Oral History and Business in the Global South

Oral History and Business in the Global South

18-19 MARCH 2024
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All classroom sessions will take place in Chao Center classroom 340
Breakfast, lunch, and breaks will take place in the Chao Center, third floor lounge.
The reception and dinner on the evening of March 18 will take place in the Yi Ren room in Chao Center.

MAR 18
8:10 Rideshare to HBS will depart the Hyatt Regency Cambridge
8:30-9:25

Conference Registration and Continental Breakfast

9:25-9:30

Introduction

9:30-11:00

Session 1: New Approaches to Building and Using Oral Histories


Convenor: Susie Pak (St. John’s University)
- Sudev Sheth (Lauder Institute, University of Pennsylvania) “Unconventional Sources”
- Anders Sjöman (Centre for Business History in Stockholm) “Saving Business History as a Business”
- Brent Benson & Maxim Harrell (Harvard Business School) “Generative AI Tools for Oral History Exploration”
11:00-11:15

Coffee Break

11:15-12:45

Session 2: Employing Oral History in Research


Convenor: Kwelina Thompson (Harvard Business School)
- Devin DeCiantis (Lansberg Gersick Advisors/Harvard) “Organizational Resilience of Family Enterprises”
- Zhaojin Zeng (Texas A&M University-San Antonio) “The Politics of Doing Oral History in China”
- Meg Rithmire (Harvard Business School) “Using Interviews in Research on State-Business Relations”
12:45-1:30

Lunch

1:30-3:00

Session 3: Gender Dynamics through Oral Histories in Business


Convenor: Mary Yeager (UCLA)
- Andrea Lluch (CONICET, Argentina and UniAndes, Colombia) “Insights on Female Entrepreneurship in Latin America”
- Paula de la Cruz-Fernández (University of Florida) “Estoy, in the right place”
- Gabriela Recio (Business History Group) “Navigating a Male-Dominated Business Culture”
3:00-3:30

Coffee Break

3:30-5:00

Session 4: Oral History and the Creation of Knowledge in Africa

Convenor: John Macomber (Harvard Business School)
- Antoinette Handley (University of Toronto) “Africa’s Business Elites: Changing Perceptions of Power”
- Laurent Béduneau-Wang & Majda Soumane (Mohammed VI Polytechnic University) “Ethnography and Oral History in Morocco”
- Marlous van Waijenburg (Harvard Business School) “Capturing African Histories and Experiences”

5:30-7:45

Reception and Dinner

Yi Ren room, Chao Center

7:45 Rideshare to Hyatt Regency Cambridge will depart from HBS
MAR 19
8:10 Rideshare to HBS will depart the Hyatt Regency Cambridge
8:30-9:00

Continental Breakfast

9:00-10:30

Session 5: Employing Oral History in Teaching


Convenor: Tarun Khanna (Harvard Business School)
- Chinmay Tumbe (Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad) “Best Practices for Oral History Teaching and Collection Development”
- Sudev Sheth (Lauder Institute, University of Pennsylvania) “Teaching Global Leadership”
- Arianne Evans (Harvard Graduate School of Education) “Incorporating Oral History into High School Pedagogy”
10:30-10:45

Coffee Break

10:45-12:15

Session 6: Oral History and the Creation of Knowledge in Latin America


Convenor: Marcel Anduiza (Harvard Business School)
- Andrea Lluch (CONICET, Argentina and UniAndes, Colombia) “Managing Businesses in Unstable Contexts”
- Marcelo Bucheli (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) “Political Uncertainties in Emerging Markets”
- Miguel A. López-Morell & Bernardo Bátiz-Lazo (Universidad de Murcia & Northumbria University) “Digital Conquistadors”
12:15-12:45

Lunch

12:45-1:45

(Optional) Behind the Scenes: Tour of Baker Library Special Collections & Archives

Contact Information

If you are interested in

attending, please contact:

Maxim Pike Harrell mpikeharrell@hbs.edu