Category: ecg

It may be six months away, but the ever-popular Institute for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (ISBE) conference will now feature Kent Business School academic, George … Read more

Kent Business School’s Professor of Small Business and Entrepreneurship, George Saridakis, has joined up with Professor Sir Cary Cooper of Alliance Manchester Business School to … Read more

“Are you a Sponge?” …asked Lisa Settle on the Business bunker Radio show recently. “Yes I am.” …was my immediate reply. Introducing the “Sponge” In … Read more

In the eighth show in this current series of B I G Insights on the Business Bunker we explored “The Systemiser”, one of the ten … Read more

We recently ran a workshop with business leaders that explored the approach to take when developing innovations and innovative organisations. Our reflections have been captured … Read more

Setting the task As part of our exploration of Innovation with our group of ambitious business owners we ran a simple exercise [1] to illuminate and … Read more

“84% of executives regard innovation ‘extremely or very important’ to their companies’ growth strategy” [1] We know innovation is important. However, our research also tells … Read more

In the sixth show in this current series of B I G Insights on the Business Bunker we explored ‘The Integrator’; one of the ten … Read more

For the final workshop in this current BIG Network, our passionate group of ambitious business owners shared their desire to explore the theme of ‘innovation’. … Read more

Our network of business owner-managers and CEOs recently explored and debated the topic of ‘strategic financial management’. I was kindly invited to speak at this … Read more

“no problem can be solved from the same level of consciousness that created it” Albert Einstein Each month we are developing a B I G … Read more

“You can do anything, but not everything” David Allen (Author of ‘Getting Things Done’) What we have come to learn from our in-depth research with … Read more

by Dr Zita Stone Since our last B I G Network session, where we explored ‘reaching beyond strategic financial management: identifying what really drives performance … Read more

On 17 June, our Network of ambitious owner-manager came together to explore and find answers to their questions concerning what it really means to be … Read more

By Hamish Clifton Does the word “entrepreneur” conjure success: derision, envy, admiration? Maybe all of them? There are landmarks in our culture, our sense of … Read more

On the 6th May 2015, fifteen leaders from the Public, Private and Third Sectors gathered to discuss the important topic of “What is Good Governance … Read more

Kent Business School was pleased to jointly host a business event with Burgess Hodgson, Chartered Accountants, on Thursday for regionally-based business leaders and owners of Small … Read more

Kent Business School at the University of Kent was placed 25th in the UK for business and management studies on its ‘research intensity’ in the … Read more

Kent Business School at the University of Kent, has confirmed its position as a leading business school carrying out world-class research, according to the Research … Read more

Kent Business School academics Dr Mark Gilman and Dr Simon Raby ran a session on creating successful and sustainable businesses. The event in December was … Read more