Narrative and computational text analysis in business and economic history

Recent calls from within economics for increased attention to narrative open the door possible cross-fertilisation between and more humanistically oriented business economic history. Indeed, arguments economists take narratives seriously incorporate them into theory have some similarities with classic a revival of in history abandonment ‘scientific’ Both share an approach explaining social phenomena based on micro-level. This article examines how new methods computational text analysis can be employed further goals prioritising but also challenge focus Through survey most frequently used tools overview their uses date across sciences humanities, this shows such provide historians respond engage ‘narrative turn’ while building offering macro-level corrective