Steve Jones

After a short career in the Merchant Navy, Stephen Jones read for a degree in Economics at the London School of Economics, specialising in Modern Economic History. He subsequently completed a PhD that examined the growth of a Midlands hardware firm during the Industrial Revolution.

Stephen has taught at the Universities of Dundee, Iowa, Lancaster and Auckland, being head of the Department of Economics and Director of the Centre for Business History at the latter. He has also spent time as visiting research fellow at the Australian National University, the University of Otago and Auckland University of Technology.

His research concentrates on the operations of firms and markets and his publications range from the emergence of markets in Anglo Saxon England to brand management in the modern Scotch whisky industry. His most recent work, 'Doing Well and Doing Good: Scottish Enterprise in New Zealand', was published by Otago University Press in 2010 and examines the rise of Ross & Glendining Ltd., at one time New Zealand's largest manufacturing business.

Now retired, Stephen remains actively engaged in research and is currently working on production and exchange in ancient times. His recreations are gardening and golf.