Enterprise and Society

Aims & Scope

Enterprise & Society offers a forum for research on the historical relations between businesses and their larger political, cultural, institutional, social, and economic contexts.

The journal aims to be truly international in scope.

Studies focused on individual firms and industries and grounded in a broad historical framework are welcome, as are innovative applications of economic or management theories to business and its context.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	0.9
2024	0.70

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	8167

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	179

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.695

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	33

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Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Web of Science

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Arts and Humanities and Business, Management and Accounting, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• National Determinants of Family Firm Development? Family Firms in Britain, Spain, and Italy in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries

  Citation: 141

  Authors: Andrea, Paloma Fernández, Mary B.

• Putting the Corporation in its Place

  Citation: 136

  Authors: Timothy, Ron, Naomi R., Jean-Laurent

• Pioneering Modern Corporate Governance: A View from London in 1900

  Citation: 64

  Authors: Leslie

• Neither Modularity nor Relational Contracting: Inter-Firm Collaboration in the New Economy

  Citation: 64

  Authors: Charles F., Jonathan

• Cooperative Networks in the Italian Economy

  Citation: 61

  Authors: Tito, Vera

• Selling the Sewing Machine Around the World: Singer’s International Marketing Strategies, 1850–1920

  Citation: 61

  Authors: Andrew

• Chandler in a Larger Frame: Markets, Transaction Costs, and Organizational Form in History

  Citation: 61

  Authors: Richard N.

• Business Groups and the Big Push: Meiji Japan's Mass Privatization and Subsequent Growth

  Citation: 58

  Authors: Randall, Masao

• “Business Responsibilities in a Divided World”: The Cold War Roots of the Corporate Social Responsibility Movement

  Citation: 58

  Authors: Bert

• Informal Financial Service Institutions for Survival: African Women and Stokvels in Urban South Africa, 1930–1998

  Citation: 57

  Authors: Grietjie

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