Welcome to volume 24, no. 1 of Enterprise and Society. In this issue I want to announce some quite significant changes to the editorial team at the journal. First, Per Hansen communicated to me his desire to step down as an associate editor. Per is one of the most original and innovative business historians of recent years, known for his pathbreaking work on financial crises and narratives, among other topics. He is also a former president of the Business History Conference. I deeply value and appreciate Per’s insight and advice, both of which will be sorely missed at the journal. I am very sorry to see Per go, and want to thank him for his many years of service to the journal and the organization. Searching for a replacement, I was delighted when Ai Hisano accepted my invitation to join the remaining associate editors: Shane Hamilton, Andrea Lluch, and Sharon Murphy. Ai has rapidly established herself in the field of international business history, not least through her pioneering work on business and the senses. Welcome to the team, Ai!
At the same time I decided to refresh the editorial board. The journal has significantly expanded its geographical reach in recent years, and I wanted to better reflect that in the membership of the board. The board itself as had thirty-eight members for some time, and sadly two members, Chris Kobrak and Paul Miranti, have passed away in recent years. Members of the board have always served open-ended terms. The time seemed right to introduce terms (of four years, effective for all members from January 2023), increase the size of board to forty, and make some substitutions. We are delighted then to welcome Gustavo del Angel, Jennifer Black, Justene Hill Edwards, Shennette Garrett-Scott, Orsi Husz, Susie Pak, Chinmay Tumbe, Heidi Tworek, Ben Waterhouse, Alexia Yates, Julia Yongue, and Zhaojing Zeng. I am very much looking forward to working with each of them. Such changes necessarily mean rotating several current members off the board. These are never easy choices. Every member of the board has more than earned their place through their distinguished contributions to the field and their dedicated service to the journal and the organization over many years. Nonetheless, I do believe such renewal is necessary from time to time. Those leaving the board at this time are Gerben Bakker, Hartmut Berghoff, Peter Coclanis, Kris Inwood, Geoffrey Jones, Matthias Kipping, Chris McKenna, and Madeleine Zelin. I am deeply appreciative of the work they have done for the journal over the years and extend my thanks to them.
Getting down to business, we are delighted to present no less than eleven full research articles in this issue: a veritable embarrassment of riches spanning centuries, continents, topics, and method, once more demonstrating the rich fecundity of the field.
