Editorial

摘要

Welcome to this third issue of Volume 17 of the Journal of Management History (JMH), an issue of people and places, of the public and private sectors, and of practices and pragmatics. Before making some observations about the collection of articles in this issue though, I would be remiss if I did not acknowledge and thank Therese Yeager for her excellent work on JMH 17(2), which was a special issue looking at dimensions of the work of Douglas McGregor - thanks Therese! I also need to introduce an exciting new initiative for JMH, to be led by Karl Moore of McGill University in Canada. In this issue, we see the first of an ongoing series of interviews by Karl Moore with thinkers on management who have distinguished themselves in their respective careers and who are still with us to be able to discuss their lives and ideas. Entitled "The life and times of a senior scholar", the first interview is with Harvard Business School's Baker Foundation Professor, Joseph Bower, who talks about his four-decade tenure at HBS. As the HBS web site informs us, Professor Bower is "An expert on corporate strategy, organization, and leadership, [who] has devoted much of his teaching and research to challenges confronting corporate leaders in today's rapidly changing hyper-competitive conditions". My thanks to Karl for introducing us to this living history contribution.