Business history

2022-05-31

New book gives the story of Ericsson’s Lean and Agile transformation

”Transforming an organization”, a new book from Business History Publishing, tells the story of how global telecom group Ericsson transformed to a Lean and Agile organization in the early 2010s.

2021-10-07

Lunch webinar: A flourishing market – The history of market gardens in Sweden

Welcome to a conversation about the history of market gardens in Sweden between Inger Olausson, researcher and senior lecturer at the Department of Cultural Conservation, University of Gothenburg, and Anders Houltz, head of research at the Centre for Business History.

2021-09-21

School collaborations: We work with Wikipedia Sweden and the Nordic Museum

In the project “Cultural history as a final high school essay”, we work together with Wikipedia Sweden and the Nordic Museum. The project gives secondary school students hands-on experience in digital source criticism and in how to write fact-based articles on Wikipedia.

2021-06-10

“History of a Company” New episodes on Storytel

Out now: eight brand new episodes of “History of a Company” on audio book provider Storytel, exclusively written by us at the Centre for Business History. Eight new audiobooks that tell stories of companies, about ingenious entrepreneurs, brilliant business ideas and the -not always so straight- path to success.

2020-11-30

Christmas Calendar 2020: Made in Sweden

Do not miss this year’s Christmas calendar on BizStories! There we tell about 24 successful Swedish innovations that have left their mark far beyond Sweden’s…

2017-05-16

ICA SBA 17: Closing remarks from Alexander Husebye & Vrunda Pathare

Close of this conference – and an invite to the next one: 4-6 Dec 2017 in Mumbai.

2017-05-16

ICA SBA 17: Mats Berglund, Stockholm City Council

Mats Berglund of the Stockholm City Council greeted all conerence participants welcome, on behalf of the city of Stockholm.

2017-05-16

ICA SBA 17: Alexander Husebye, Centre for Business History

Alexander Husebye, CEO for the Centre for Business History in Stockholm, and hosts for the ICA SBA 17 conference, welcomes to the conference.

2017-05-16

ICA SBA 17: Alexander Bieri, Roche and SBA

Alexander Bieri, chairman of the SBA Bureau and curator at Roche Historical Archives, opened the ICA SBA 17 conference.

2017-05-16

ICA SBA 17: Andreas Åström, Stockholm Chamber of Commerce

Andreas Åström from the Stock­holm Chamber of Commerce, greeted participants welcome, on behalf of Stockholm businesses and industries.