This week, Monday 23 May up to 27 May 2016, 20 MBA students from Hong Kong Baptist University will be attending a short-study programme on … Read more
Category: News
ASPIRE project to develop students’ commercial and social enterprise ideas
Kent Business School students will soon benefit from a new, philanthropically-funded project which unites academic research and expertise in business to equip students wishing to … Read more
Business and Management (Retail) students gain commercial experience at Phase Eight
Fifteen BA Business and Management (Retail) students recently benefited from direct commercial experience at Phase Eight, a highly successful British fashion retailer. Debbie Kemp, Lecturer in … Read more
KBS student selected for European Innovation Academy
Kent Business School is proud to announce that BSc International Business student, Brenda Okandju has been selected to take part in the European Innovation Academy (EIA) this Summer. … Read more
KBS forms new links with leading universities in Indonesia
Kent Business School has been actively forging fresh links with leading universities in Indonesia to develop research and teaching collaboration with new strategic partners. The University of Kent is finalising … 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
MSc Finance and Management students step up to Integrated Technologies Limited’s business challenge
As part of the MSc Finance and Management programme, students recently participated in a business challenge with Integrated Technologies Limited (ITL). The company specialises in … Read more
KBS Spring Newsletter
Think Kent Videos Dr Patricia Lewis on ‘The Feminine Leader’ As part of the Think Kent video series, Kent Business School’s Dr Patricia Lewis, Dr … Read more
MBA Spring Newsletter
News MBA European study trip to Athens on Greek Economic Crisis Kent MBA students recently benefited from the programme’s annual European study trip to Athens to … Read more
Business Start-up Journey propels students to entrepreneurial success
Kent Business Start-Up Journey (BSUJ) came to a climactic finish on Wednesday 30 March as eight students pitched their business ideas to a panel of … Read more
Dr Mark Hampton’s paper on tourism in Southeast Asia receives press attention
Dr Mark Hampton’s new paper Change, Choice, and Commercialization: Backpacker Routes in Southeast Asia has received press coverage in Yahoo! Finance, Kent on Sunday and Lonely Planet. … Read more
Kent Business School success at the Kent Union Teaching Awards 2016
Dr Zita Stone and Steve Robinson win Kent Union Teaching Awards KBS is proud to announce that Dr Zita Stone, Lecturer in Strategy and Steve … Read more
KBS builds new links for student exchange and research collaboration with Thailand
Kent Business School recently hosted a visit from Thammasat University in Bangkok to create foundations for student exchange and research collaboration. KBS’ Director of School Professor … Read more
MBA European study trip to Athens explores Greek economic crisis
Kent MBA students recently benefited from the programme’s annual European study trip to Athens to explore the Greece’s economic crisis. During the week, our MBA … Read more
KBS hosted ESRC Seminar on Gendered Inclusion in Contemporary Organisations
On 9 March 2016, Kent Business School proudly hosted a well-attended seminar on “Theorising Gendered Inclusion: Contemporary Gender Roles, Identities and Expectations at Work” as … Read more
MBA Entrepreneurship Week taught by visiting academic Dirk Libaers
Kent MBA students on the Entrepreneurship elective recently benefited from a series of lectures by visiting academic Dirk Libaers, Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship & Innovation … 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
Business Start-up Journey training weekend a huge success
Thirty budding entrepreneur students recently benefited from hands-on training at a weekend residential as part of KBS’ Business Start-up Journey (BSUJ), a programme backed by … Read more


















