ESRC Research Methods Festival 2016 – Instrumental Innovation and Existential Angst It was as a surreptitious observer that I attended this biennial event hosted at … Read more
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New KBS Research Event: The Future of Research Assessment – Peer Review vs. Metrics
KBS has announced a series of new research events, known as Kent Business School Debates. The launch event, which takes place in May 2017, will … Read more
KBS Research Newsletter Autumn 2016
Welcome to the next edition of a quarterly newsletter reporting on what’s going on with research at Kent Business School. 1. Research Round-up Research Manager, … Read more
KBS Autumn Newsletter 2016
Welcome to the third edition of our KBS Newsletter for staff and students, we hope you are enjoying a successful first term. This quarter, along … Read more
Dr Michele Bigoni Awarded Accounting Scholarship
Dr Michele Bigoni, Senior Lecturer in Accounting at Kent Business School has been awarded the Margit F. and Hanns Martin Schoenfeld Scholarship by The Academy … Read more
Piezoelectricity – A Material Difference
The global market for piezoelectric materials, which generate an electrical potential when squeezed, is estimated at $1bn per annum. That’s big business and with a … Read more
Driving the Counterfeit Goods Market: Why Consumers Fake it?
Counterfeiting has become a significant economic phenomenon with research suggesting that counterfeit products sold across borders were worth £270bn in 2013. However, despite the fact … 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
What is Good Business Strategy? The case of SMEs.
What the research says Our research shows that there is limited presence of strategy in Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs). Typically half of all SMEs … Read more
Dr Muthu de Silva secures British Academy/Leverhulme Small Research Grant
Dr Muthu de Silva, KBS Lecturer in Entrepreneurship and Innovation, has successfully secured a BA/Leverhulme Small Research Grant for a new research proposal entitled ‘Knowledge … 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
Kent Business School is featured in Kent Staff Magazine
Kent Business School is featured in the University of Kent’s October 2012 issue of the Kent Staff magazine. The main ‘feature’ of the magazine, on … 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