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Working Papers

2008

1. Internationalising to create Firm Specific Advantages: Leapfrogging strategies of U.S. Pharmaceutical firms in the 1930s and 1940s & Indian Pharmaceutical firms in the 1990s and 2000s
   MERIT Working Papers, United Nations University - Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (MERIT) View citations (1)
2. Revisiting the psychic distance paradox: international retailing in China in the long run (1840-2005
   Economics Discussion Papers, Department of Economics, University of Reading View citations (4)
   See also Journal Article Revisiting the psychic distance paradox: International retailing in China in the long run (1840-2005), Business History, Taylor & Francis Journals (2009) View citations (4) (2009)

2007

3. Democratizing Luxury and the Contentious 'Invention of the Technological Chicken' in Britain
   Economics Discussion Papers, Department of Economics, University of Reading View citations (3)
   See also Journal Article Democratizing Luxury and the Contentious “Invention of the Technological Chicken” in Britain, Business History Review, Cambridge University Press (2009) View citations (2) (2009)
4. The Chicken, the Factory Farm and the Supermarket: the Emergence of the Modern Poultry Industry in Britain
   Economics Discussion Papers, Department of Economics, University of Reading View citations (2)
5. Weetman Pearson in Mexico and the Emergence of a British Oil Major, 1901-1919
   Economics Discussion Papers, Department of Economics, University of Reading View citations (1)
   See also Journal Article Weetman Pearson in Mexico and the Emergence of a British Oil Major, 1901–1919, Business History Review, Cambridge University Press (2010) View citations (3) (2010)

2002

6. "Best-advice" and the "true" mortgate term. Actuaries' endowment advice principles revisited
   ICMA Centre Discussion Papers in Finance, Henley Business School, University of Reading View citations (1)
7. The True Distortions in the With Profits Market "If disclosure is not the problem, then more information is not the answer"
   ICMA Centre Discussion Papers in Finance, Henley Business School, University of Reading

Journal Articles

2025

1. Green entrepreneurship in UK foods and the emergence of the alternative meat sector: Quorn 1965–2006
   Business History, 2025, 67, (7), 1877-1903
2. Structure and meaning in strategic paradoxes: Exploring historical context in the emergence of agrifood standards
   Business History, 2025, 67, (2), 608-628
3. The role of governing boards in building legitimacy for new entrepreneurial ventures in host markets: a systematic literature review
   International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business, 2025, 55, (7), 1-36

2021

4. Small business and poverty: evidence from post-Soviet cities
   Regional Studies, 2021, 55, (5), 921-935 View citations (6)
5. The complementarity perspective to the entrepreneurial ecosystem taxonomy
   Small Business Economics, 2021, 56, (2), 723-738 View citations (9)

2019

6. Technology Transfer in the Interwar U.S. Pharmaceutical Sector: The Case of E. Merck of Darmstadt and Merck & Co., Rahway, New Jersey
   Enterprise & Society, 2019, 20, (3), 613-651 View citations (1)

2016

7. Collective financing among Chinese entrepreneurs and department store retailing in China
   Business History, 2016, 58, (3), 364-377

2015

8. ‘Doctor, Doctor...’ entrepreneurial diagnosis and market making
   Journal of Institutional Economics, 2015, 11, (3), 601-621 View citations (2)

2014

9. Creativity and Growth in: Edmund Phelps (2013), Mass Flourishing. How Grassroots Innovation Created Jobs, Challenge and Change
   International Journal of the Economics of Business, 2014, 21, (2), 255-260
10. Made in Italy. Made in Britain. Quality, brands and innovation in the European poultry market, 1950-80
    Business History, 2014, 56, (7), 1057-1083
11. Transformations of Retailing in Europe after 1945. Edited byRalph Jessen andLydia Langer. Farnham: Ashgate, 2012. xvi + 234 pp. Figures, illustrations, tables, notes, index. Cloth, $124.95. ISBN: 978-1-4094-2444-4
    Business History Review, 2014, 88, (4), 842-844

2013

12. Art and Science in Breeding: Creating Better Chickens. By Margaret E. Derry. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2012. 281 pp. Illustrations, bibliography, notes, index. Cloth, $65.00. ISBN: 978-1-4426-4395-6
    Business History Review, 2013, 87, (2), 393-394

2012

13. Globalisation and the evolution of international retailing: A comment on Alexander's ‘British overseas retailing, 1900--1960’
    Business History, 2012, 54, (4), 529-541 View citations (1)

2011

14. The veterinary medicine industry in Britain in the twentieth century
    Economic History Review, 2011, 64, (3), 832-854 View citations (2)

2010

15. Weetman Pearson in Mexico and the Emergence of a British Oil Major, 1901–1919
    Business History Review, 2010, 84, (2), 275-300 View citations (3)
    See also Working Paper Weetman Pearson in Mexico and the Emergence of a British Oil Major, 1901-1919, Economics Discussion Papers (2007) View citations (1) (2007)

2009

16. Democratizing Luxury and the Contentious “Invention of the Technological Chicken” in Britain
    Business History Review, 2009, 83, (2), 267-290 View citations (2)
    See also Working Paper Democratizing Luxury and the Contentious 'Invention of the Technological Chicken' in Britain, Economics Discussion Papers (2007) View citations (3) (2007)
17. Internationalization and technological leapfrogging in the pharmaceutical industry
    Industrial and Corporate Change, 2009, 18, (2), 295-323 View citations (27)
18. Revisiting the psychic distance paradox: International retailing in China in the long run (1840-2005)
    Business History, 2009, 51, (3), 383-400 View citations (4)
    See also Working Paper Revisiting the psychic distance paradox: international retailing in China in the long run (1840-2005, Economics Discussion Papers (2008) View citations (4) (2008)

2008

19. Editors' Introduction: Business History and the Middle East: Local Contexts, Multinational Responses—A Special Section of Enterprise & Society
    Enterprise & Society, 2008, 9, (4), 631-636

2007

20. Revisiting the Emergence of the Modern Business Enterprise: Entrepreneurship and the Singer Global Distribution System
    Journal of Management Studies, 2007, 44, (7), 1064-1077 View citations (6)

2006

21. Selling the Sewing Machine Around the World: Singer’s International Marketing Strategies, 1850–1920
    Enterprise & Society, 2006, 7, (2), 266-314 View citations (10)
22. Walter A. Friedman. Birth of a Salesman: The Transformation of Selling in America. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 2004. 356 pp. ISBN 0-674-01298-4, $27.95
    Enterprise & Society, 2006, 7, (2), 408-410

2003

23. Foreign Multinationals and Innovation in British Retailing, 1850-1962
    Business History, 2003, 45, (1), 80-100 View citations (2)
24. The Emergence Of Modern Marketing: Internation Dimensions
    Business History, 2003, 45, (1), 1-5 View citations (1)

2000

25. David J. Jeremy, ed. Religion, Business and Wealth in Modern Britain. London: Routledge, 1998. vii + 195 pp. ISBN 0-415-16898-8, $85.00
    Enterprise & Society, 2000, 1, (3), 622-624
26. Foreign Direct Investment in British Retailing, 1850-1962
    Business History, 2000, 42, (2), 43-62 View citations (1)

1999

27. Pioneering Foreign Direct Investment in British Manufacturing
    Business History Review, 1999, 73, (3), 394-429 View citations (2)

1994

28. Enterprise and Culture: Jewish Immigrants in London and New York, 1880–1914
    The Journal of Economic History, 1994, 54, (2), 430-432

Chapters

2005

1. Entrepreneurship and Historical Explanation
   Palgrave Macmillan