Kent Business School’s Dr Maggie (Jing) Zeng, Lecturer in Entrepreneurship has spoken on how to develop a competitive edge in a new Think Kent video. … Read more
Category: research-strategy
Dr Dirk Libaers as Visiting Fellow
Kent Business School is pleased to welcome Dr Dirk Libaers Dirk P. Libaers is an associate professor of entrepreneurship and innovation in the USF Center … Read more
Professor Said Salhi Publishes ‘Heuristic Search: The Emerging Science of Problem Solving’
Professor Salhi’s book aims to provide an overview of heuristic search in general, to present the basic steps of the most popular heuristics, and to … Read more
Business and ‘The Sleeping Giant’: Kent Business School in Indonesia
Dr Mark Hampton, Kent Business School Reader in Tourism Management, visited Indonesia in March to represent KBS and the University of Kent at British Council … 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
Annual Review of Social Partnerships – 9th issue
The 9th issue of the Annual Review of Social Partnerships, edited by Dr May Seitanidi, is now available. This is a collaborative, open access resource, … Read more
Unbundling the differences between Psychic and Cultural Distance: An empirical examination of the existing measures
The diversity between the country-scores of Hofstede, Schwartz, GLOBE, Håkanson and Ambos and Dow and Karunaratna is the main focus of this study by PhD … Read more
Social career management: Social media and employability skills gap
Social capital theorists have established decades ago that better connected people do better in life. The emergence of online social networking sites have given a … Read more
Commonwealth and World Bank Publish KBS Tourism Research
The World Bank and Commonwealth Secretariat have launched new publication that explores how tourism can facilitate growth, create jobs and improve livelihoods in small island … Read more
Backpacker Tourism Review in THE
Dr Mark Hampton’s recently published research mongraph, Backpacker Tourism and Economic Development: Perspectives from the Less Developed World (Routledge 2013) has been described as an ‘impressive, … Read more
Professor at Kent Business School Chairs ABS Committee Meeting
On May 23 2013, Professor Paul Phillips chaired an Association of Business School (ABS), International and External Relations committee meeting, which was kindly hosted by … Read more
CENTICA at Foreign and Commonwealth Office Debate
Mark Hampton and Julia Jeyacheya of CENTICA gave a presentation at an FCO debate on sustainable economic growth on small island states at Wilton Park … Read more
BAM Award for KBS PhD Student
PhD candidate, Kalliopi Konsolaki, won the prestigious Best Developmental Paper Award in Marketing and Retail at the British Academy of Management conference in Cardiff during … Read more
Commonwealth Funds Kent Business School Research
Dr Mark Hampton has been awarded a £7,200 research grant by the Commonwealth Secretariat to examine how cruise ships and the local supply chains affect … Read more
Spotlight on Seychelles island economy for University’s World Bank research
Most people choose the Seychelles for a luxury holiday but for two Kent Business School (KBS) researchers earlier this month it simply provided the beautiful … Read more