The global market for piezoelectric materials, which generate an electrical potential when squeezed, is estimated at $1bn per annum. That’s big business and with a … Read more
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Bank CEO pay – Be Careful What you Wish For
The relationship between CEO pay and company success continues to exercise politicians and shareholders alike. In finance, we know something about how bank performance influences … Read more
Success for Kent Business School Lecturer: Dr Muthu De Silva
Congratulations to KBS Lecturer Dr Muthu De Silva on being awarded the best full paper in Innovation by the British Academy of Management for the … Read more
KBS Hosts International Symposium on Combinatorial Optimisation 2016
KBS were proud to host CO 2016 an International Symposium on Combinatorial Optimisation. The conference was part of a series of biennial conferences jointly organised … Read more
Unethical Counterfeit Consumption: Top Rated Paper for KBS Academic
Senior KBS Lecturer in Marketing Dr Xuemei Bian’s study on the consumption of counterfeit goods The study was included in the publisher Elsevier’s Newsletter to … Read more
How to win with European Research Council Grants
European Research Council (ERC) Grants have been described by some as “the ultimate fellowship”. With up to €2.5m available over 5 years for ‘risky’ research, … Read more
KBS Research Newsletter Autumn 2016 – Round-up
What do we really know about outstanding research impact? With increasing funder emphasis on impact, wouldn’t it be useful to understand what “outstanding” impact looks … Read more
In the know – How global companies win locally
We know that global companies face challenges in being successful abroad. Past research has focused on the transfer of knowledge – from global to local … Read more
The creativity of the crowd
How should organisations design their innovation contests so that they win with online communities? The internet has opened up a tantalising opportunity for organisations to … Read more
Beware of falling COCOs
A tough nut to crack Ideally the regulations in financial markets will emerge from the market participants themselves. Indeed, while a structured investment vehicle … Read more
Ecosystem restoration: rebalancing the scales
Are investments to remove the barriers that cause habitat fragmentation – one of the biggest drivers of decline in biodiversity and valuable ecosystem services, maximising … Read more
To make sense of dividends we should look into their futures
A financial enigma The investment and academic worlds are united, generally speaking, on what dividends are, where they come from, and even how large they … Read more
A research dividend
For investors in equity markets, dividends matter. Take the S&P 500 index of large US companies – dividends have historically represented as much as ⅓ … Read more