Publications
Selected publications
- The winds of change and the end of the Comprador System in the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (Journal article - 2015)
- A LBV perspective on political risk management in a multinational bank during the First World War (Journal article - 2016)
- Prospects for a Transparency Revolution in the Field of Business History (Journal article - 2018)
- Confucian Entrepreneurship: Towards a Genealogy of a Conceptual Tool (Journal article - 2019)
- Historicizing Modern Slavery: Free-Grown Sugar as an Ethics-Driven Market Category in Nineteenth-Century Britain (Journal article - 2020)
- Using Versus Excusing: The Hudson's Bay Company's Long-Term Engagement with Its (Problematic) Past (Journal article - 2020)
- Historical Narratives and the Defense of Stigmatized Industries (Journal article - 2022)
- Sowing the Seeds of a Future Crisis: The SEC and the Emergence of the Nationally Recognized Statistical Rating Organization (NRSRO) Category, 1971–1975 (Journal article - 2021)
2025
Firms as Quasi-Traditions: The Moral Backbone of Social Legacy
Burton, N., Sinnicks, M., Hedley, C., Discua Cruz, A., Wong, N. D., & Smith, A. (2025). Firms as Quasi-Traditions: The Moral Backbone of Social Legacy. Academy of Management Perspectives. doi:10.5465/amp.2023.0296
How do firms manage ethically-contested organisational paradoxes? Insights from two historical case studies of modern slavery
Wong, N. D., Smith, A., Discua Cruz, A., Burton, N., & Charalambous, E. (2025). How do firms manage ethically-contested organisational paradoxes? Insights from two historical case studies of modern slavery. Business History, 67(2), 629-657. doi:10.1080/00076791.2024.2442337
2024
Bourdieusian capital conversion during crises of socio-political legitimacy: Sponsorship of the arts by Barclays Bank, 1972 to 1987
Jones, I. G. G., Wong, N. D. D., Herrero, M., & Smith, A. (2022). Bourdieusian capital conversion during crises of socio-political legitimacy: Sponsorship of the arts by Barclays Bank, 1972 to 1987. BUSINESS HISTORY. doi:10.1080/00076791.2022.2151587
How do speaker characteristics influence use of rhetorical history? Insights from text mining analysis of discourse about Brexit
Smith, A., Cole, M., & Küsters, A. (2024). How do speaker characteristics influence use of rhetorical history? Insights from text mining analysis of discourse about Brexit. Management & Organizational History, 19(4), 249-281. doi:10.1080/17449359.2024.2436377
The employee representation plan movement in the United States 1913–1935: The attempted legitimation of novel organizational forms
Smith, A. D. A., & Tennent, K. D. (2024). The employee representation plan movement in the United States 1913–1935: The attempted legitimation of novel organizational forms. Economic and Industrial Democracy. doi:10.1177/0143831x241276945
2023
Informal Institutions as Inhibitors of Rent-Seeking Entrepreneurship: Evidence From US Legal History
Smith, A., & Brownlow, G. (2022). Informal Institutions as Inhibitors of Rent-Seeking Entrepreneurship: Evidence From US Legal History. ENTREPRENEURSHIP THEORY AND PRACTICE. doi:10.1177/10422587221134926
The defence of cosmopolitan capitalism by Sir Charles Addis, 1914-1919: A microhistorical study of a classical liberal banker in wartime
Smith, A., & Umemura, M. (2023). The defence of cosmopolitan capitalism by Sir Charles Addis, 1914-1919: A microhistorical study of a classical liberal banker in wartime. In International Business, Multi-Nationals, and the Nationality of the Company (pp. 180-198). Routledge. doi:10.4324/9781003459187-9
Process-tracing historical research methods in management
Smith, A. (2023). Process-tracing historical research methods in management. In Handbook of Historical Methods for Management (pp. 188-199). Edward Elgar Publishing. doi:10.4337/9781800883741.00021
2022
The defence of cosmopolitan capitalism by Sir Charles Addis, 1914-1919: A microhistorical study of a classical liberal banker in wartime
Smith, A., & Umemura, M. (2020). The defence of cosmopolitan capitalism by Sir Charles Addis, 1914-1919: A microhistorical study of a classical liberal banker in wartime. Business History. doi:10.1080/00076791.2020.1726891
Historical Narratives and the Defense of Stigmatized Industries
Smith, A., Wong, N. D., Sorensen, A. R., Jones, I., & Coraiola, D. M. (2022). Historical Narratives and the Defense of Stigmatized Industries. JOURNAL OF MANAGEMENT INQUIRY, 31(4), 386-404. doi:10.1177/10564926211019481
The rejection of industrial democracy by Berle and Means and the emergence of the ideology of managerialism
Smith, A., Tennent, K., & Russell, J. D. (2022). The rejection of industrial democracy by Berle and Means and the emergence of the ideology of managerialism. ECONOMIC AND INDUSTRIAL DEMOCRACY, 43(1), 98-122. doi:10.1177/0143831X19883683
2021
Sowing the Seeds of a Future Crisis: The SEC and the Emergence of the Nationally Recognized Statistical Rating Organization (NRSRO) Category, 1971–1975
Smith, A., & Wright, R. E. (2021). Sowing the Seeds of a Future Crisis: The SEC and the Emergence of the Nationally Recognized Statistical Rating Organization (NRSRO) Category, 1971–1975. Business History Review, 1-26. doi:10.1017/s0007680521000106
Research Handbook on the History of Corporate and Company Law
Smith, A. (2021). Research Handbook on the History of Corporate and Company Law. BUSINESS HISTORY, 63(3), 521-522. doi:10.1080/00076791.2018.1558520
Ambiguous decolonisation: a postcolonial reading of the IHRM strategy of the Burmah Oil Company
Abdelrehim, N., Ramnath, A., Smith, A. D. A., & Popp, A. (2018). Ambiguous decolonisation: a postcolonial reading of the IHRM strategy of the Burmah Oil Company. Business History. doi:10.1080/00076791.2018.1448384
2020
Rhetorical History, Historical Metanarratives, and Rhetorical Effectiveness
Smith, A. D. A. (2020). Rhetorical History, Historical Metanarratives, and Rhetorical Effectiveness. In Time, Temporality, and History in Process Organization Studies (pp. 259-277). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/oso/9780198870715.003.0014
Historicizing Modern Slavery: Free-Grown Sugar as an Ethics-Driven Market Category in Nineteenth-Century Britain
Smith, A. D. A., & Johns, J. (2020). Historicizing Modern Slavery: Free-Grown Sugar as an Ethics-Driven Market Category in Nineteenth-Century Britain. Journal of Business Ethics, 166, 271-292. doi:10.1007/s10551-019-04318-1
Using Versus Excusing: The Hudson's Bay Company's Long-Term Engagement with Its (Problematic) Past
Van Lent, W., & Smith, A. D. (2020). Using Versus Excusing: The Hudson's Bay Company's Long-Term Engagement with Its (Problematic) Past. JOURNAL OF BUSINESS ETHICS, 166(2), 215-231. doi:10.1007/s10551-019-04320-7
Market Rules: Bankers, Presidents, and the Origins of the Great Recession
Smith, A. (2020). Market Rules: Bankers, Presidents, and the Origins of the Great Recession. JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC HISTORY, 80(2), 623-625. doi:10.1017/S0022050720000182
Lady Aberdeen and the British origins of multiculturalism in Canada
Shaw, A., & Smith, A. (2020). Lady Aberdeen and the British origins of multiculturalism in Canada. BRITISH JOURNAL OF CANADIAN STUDIES, 32(1-2), 3-22. doi:10.3828/bjcs.2020.2
2019
Confucian Entrepreneurship: Towards a Genealogy of a Conceptual Tool
Smith, A. D. A., & Kaminishi, M. (2019). Confucian Entrepreneurship: Towards a Genealogy of a Conceptual Tool. Journal of Management Studies, 57(1), 25-56. doi:10.1111/joms.12439
The Use of Historical Analogy in the 2017 Parliamentary Debates on the Future of Post-Brexit Commonwealth Trade
Eaton, M. O., & Smith, A. D. (2019). The Use of Historical Analogy in the 2017 Parliamentary Debates on the Future of Post-Brexit Commonwealth Trade. POLITICAL STUDIES REVIEW. doi:10.1177/1478929919875377
Perceiving the Present by Means of the Past: Theorizing the Strategic Importance of Corporate Archives
van Lent, W., & Smith, A. D. (2019). Perceiving the Present by Means of the Past: Theorizing the Strategic Importance of Corporate Archives. In STRATEGIC RESPONSIVENESS AND ADAPTIVE ORGANIZATIONS: NEW RESEARCH FRONTIERS IN INTERNATIONAL STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT: EMERALD STUDIES IN GLOBAL STRATEGIC RESPONSIVENESS (pp. 97-110). doi:10.1108/978-1-78973-011-120191007
2018
Varieties of capitalism and the corporate use of history: the Japanese experience
Smith, A. D. A., & Donzé, P. -Y. (2018). Varieties of capitalism and the corporate use of history: the Japanese experience. Management and Organizational History.
Religiosity, Emotional States, and Strategy in the Family Firm: Edm. Schluter & Co Ltd., 1953-1980
Smith, A. D. A., Popp, A., & Wong, N. (2018). Religiosity, Emotional States, and Strategy in the Family Firm: Edm. Schluter & Co Ltd., 1953-1980. Entreprises et Histoire. doi:10.3917/eh.091.0098#xd_co_f=OThjYjFkODYtMzA3Yy00MjgwLTkxNmUtMTFmMGZjNTIxMThj~
Prospects for a Transparency Revolution in the Field of Business History
Smith, A., & Umemura, M. (2018). Prospects for a Transparency Revolution in the Field of Business History. Business History, 61(6), 919-941. doi:10.1080/00076791.2018.1439019
Adolf Berle’s Critique of US Corporate Interests in the Caribbean Basin
Russell, J., Smith, A., & Tennent, K. D. (2017). Adolf Berle’s Critique of US Corporate Interests in the Caribbean Basin. In A History of Socially Responsible Business, c.1600–1950 (pp. 243-270). Springer International Publishing. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-60146-5_10
Historical Geographies of Interdisciplinarity: McGill University's Caribbean Project
Greer, K., Hemsworth, K., Farish, M., & Smith, A. (2018). Historical Geographies of Interdisciplinarity: McGill University's Caribbean Project. Historical Geography, 46(1), 48-78. doi:10.1353/hgo.2018.0025
2017
Learning to Use the Past: the Development of a Rhetorical History Strategy by the London Headquarters of the Hudson's Bay Company
Smith, A. D. A., & Simeone, D. (2017). Learning to Use the Past: the Development of a Rhetorical History Strategy by the London Headquarters of the Hudson's Bay Company. Management and Organizational History.
Uniting business history and global environmental history
Smith, A., & Greer, K. (2017). Uniting business history and global environmental history. Business History, 59(7), 987-1009. doi:10.1080/00076791.2017.1338688
2016
The Routledge Companion to Business History
Wilson, J. (2016). The Routledge Companion to Business History. Routledge. doi:10.4324/9780203736036
Introduction
Mollan, S., Smith, A., & Tennent, K. D. (2016). Introduction. doi:10.4324/9781315680750-7
The Impact of the First World War on International Business
Smith, A., Tennent, K., & Mollan, S. (Eds.) (2016). The Impact of the First World War on International Business. Routledge. doi:10.4324/9781315680750
The Use and Abuse of Environmental Knowledge: A Bloomington School Interpretation of the Canadian Fisheries Act of 1868
Smith, A. D. A. (2016). The Use and Abuse of Environmental Knowledge: A Bloomington School Interpretation of the Canadian Fisheries Act of 1868. REVIEW OF AUSTRIAN ECONOMICS, 29(2), 139-161. doi:10.1007/s11138-014-0296-2
A LBV perspective on political risk management in a multinational bank during the First World War
Smith, A. (2016). A LBV perspective on political risk management in a multinational bank during the First World War. MULTINATIONAL BUSINESS REVIEW, 24(1), 25-46. doi:10.1108/MBR-09-2015-0045
Toward polyphonic constitutive historicism: a new research agenda for management historians
Smith, A., & Russell, J. (2016). Toward polyphonic constitutive historicism: a new research agenda for management historians. MANAGEMENT & ORGANIZATIONAL HISTORY, 11(2), 236-251. doi:10.1080/17449359.2015.1115742
The Industrial Organization of Hong Kong's Progression Toward a Cashless Economy (1960s-2000s)
Batiz-Lazo, B., & Smith, A. (2016). The Industrial Organization of Hong Kong's Progression Toward a Cashless Economy (1960s-2000s). IEEE ANNALS OF THE HISTORY OF COMPUTING, 38(2), 54-65. doi:10.1109/MAHC.2016.15
2015
The winds of change and the end of the Comprador System in the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation
Smith, A. (2015). The winds of change and the end of the Comprador System in the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation. Business History, 58(2), 179-206. doi:10.1080/00076791.2015.1041379
A nation of small shareholders: marketing Wall Street after World War II
Smith, A. (2015). A nation of small shareholders: marketing Wall Street after World War II. BUSINESS HISTORY, 57(4), 639-640. Retrieved from https://www.webofscience.com/
2014
The development of American finance
Smith, A. (2014). The development of American finance. BUSINESS HISTORY, 56(7), 1196-1197. doi:10.1080/00076791.2013.828432
A successful British MNE in the backyard of American big business: Explaining the performance of the American and Canadian subsidiaries of Lever Brothers 1888-1914
Smith, A. D. A. (2014). A successful British MNE in the backyard of American big business: Explaining the performance of the American and Canadian subsidiaries of Lever Brothers 1888-1914. BUSINESS HISTORY, 56(2), 135-160. doi:10.1080/00076791.2012.745064
Globalization and Canadian business history
Smith, A. D. A., Anastakis, D., & Smith, A. (Eds.) (2014). Globalization and Canadian business history. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. Retrieved from http://www.utppublishing.com/
Introduction smart globalization: The Canadian business and economic history experience
Smith, A., & Anastakis, D. (2014). Introduction smart globalization: The Canadian business and economic history experience. In Smart Globalization: The Canadian Business and Economic History Experience (pp. 3-30).
Smart globalization: The Canadian business and economic history experience
Smith, A., & Anastakis, D. (2014). Smart globalization: The Canadian business and economic history experience.
2013
Finance, politics, and imperialism: Australia, Canada and the City of London, c.18961914
Smith, A. (2013). Finance, politics, and imperialism: Australia, Canada and the City of London, c.18961914. BUSINESS HISTORY, 55(2), 323-325. doi:10.1080/00076791.2012.716720
Patriotism, Self-Interest and the ‘Empire Effect’: Britishness and British Decisions to Invest in Canada, 1867–1914
Smith, A. (2013). Patriotism, Self-Interest and the ‘Empire Effect’: Britishness and British Decisions to Invest in Canada, 1867–1914. The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History, 41(1), 59-80. doi:10.1080/03086534.2013.762155
2012
Comparative Responses to Globalization
Umemura, M., & Fujioka, R. (Eds.) (2013). Comparative Responses to Globalization. In . Palgrave Macmillan UK. doi:10.1057/9781137263636
The City of London, British Ethnic and National Identities, and Investment Decisions in the Anglophone New World, 1860â1914
Smith, A. (Ed.) (n.d.). The City of London, British Ethnic and National Identities, and Investment Decisions in the Anglophone New World, 1860â1914. In Comparative Responses to Globalization. Palgrave Macmillan. doi:10.1057/9781137263636.0009
2011
Canada's entrepreneurs from the fur trade to the 1929 stock market crash
Smith, A. D. A., & Ross, J. A. (Eds.) (2011). Canada's entrepreneurs from the fur trade to the 1929 stock market crash. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. Retrieved from http://www.utppublishing.com/
Les entrepreneurs canadiens, du commerce des fourrures au krach de 1929
Smith, A. D. A., & Ross, J. A. (Eds.) (2011). Les entrepreneurs canadiens, du commerce des fourrures au krach de 1929. Québec: Presses de l'Université Laval.
2009
Thomas Bassett Macaulay and the Bahamas: Racism, Business and Canadian Sub-imperialism
Smith, A. (2009). Thomas Bassett Macaulay and the Bahamas: Racism, Business and Canadian Sub-imperialism. JOURNAL OF IMPERIAL AND COMMONWEALTH HISTORY, 37(1), 29-50. doi:10.1080/03086530902757696
2008
British businessmen and Canadian confederation: constitution-making in an era of Anglo-globalization.
Smith, A. D. A. (2008). British businessmen and Canadian confederation: constitution-making in an era of Anglo-globalization.. Montréal: McGill-Queen's University Press.
2007
The Reaction of the City of London to the Quebec Resolutions, 1864-1866
Smith, A. (2007). The Reaction of the City of London to the Quebec Resolutions, 1864-1866. Journal of the Canadian Historical Association, 17(1), 1-24. doi:10.7202/016100ar