This introduction must begin with an apology. The final issue of each volume typically opens with an introduction that has several important functions. Most important of these is to acknowledge the work and contributions of the outgoing President and of the Krooss Prize finalists. However, events conspired against me and I was not able to finish my introduction on time for inclusion in the issue. My apologies then, first of all, to Mary O’Sullivan, whose Presidential Address, entitled “The Intelligent Woman’s Guide to Capitalism,” is a true tour de force. It was thrilling to listen to Mary present this paper at the Baltimore meeting in Spring 2018 and it is a thrill to now be able to publish it in the pages of Enterprise and Society.

My second apology goes to Krooss Prize finalists Claire Dunning (“Outsourcing Government: Boston and the Rise of Public–Private Partnerships”), Rachel Gross (“From Buckskin to Gore-Tex: Consumption as a Path to Mastery in Twentieth-Century American Wilderness Recreation”), and Mircea Raianu (“The Incorporation of India: The Tata Business Firm between Empire and Nation, c. 1860 – 1970”). Between them, these finalists again demonstrated the health of our discipline, each displaying thematic and conceptual innovation combined with great rigor and quality. Rachel Gross was a very deserving winner. As ever, we wish all three of our finalists great success as their careers develop.

As is normal, a full slate of research articles appeared alongside the Presidential Address and the Krooss Prize summaries, taking us from twentieth-century America to sixteenth-century Venice via North Wales and Malaysia. This current issue is similarly packed. Most excitingly we carry a special section on the relationship between oral history and business history organized by Robert Crawford and Matthew Bailey. The section, comprising six papers, explores various conceptual, methodological, and empirical dimensions to employing oral history methods in business history research and will, I hope, constitute a stimulating and very useful resource. In addition, we are delighted to publish five full research articles, each firmly planted in European soil, from Hungary to Britain via Italy and pan-European perspectives.

The completion of last year’s volume marked the end of my first full terms as Editor-in-Chief of Enterprise and Society. I am proud and honored that the Print Media Oversight Committee of the Business History Conference has invited me to undertake a second term in the role. I look forward to continuing to serve the organization and you, our readership. Finally, I want to end as tradition dictates by thanking all those that make the work we do at the journal possible: the Editorial Board; our Associate Editors Shane Hamilton, Per Hansen, Sharon Murphy, and Andrea Lluch, as well as Reviews Editor Betsy Beasley; all those involved at Cambridge University Press, especially Diane Davis and Brian Mazeski; and last but very definitely not least, Carol Lockman at Hagley. Finally, we must thank our referees. Without their diligence, application, and insight, our work would be impossible. Enterprise and Society is lucky to be served by an outstanding roster of scholars. Those assisting E&S between September 2017 and August 2018 included:

Neveen Abdelreheim

Daniel Abramson

Stephen Adams

Michael Aldous

Khairudin Aljunied

Daniel Amsterdam

Dmitry Anastakis

Tim Armstrong

Gerben Bakker

Emily Baum

Jonathan Bean

Sharon Beder

Matthew Bellamy

Hartmut Berghoff

Daniel Biltereyst

Veronica Binda

Rachel Bowlby

Emily Buchnea

Susan Burns

Ludovic Cailluet

Andrew Case

Catherine Casson

Mark Casson

Mar Cebrian

Brent Cebul

Martin Chick

Erik Christiansen

David Clampin

Howard Cox

Josh Davis

Gabi Dei-Ottati

Jennifer Delton

Paolo DiMartino

Bartow Elmore

Pierre van de Eng

Alexander Engel

Lars Engwall

Gail Fenske

Javier Fernandez-Roca

Robert Fitzgerald

Anne Fleming

Nick Foster

Michael French

Michael Funke

Raul Garcia-Heras

Shennette Garrett-Scott

Maartje van Gelder

Nikolas Glover

Richard Goddard

Andrew Godley

George Gonzalez

John Haggerty

Sheryllynne Haggerty

Barbara Hahn

Thomas Haigh

Kristin Hall

Pierre-Cyrille Hautcoeur

Lars Heide

Michael Heller

David Higgins

Eric Hilt

Janet Hunter

Meg Jacobs

Richard John

Emily Kadens

Michael Keevak

Monica Kenely

Mark Latham

Joseph Lane

John Lee

Claire Lemercier

Daniel Levinson-Wilk

Miguel López-Morell

Manuel Llorca-Jana

Niall MacKenzie

Giuliano Maielli

Silvia Marzagali

Rory Miller

Robert Millward

Louise Miskell

Simon Mollan

Ellen Mølgaard

Joe Moran

Mads Mordhorst

Stephen Morgan

Marina Moskowitz

Alistair Mutch

Christine Myrvang

Clara Pafort-Overduin

Panikos Panayi

Robin Pearson

Andrew Perchard

Cedric Perrin

Kim Phillips-Fein

John Quail

Aparajith Ramnath

Ian Read

Gideon Reuveni

Giorgio Riello

Alberto Rinaldi

Emma Robertson

Mark Rose

Christine Rosen

Tirthankar Roy

Anita Rupprecht

Karen Ryder

Antonio Santamaria

Thomas Scheiding

Harm Schröter

Ben Schwantes

Stefan Schwartzkopf

Jerome Sgard

Martin Shanahan

Steven Sheehan

Andrea Smith

Kendra Smith-Howard

Laurent Tissot

Francesca Trivellato

Dominique Tobbell

Jim Tomlinson

Behlül Üsdiken

Sean Vanatta

Lee Vinsel

Ben Waterhouse

Gerarda Westerhuis

Nicholas White

Lesley Whitworth

Mark Wilson

Mary Yeager