For more than 15 years we've organized 1) the history of business: industries, companies, executives, products/services, economics, scandals, business fiction and 2) essential books on management: investing, financing, operating decisions into the largest multimedia collection of business and management history available, organized by subject, company, year and author.

Business History Books is an information and education resource - invaluable for business histories and management titles - in print or out of print. It is a labor of love and passion,  begun 15 years ago by a guy with an MBA from the University of Chicago, an MLS from St. John's University (NY), author of 2 published business books (contributor to a 3rd), founder of the business journalism program at Boston University School of Communication and years of work on Wall Street.

It became apparent that college seniors, interviewing for jobs at brokerage firms, hadn't read anything about those firms in particular or the history of Wall Street in general (even though it was their chosen field) - not that they weren't interested. They just didn't know what to read, how much material might be available or how much time it might take to find out. Answering those questions  led to many hours in the business library at NYU's Stern Graduate School of Business.

The effort led to a greater awareness of Wall Street's fascinating history and to the producing of an expansive bibliography on it used at Georgetown University. It also sparked a passion and excitement for histories of all businesses, regardless of industry. They are 'Studies in Enterprise', as Lorna Daniells wrote (former head of the Reference Department and Business Bibliographer at Baker Library, Harvard Business School). They are also testament to human creativity, passion, perseverance - and customers!

Business History is a 'stealth' topic. Few colleges or graduate business schools have specific courses in business history vs. economic history. Library catalogs do not make clear the corresponding association between authors/subjects and their respective companies/industries. Web portals with a history focus or history links never address business history as a separate and distinct entry.

Business History Books strives to shine a brighter light on this facet of history.