Tag: expert comment

Equal pay day – ‘the day in the year where women effectively stop earning relative to men because of the gender pay gap’ – is Sunday 20 … Read more

To mark Global Entrepreneurship Week Dr Anoosheh Rostamkalaei reflects on entrepreneurship and the role it plays within societal inclusion. “The systems in place within society … Read more

With COP 27 in full swing, the threats of global ecological crisis are taking centre stage in our news again. The recently published “Emissions Gap … Read more

To mark World Mental Health Day 2022 (10 October) Professor of Organisational Behaviour and HRM Nicholas Clarke reflects on the importance of good leadership, respect … Read more

The chancellor Rishi Sunak set out his plan to address the cost-of-living crisis yesterday, announcing that the threshold for National Insurance will rise by £3,000. … Read more

As concern grows regarding the availability of goods in the approach to Christmas, Thanos Papadopoulos, Professor of Management in Kent Business School, explains how supply chains have … Read more

In the height of COP26, all eyes are on global leaders to take action against cimate change. But sustainable practices in business are not only … Read more

Roads blocked, a lack of lorry drivers, empty supermarket shelves and ports congested – concerns are being raised about global supply chain issues and how … Read more

In response to the emerging UK energy crisis, Hirbod Assa, Senior Lecturer in Finance and Fintech in Kent Business School explains how this has happened: ‘The UK energy market … Read more

Today, 18 September 2021, marks Respect Day, a day where people are encouraged to show their respect to others. Here, Kent Business School’s lecturer in … Read more

El Salvador has controversially formalised Bitcoin as legal tender – a decision some are calling controversial. Here, cryptocurrency and finance expert Hirbod Assa, Senior Lecturer … Read more

The UK economy has grown by 4.8 per cent in the second quarter of the year, showing that it is recovering stronger than expected.  Here, … Read more

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

Dr Tim King, Senior Lecturer in Finance, Banking and Innovation at Kent Business School, and Dr Walter Gontarek, CEO and Chairman of Chanel Capital Advisors … Read more

With International Women’s Day approaching, Professor of Management, Patricia Lewis shares her thoughts on whether there is still a need for International Women’s Day. Is … 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

Barclays bank, its former Chief Executive John Varley, and three of its other former senior executives have been charged with fraud by the Serious Fraud … Read more

As part of this quarter’s theme of Financial Markets and Risk we asked our portfolio of Kent Business School Academics to share their views on … Read more

I have been following the crisis in Ukraine unfold with a very keen interest, for several reasons: Firstly, as an Eastern European citizen that has … Read more

Dr Pamela Yeow, Lecturer in Human Resource Management and Deputy Director of MBA Programmes, Kent Business School, University of Kent comments on – Olympus and former … Read more