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<\/a><\/p>\nProfessor Jeremy Howells\u00a0<\/strong>Dyson is emerging as a major disruptor in the car industry<\/a><\/p>\n Professor Soo Hee Lee\u00a0<\/strong>Demeaning universities is a dangerous game<\/a><\/p>\n Professor Yannis Georgellis\u00a0<\/strong>Workers in high unemployment regions are more loyal<\/a><\/p>\n Arvind Lall\u00a0<\/strong>Tax:evasion or avoidance<\/a><\/p>\n _____________________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n Professor Roman Matousek wins Erasmus+ capacity building award\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Professor of Banking and Finance,\u00a0Roman Matousek, has won an\u00a0Erasmus+ capacity building award<\/a>\u00a0in the area of Joint Enterprise University Learning.<\/p>\n Eight PhD Scholarships awarded to KBS students\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Kent Business School is pleased to announce that eight scholarships have been awarded to promising research students, including four Vice Chancellor Scholarships.\u00a0Read more.<\/a><\/p>\n Dr Virginia Spiegler to give opening keynote speech at The Crowd Forum on Sustainable Supply Transformation<\/strong><\/p>\n Dr Spiegler has been invited to speak in London on 6 November on how the confluence of two mega trends is radically transforming global supply chains.\u00a0Read more.<\/a><\/p>\n _____________________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n *Registration details will be released closer to the event, but please contact Dr Adolf Acquaye at a.a.acquaye@kent.ac.uk for further information.\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n _____________________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n Dr Virginia Spiegler, Lecturer in Operations and Supply Chain Management at Kent Business School comments on the future of the global food supply chain and whether transparency can be achieved in the era of digitalisation; from blockchain technology to the Internet of Everything (IoE). Read the full article<\/a>.<\/p>\n _____________________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n For more than a decade, Ireene Leoncio, an international PhD scholarship<\/a> student, worked in brand management and marketing for Unilever and Nestle before applying to study her PhD at Kent Business School in \u2018Curative International Marketing.\u2019 Ireene’s research will focus on the skin lightening mega trend in Asia.\u00a0Read the full interview<\/a>.<\/p>\n _____________________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n Jeremy Howells<\/a>, <\/strong>Professor of Innovation who has just joined us as a leading international researcher on innovation and has taught at Cambridge, Manchester and Oxford universities.<\/p>\n George Saridakis<\/a><\/strong> will be joining us in early December as Professor of Entrepreneurship and Small Business. George is currently based at Kingston where he is linked to the internationally regarded small business research centre.<\/p>\n _____________________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n We hope you have enjoyed this newsletter, if you would like to contribute to future editions or have a story to share, please email us at kbsmarketing@kent.ac.uk<\/a>.<\/p>\n Jessica CockellNews<\/h2>\n
Workshop: Developing the Management Studies Community<\/h2>\n
<\/a>\u00a0In April 2018, Kent Business School will host a Society for the Advancement of Management Studies funded training workshop, as organised by Dr Adolf Acquaye.<\/p>\nExpert Comment: Building Blockchain Technology into the Global Food Supply Chain\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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An Interview with PhD Marketing Scholarship Recipient: Ireene Leoncio<\/h2>\n
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