Аннотация:The launching of the Dictionary of Business Biography project was first announced in this journal four years ago. 1 1. Business History, 21 (1980). This year sees the publication of the first (A-C) volume of a projected six-volume work by Butterworths, the leading reference book publishers, in association with the London School of Economics' Business History Unit. 2 2. David J. Jeremy (ed.), Dictionary of Business Biography. A Biographical Dictionary of Business Leaders Active in Britain in the Period 1980–1980 Volume I, A-C (London: Butterworths, 1984). The other volumes will cover the surnames D-H, I-N, O-S, and T-Z and will be completed by an Index volume. To mark this event we asked the editor of the Dictionary to stand back from his labours on individual entries and give us an overview of the first volume, and its relation to major debates in business history. This offers a preview of the patterns which emerge from this the first comprehensive historical study of business career patterns in Britain. Editor
