Memorandum & WCBH Committee
In 2023, the Initiative Groupe, together with the business history organizations - the BHC, the BHSJ and the EBHA - adopted a memorandum that regulates the governance of the world congresses with immediate effect. The first committee was set up in accordance with these rules.
WCBH Committee
The WCBH Committee shall be an international consultative body acting as a governing body solely for the purpose of organizing the WCBH and shall not have a permanent secretariat, budget, registered office, or governing law.
Members of the WCBH Committee (since 2024)
Name & Region
Affiliation
Marina Moskowitz (BHC)
Heidi Tworek (BHC)
Takashi Shimizu (BHSJ)
Andrea Lluch (Latin America)
Gustavo del Angel (Latin America)
Adoracion Alvaro-Moya (EBHA)
Andrea Schneider-Braunberger (EBHA)
Simon Mowatt (New Zealand)
Shakila Yacob (Malaysia)
Chinmay Tumbe (India)
John Wong (China)
Jooyoung Kwak (Korea)
Heidi Tworek (BHC)
Takashi Shimizu (BHSJ)
Andrea Lluch (Latin America)
Gustavo del Angel (Latin America)
Adoracion Alvaro-Moya (EBHA)
Andrea Schneider-Braunberger (EBHA)
Simon Mowatt (New Zealand)
Shakila Yacob (Malaysia)
Chinmay Tumbe (India)
John Wong (China)
Jooyoung Kwak (Korea)
University of Wisconsin
University of British Columbia
University of Tokyo
CONICET (National Scientific and Technical Research Council, Argentina) and Universidad de los Andes (Colombia)
Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas
CUNEF University
Gesellschaft für Unternehmensgeschichte
Auckland University of Technology
Sunway University
Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad
The University of Hong Kong
Yonsei University
University of British Columbia
University of Tokyo
CONICET (National Scientific and Technical Research Council, Argentina) and Universidad de los Andes (Colombia)
Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas
CUNEF University
Gesellschaft für Unternehmensgeschichte
Auckland University of Technology
Sunway University
Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad
The University of Hong Kong
Yonsei University
Governance
For the purpose of the academic development of the field of Business History, related organizations and individuals shall organize The World Congress of Business History (WCBH) in accordance with this Memorandum.
The WCBH is an academic meeting which has no fixed organizing body, permanent secretariat, budget, registered office, or governing law besides this Memorandum and the “WCBH Committee” as an international voluntary organization under it.
The WCBH shall be held at intervals of three to five years, with a different venue each time.
The full text of the Memorandum can be downloaded here Memorandum World Congress of Business History
The WCBH is an academic meeting which has no fixed organizing body, permanent secretariat, budget, registered office, or governing law besides this Memorandum and the “WCBH Committee” as an international voluntary organization under it.
The WCBH shall be held at intervals of three to five years, with a different venue each time.
The full text of the Memorandum can be downloaded here Memorandum World Congress of Business History