“We can only truly mitigate risk in the decisions we take and how we allocate scarce resources if we have an expert understanding of our … Read more
KBS on building a strong value proposition
“A day that starts with a professor on his hands and knees inspecting a carpet to make a point to a group of business owners … Read more
KBS on creating sustainable businesses
Kent Business School academics Dr Mark Gilman and Dr Simon Raby ran a session on creating successful and sustainable businesses. The event in December was … Read more
KBS on creating sustainable businesses
Kent Business School academics Dr Mark Gilman and Dr Simon Raby ran a session on creating successful and sustainable businesses. The event in December was … Read more
KBS Professor Yannis Georgellis on well-being as business purpose at the OECD Conference in Paris
Is happiness a good business strategy? Should we move away from creating shareholder value towards creating shareholder well-being? These were central questions Professor Yannis Georgellis … Read more
Professor Wolfgang Glänzel, Visiting Professor 1/6/14 – 31/05/2017
Kent Business School is pleased to welcome Professor Wolfgang Glänzel. Professor Glänzel is based at KU Leuven where he is Director of the Centre for … Read more
Professor Koenraad Debakere, Visiting Professor 1/6/14 – 31/05/2017
Kent Business School is pleased to welcome Koenraad Debackere as visiting professor. Professor Debackere holds a Chair in Innovation Management at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven. … Read more
Dr Dirk Libaers, Visiting Reader 01/06/2014 – 31/05/2017
Kent Business School is pleased to welcome Dr Dirk Libaers. Dr Dirk Libaers is associate professor in entrepreneurship and innovation at the D’Amore-McKim School of … Read more
Kent MBA student recognised at AMBA Awards ceremony
Chris Cornell, a student on the full-time Kent MBA programme, has won 3rd place in The Independent MBA Student of the Year Awards 2014. The … Read more
Business Awards supported by School
The Dartford and Gravesham Business Awards final 12 best firms made up a spectacular evening at Woodville Halls, Gravesend when they attended a dinner and … Read more
Product Placement in Hong Kong
Dr Ben Lowe is co-investigator on a research project funded by the Hong Kong Research Council on the topic television product placement, which is a … Read more
New ESRC Big Data Centre
Professor Andrew Fearne and Dr Shaomin Wu from Kent Business School are key participants in the recently launched ESRC Business and Local Government Data Research … Read more
New ESRC Finance Project
A team of KBS finance researchers, led by Dr Ekaterini Panopoulou, has won seminar funding from the ESRC, together with a group of international collaborators … Read more
Keynote at Variable Neighbourhood Search Conference
Professor Said Salhi was a keynote speaker at the 3rd International Conference on Variable Neighbourhood Search in Tunisia in October 2014. The presentation was titles … 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
Postfeminism and Inclusion Seminar
Dr Patricia Lewis is leading a seminar at the Institute for Management Research at Radboud University, Nijmegen in the Netherlands on Thursday 6 November 2014. … Read more
ESRC Business and Local Government Data Research Centre
Funding Agency: ESRC Date: 2014-18 Kent Project team: Professor Andrew Fearne Dr Shaomin Wu Professor Julien Forder The ESRC Business and Local Government Data Research … Read more
Doing Well by Doing Good – Social Responsibility that ‘Pays’ for SMEs
With growing social awareness of corporate social responsibility (CSR) within the last decades and mounting calls from the UK government for sustainable growth, SMEs face … Read more
Revealed! Top 6 challenges facing business owners
On 28 August 2014 a group of twelve ambitious owner-managers of regionally-based Small to Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) came together to form a Business Improvement and … Read more
KBS welcomes Professor Ruth Simpson
Kent Business School is pleased to welcome Ruth Simpson as a visiting Professor from 1st October 2014 until 30th September 2016. Currently Professor Simpson is … Read more









