Quality, what is it? It is the extent to which an individual’s needs are satisfied with a product’s features. For many consumers quality is a … Read more
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Top Tips for a Fantastic Summer Break
If you’ve decided to stay in Kent for the summer but are at a loss as how to fill your time, look no further. Read … Read more
Driving the Counterfeit Goods Market: Why Consumers Fake it?
Counterfeiting has become a significant economic phenomenon with research suggesting that counterfeit products sold across borders were worth £270bn in 2013. However, despite the fact … Read more
Women in Fund Management – First Year Undergraduate Insights Day
Last month, I had the privilege to attend the First Year Undergraduate Women in Fund Management Insights Day program offered by M&G Investments – an … Read more
How to win with the ESRC’s Secondary Data Analysis Initiative
ESRC Research Grant success rates for business and management researchers are challenging. For the last few years, roughly 1 in 20 applications get the nod. … Read more
KBS Research Newsletter – Spring 2016 – Round up
The next REF – a different ball game? You may have noticed that Lord Nicholas Stern who produced an influential report on the Economics of … Read more
Top Five Advertising Fails
Last year, according to Statista, the advertising spend in the UK was estimated at 19.6 billion pounds and is expected to exceed 20 billion pounds … Read more
Eight Ways to Finance a Start-Up Company
Sometimes starting your own company may require more capital than you expect. I recently went to a Virgin Start-Up conference, hosted by Andy Fishburn (Head … Read more
How to Find Summer Internships
If you have decided against having a year in industry or placement and are eager to get out into the world of work, summer internships … Read more
A Shortlist of Inspiring Women from Around the World
By Sari Salti Last month, we celebrated International Women’s Day in remembrance of the profound achievements of women in the past, as well as paving … Read more
Does the Gender Gap still Exist in the Workplace?
Since assuming her role as UN ambassador in July 2014, Emma Watson has made a big impact on the international stage. At Davos this year, … Read more
Commuting to University: The Benefits
To stay or to go For students whose chosen university is their local university, one of the toughest questions is whether to live on campus … Read more
The Female CEO: Why the Glass Ceiling Still Exists
The statistics on women’s progress to the top of the executive ladder suggest her presence there is a rare phenomenon. A search on Google Images … 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
The Finance Graduate Scheme at Network Rail
Kent Business School interviews Hannah Jones, Programme Finance Manager at Network Rail. After entering the company in 2011 on the Finance Graduate Scheme, Hannah has … Read more
KBS Student Reports from Social Media Week 2015
Kent Business School BBA Marketing student Diana Cojocaru reports from Social Media Week London 2015. Diana is currently on her placement year working for telecommunications … Read more
What is Good Business Strategy? The case of SMEs.
What the research says Our research shows that there is limited presence of strategy in Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs). Typically half of all SMEs … Read more
The MBA and Entrepreneurship
As entrepreneurialism is one of the five MBA trends for 2015, with a rising demand for course content that focuses on start-up creation, KBS caught … Read more
Today’s Hottest Start-Up Trends to Watch Out For
A company was born every minute last year, with research from national enterprise campaign StartUp Britain showing that 581,173 businesses were registered with Companies House … Read more