President:
Bram Bouwens, Utrecht University, Netherlands (retires 2027)
Bram Bouwens is researcher at the Department of History and Art History of Utrecht University. He published widely on competition and concentration especially on business interest associations, cartels, mergers and acquisitions. He participated in the Dutch business history project that focused on the Varieties of Capitalism during the 20th century. The results of this research project were published in several articles and books (see for example: K. Sluyterman (ed.), Varieties of Capitalism and Business History; Routledge 2015) In commissioned research projects Bram wrote studies on the history of the paper and board industry, Heineken, Tata Steel and very recently a book on Royal Dutch Airlines (KLM). In 2018 he co-edited (with Takafumi Kurosawa and Pierre-Yves Donzé the volume Industries and global competition; a history of business beyond borders (Routledge).
