Category: Research highlights

Director of Studies for Kent Business School’s popular MSc Human Resource Management (HRM) programme was presenting on her social class research project entitled ‘Talent Management … Read more

Shawaaf Mohammed Alshawaaf, a student studying for his PhD in Marketing at Kent Business School has been awarded a £500 Postgrad Solutions Study Bursary. Many … Read more

The British Academy offers a portfolio of fellowships for Post-doctoral, Mid-career and Senior researchers. With no strategic priorities other than research excellence, it also takes … Read more

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

Last week Kent Business School hosted the first Business Soundbites, an informal networking event on topical issues. The theme of the gathering was Brexit, and … Read more

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 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

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

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

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

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

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

If you’ve ever chosen a hotel using Trip Advisor you’ll know that there is a relationship between our online reviews and hotel performance. So do … Read more