📢 Call for Papers – Business and Cities in the Global Economy (Business History)
From colonial ports to modern financial hubs, cities have driven global business for centuries, organizing trade, finance, migration, and innovation across borders.
This special issue invites research from all world regions, especially under-represented areas such as Africa, Latin America, Southeast Asia, Japan, and beyond.
We welcome contributions that trace how urban settings shaped business, finance, migration, real-estate investment, infrastructure, informality, and resilience across time and space.
🗓️ Abstract deadline: 15 April 2026
My work with Matteo Calabrese on Luxembourg's specialization into mutual funds and its consequential rise as a tax avoidance and financial hub is featured HERE
It was a pleasure to interview Professor Prados de la Escosura from Carlos III University in Madrid for the Dondena podcast series, Dondena Decode. In this episode Prof. de la Escosura talks about the meaning of economic freedom, human wellbeing, inequality and much more.
Find it at Dondena Decode, Episode 6.
Check out my Substack Newsletter where historical research meets real-world relevance. HERE
Check out my 2018 oral history interview with RSPO Chairman and Historical personality of the Malaysian Palm Oil Industry for the CEM Project at Harvard Business School. HERE
My piece for HBS working knowldge and Forbes. HBS Working Knowledge, and Forbes in 2017.