issuing pay slips. As demand for more sophisticated systems and reading machines increased in both the United States and Europe, punched cards served ever—larger data—processing purposes. Insurance companies, public utilities, businesses, and governments all used them to keep detailed records of their customers, competitors, employees, citizens, and enemies. Lars Heide presents the first academic study of the invention that fueled today's information revolution: the punched card.

Center for Business History
Porcelænshaven 18A
DK-2000 Frederiksberg
DENMARK

Tel: +45 3815 3630

Fax: +45 3815 3635

Director: Kurt Jacobsen

Director of the centre: Kurt Jacobsen

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