Using digital sources: the future of business history?

Nix, Adam; Decker, Stephanie

doi:10.1080/00076791.2021.1909572

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“…It may combine new sources with new methods of text analysis. For example, Nix and Decker (2021) identify and explore semantic themes from quantitative analysis of Enron email and phone call transcript data and qualitative analysis of digital archives of interviews with entrepreneurs. These examples from business historians highlight how mixed methods may overcome the limitations of both non-digital and digital archives.…”

Section: Mixed Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…With the rise of digital archives since the mid-1990s, the number of quantitative economic history studies has increased (Edwards et al, 2018). Yet a number of authors have noted the paucity of quantitative accounting history studies (e.g., Carnegie and Napier, 2017), which are also reflected in business history (hypothesis testing being an exception (Nix and Decker, 2021). Access to digital and other new sources may provide the backdrop for remedying these identified limitations.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Innovation in accounting historiography: Where to from here?

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The world is facing difficult, uncertain and challenging times, which have consequences for accounting practice, education and research. This new and uncertain environment may lead us to conclude that accounting research should focus on the present and develop answers to be implemented in the future. Does this mean that accounting history must be put aside for the moment? We start from the position that accounting history continues to matter and that accounting history researchers have developed their perspectives and methodological and theoretical approaches considerably since the early 1990s in terms of diverse fields and topics of research. This article aims to explore how accounting history research can expand by seeking innovation in theories, sources, methodologies and writing. It demonstrates that accounting history is not static and researchers can contribute to its further recognition and dissemination. Through the innovative study of the past, researchers may continue to contribute to new and informed ways for the world to be managed and governed.

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Section: Mixed Methodsmentioning

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Innovation in accounting historiography: Where to from here?

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“…Even the cost that is not small is an obstacle to the digitization process. However, Nix & Decker (2021) saw that it could be a business opportunity. Seeing the future of digital history can bring history to exist longer in the world of academics and practitioners.…”

Section: How Are the Current State Of Digital History And Digital His...mentioning

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Digital History and Archives as Learning Media Towards Transformative Education in the Post-Pandemic Era

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2022

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The end of the 20th century was marked by euphoria over the development of internet technology such as the world wide web, which brought changes to scientific development including accessibility of historical sources and its use. This shift supports new adaptations as well as challenges conventional archival models, while opening opportunities for these digitized documents in history learning. However, the conversion or digitization of archives in Indonesia is slow, let alone its use for education, especially history education. This paper will take some experiences from countries that have digitized archives and adapt them in the history learning process as a real-world real-time experience. Two countries, the Netherlands and Australia, will be compared to see how they implement these strategies and how Indonesia can adopt a similar model for it. Further, five teacher candidates were involved as informants in interviews regarding their effort to incorporate digital historical sources in the learningfrom-home activities. A qualitative approach was used to see the extent to which the readiness of technical and non-technical aspects of the implementation of real-world and real-time-experience learning model in history education. While the review shows how promising the digital history and historical sources in the developed countries is, Indonesia is not ready enough for its usage due to some issues. These challenges will be discussed further. Keywords: digital history, real

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“…We now briefly reflect on the nature of the archival sources of our investigation while conscious of the growing interest of historians to make explicit their protocols to collect and analyze data as well as to address concerns on the selection and survival of business records (e.g. Decker, 2013Decker, , 2014Nix and Decker, 2021;Perchard et al, 2017;Smith and Umemura, 2018;Thomas et al, 2017).…”

Section: Archival Sourcesmentioning

confidence: 99%