Category: thought leadership

Billionaire tech investor Peter Thiel courted controversy recently by highlighting Bitcoin’s potential in undermining the US dollar’s position as a global reserve currency. Thiel shared … Read more

Professor of Business and Personnel Economics, Andrew Clark and Yannis Georgellis, Professor of Management, make the case for putting wellbeing and satisfaction of staff at … Read more

Dr Tim King, Director of the Centre for Quantitative Finance (CEQUFIN) at Kent Business School, has co-authored a research paper published in the Journal of … Read more

Professor of Entrepreneurship and Small Business, George Saridakis, makes the case for the flip in the “status quo” in consumer behaviour over the years, a … Read more

Professor Patricia Lewis, Professor of Management discusses how the COVID-19 lockdown has disadvantaged women working from home whilst caring for their children Stay Home, Save … Read more

Dr Samantha Evans, Lecturer in Employee Relations and Human Resource Management, discusses whether the Covid-19 Lockdown and increase in remote working has caused a problem … Read more

The University of Kent is excited to launch a new research hub which brings together researchers from the Kent Business School and the School of … Read more

In a recent paper published in World Development, one of the leading journals in its field, Dr Mark Hampton, Reader in Tourism Management at Kent … Read more

Business schools could play a crucial role in helping governments prepare for the next pandemic by developing the next generation of the modelling and simulation … Read more

Dr Kathy Kotiadis, Reader in Operational Research at Kent Business School explains how simulation modelling may be the key to solving future Covid-19 problems. ‘Virtual … Read more

Pitch It! challenges University of Kent students to improve the adoption of more sustainable behaviours in the Sibson building. Sibson, the home of Kent Business … Read more

Professor Ben Lowe from the Kent Business School at the University of Kent comments on the news MPs have urged the government to bring its … Read more

Introduction The highest academic degree a student can achieve is a Doctor of Philosophy, or doctorate (PhD/DPhil). Almost three quarters of those in postgraduate research … Read more

In the past Lush has been outspoken on a variety of contemptuous issues, from Guantanamo Bay through to fracking and fox hunting. It has now … Read more

Voters are wrong to think they can pick the best politician based on their looks, according to new research which shows this leads to less … Read more

With the recent release of gender pay gap figures by businesses within the UK employing 250 people or more, the topic of unequal pay in … Read more

It’s hardly been out of the news since the vote to leave the EU was announced over 18 months ago. Now, the UK is just … Read more

After an announcement made on March 15 2018, Unilever, maker of many household consumer goods such as Persil washing powder and Magnum ice cream just … Read more

March 15 is World Consumer Rights Day – an annual event inspired by US President John F Kennedy who, on this day in 1962, addressed … Read more

In an article published in Research Fortnight, Professor John Mingers has called into question the methodology of the 2014 Research Excellence Framework (REF) and suggested … Read more