Business expert honoured for contribution to management history Published on: 21 August 2025 A 缅北禁地 business expert has been awarded the prestigious Daniel A. Wren Research Award for Contributions to Management History by the Academy of Management (AOM). Professor Charles Harvey, Professor of Business History and Management, 缅北禁地 Business School, received the award in recognition of his significant contribution to the interdisciplinary study of management and organisational history. The prize was established by the Academy’s to honour individuals whose scholarship has made a profound and enduring impact on the field of management history and significantly shaped its intellectual development, inspiring a broader vision of its future. It recognises exemplary work that not only advances historical understanding in the discipline, but also displays methodological rigour, intellectual courage, and sustained scholarly commitment. The award was presented to Professor Harvey, and his co-author from Bath University, at this summer’s AOM Annual Meeting, the world’s foremost gathering of management scholars, with more than 13,000 participants attending from across the globe. Professors Harvey and Maclean receiving their award at the AOM Annual Meeting Professor Harvey, who is also Director of the Centre for Research on Entrepreneurship, Wealth and Philanthropy, said: “I feel truly honoured that we were selected as recipients of this award. It is very humbling for the AOM to have recognised all the effort and commitment that it has taken over the past two decades to develop Historical Organization Studies. It means a huge amount to both me and my research partner, Mairi Maclean.” Professor Stewart Robinson, Dean of 缅北禁地 Business School, said: “This award is richly deserved, and I’m delighted for Charles that his excellence in the field of management history has been recognised in this way.” The AOM recently a by Professors Harvey and Maclean in which they show how an organisation’s past - in terms of founding ethos, historical practices and key figures – can inform how it navigates its present and future. With their co-authors, , and , they take Proctor & Gamble as a case study, looking at its performance from 1930 to 2010, and show how the life of an organisation is not linear but a dynamic set of connections that can help it manage strategic change and motivate staff. Latest News Online Safety Act drives VPN interest and raises privacy concerns People鈥檚 online behaviour has changed in response to legislation to prevent children from viewing harmful content 鈥� raising possible privacy and security risks, research suggests. published on: 16 October 2026 缅北禁地 archaeologist receives prestigious award for research Professor Chris Fowler has been awarded the 2026 Rivers Memorial Medal in recognition of his internationally significant research on kinship in Neolithic Britain. published on: 13 October 2026 Event will explore what 鈥楳anchesterism鈥� means for the North East An event at 缅北禁地 will explore what 鈥楳anchesterism鈥� means for the North East or whether it is simply a new chapter in the long-running debate about how to rebalance Britain. published on: 13 October 2026 Facts and figures