Enterprise and Society Advance Access published online on April 2, 2008
Enterprise and Society, doi:10.1093/es/khn001
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Editor's Introduction
Editor-in-Chief, Enterprise & Society
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In presenting the first Enterprise & Society issue I have helped assemble as Editor, Id like to express my appreciation for the exemplary accomplishments of my two predecessors: Ken Lipartito, who has just "retired," and Will Hausman, our founding editor. Starting in 1998–1999, Will led our organizing group through the complicated transition from an annual publication (Business and Economic History, based on the BHC's yearly meetings) to a quarterly journal with refereed articles and numerous book reviews. It was my privilege to assist him as E&S's initial book review editor. Will's experience and tough-mindedness, honed through guiding many BEH volumes into print, proved invaluable. When Will announced his intention to step aside to create space for new leadership after Volume 4, I happened to be BHC president and thus became a member of the search committee that recommended Ken's appointment to the Trustees. Over the next four years, Ken