Kent Business School’s Professor of Finance Radu Tunaru will publish ‘Real-Estate Derivatives: From Econometrics to Financial Engineering’ in April of this year. The book brings … Read more
Category: Research highlights
Business Soundbites Networking Event: The Internationalisation of Kent Businesses
Last week Kent Business School’s Dr Fragkiskos Fillipaios presented the outcomes of his study on the internationalisation of Kent businesses, undertaken on behalf of Kent … Read more
Dr Xuemei Bian Appointed Member of the ESRC’s GCRF Peer Review College
Kent Business School Senior Lecturer in Marketing has been appointed as a member of the Economic and Social Research Council’s (ESRC) Global Challenges Research Fund … Read more
KBS Professor Roman Matousek Awarded British Academy Research Grant
Awarded jointly to Banking and Finance Professor Roman Matousek and Monetary Economics Professor Chau Le at the Banking University of Ho Chi Minh City (BUH), … Read more
KBS Research Newsletter Winter 2017 – Round Up
ESRC Research Methods Festival 2016 – Instrumental Innovation and Existential Angst It was as a surreptitious observer that I attended this biennial event hosted at … Read more
Post-Trump Volatility: The Trouble with Wasps
Does the EU have more to worry about than the US…? The trouble with wasps The election of Donald Trump caused plenty of buzz on … Read more
Dr Samantha Evans takes Centre Stage at Kent HR Conference
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
Kent Business School PhD Marketing Student awarded Postgrad Solutions Study Bursary
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
How to Win with British Academy Grants
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
Dr Michele Bigoni Awarded Accounting Scholarship
Dr Michele Bigoni, Senior Lecturer in Accounting at Kent Business School has been awarded the Margit F. and Hanns Martin Schoenfeld Scholarship by The Academy … Read more
Hedge Funds – How good are they really?
Are High Hedge Funds Costs Justified by their Returns? Commonly Unique When it comes to hedge funds, the common perception is that they constitute high-cost, … Read more
KBS Accounting Professor to Launch Book in the Palace of Westminster
Warwick Funnell, Professor of Accounting and Public Sector Accountability at Kent Business School is to have his book A History of British National Audit: The … Read more
Piezoelectricity – A Material Difference
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
Business Soundbites on Brexit – Networking Event Success
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
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
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