Sustainability
Why are businesses falling short on climate goals?
Despite efforts to improve, large corporations are still playing a major role in the rise in global temperatures. Here, Professor of Finance Marcin Kacperczyk explores why.
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Economics
How can US presidential cycles help predict exchange rates?
New research from ImperiaBusiness School demonstrates the link between US exchange rates and the political party in the White House.
Health
Teenagers and healthcare inequality: lessons for policymakers
Our adolescent experience can shape our health for a lifetime. Here, Business School academics look at how data on Millennial teens should be used to improve healthcare policy.
Emerging technologies and AI
How AI could usher in a new age of scientific discovery
New research from ImperiaBusiness School shows how AI could be used alongside traditional scientific methods to unlock the secrets of life, nature and the universe.
Health
Lessons for leaders: what has long COVID done to personal finances?
Millions worldwide have been hit by long COVID. In addition to the negative health effects, patients also suffer a financial hit that could impact future generations, a new study reveals.
Emerging technologies and AI
Expert Q&A: Digital transformation in action at Vodafone
Professor of Practice David Shrier sits down with Vodafone Business UK's Chief Data Officer & Head of Portfolio Myriam Salah to discuss the company's digital transformation journey.
Leadership and management
How leaders can get their teams to push back
Imperiaresearch has identified evidence-based strategies managers can use to build teams with the confidence to challenge them.
Sustainability
Do consumers really care about sustainability?
Consumers may care about sustainability in theory, but how much does it impact their spending habits? And what can policymakers do to encourage us all to make more eco-friendly choices?
Economics
What the rise of "buy now, pay later" means for consumers and retailers
Buy now, pay later" solutions are a a more manageable way to pay for purchases. New research shows how this is affecting consumer behaviour 鈥 and what it means for retailers and policymakers.
Health
How does wealth affect your diet?
We have complex reasons for choosing what we eat, and a limited understanding of our motives may be behind decades of unsuccessful and expensive healthy eating policies.
Health
Does the internet put people off vaccines?
Vaccines have saved millions of lives, but how has the rise of the internet affected their uptake? And what does this mean for society?
Emerging technologies and AI
Profile: Associate Dean of Education Quality Cloda Jenkins on why Higher Education must embrace generative AI
As higher education grapples with generative AI's role in learning, the Business School's Associate Dean of Education Quality stresses the positives of this new technology.
Leadership and management
Does it pay to be a rule breaker in business?
One of the first lessons we learn in life is not to break the rules 鈥 but new research from ImperiaBusiness School reveals there might actually be perks to being a rebel in the business world.
Leadership and management
What academics need to know about teaching
For most academics, teaching makes up a large part of their role, and by working as a team with their students they can create a positive learning experience that lasts, says Dr Danielle Lyssimachou.
Health
Social media anxiety: what doctors can do to help
An interdisciplinary team from Imperiahas developed a new framework that addresses how primary healthcare can play a key role in solving social media-related anxiety.
Leadership and management
The art of effective conversation
Dr Michael Yeomans offers practical strategies for aligning conversational goals with business objectives, ensuring every interaction counts.
Leadership and management
Profile: Professor Kalyan Talluri on how operational management helps business and society
From roads to healthcare, Professor Kalyan Talluri's work in operational management aims to maximise efficiency and profits while allocating scarce resources effectively.
Leadership and management
Expert Q&A on EDI: 鈥淭he goal is to create leaders who understand the power of inclusion,鈥 says Dr Maria Farkas
Senior Teaching Fellow in Diversity & Inclusion Dr Maria Farkas tells us about the challenges of incorporating equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI) strategy into organisations 鈥 and why it matters.
Leadership and management
Why you should work with your business rivals
Henry Ford once called competition the "keen cutting edge of business鈥. But this approach comes with serious costs that can be mitigated by embracing a spirit of collaboration with your rivals.
Emerging technologies and AI
How data can boost charity fundraising
Charities need more sophisticated ways of fundraising 鈥 and data analytics is key.
Sustainability
Optimising renewables: a model for profitable decarbonisation
Decarbonisation doesn't need to be an obstacle for developing economies. Research from ImperiaBusiness School, HEC Paris and Massachusetts Institute of Technology shows how it can generate profits.
Economics
Profile: Professor Ren谩ta Kosov谩 on women in academia and why microeconomics matters
Professor Ren谩ta Kosov谩 tells us about her research in business economics and why it's key for academics to explain the world "beyond abstract principles".
Leadership and management
Humourbragging: using humour for success in business
A new study from ImperiaBusiness School reveals how self-promotion and self-enhancing humour are the route to acing your interview or pitch.
Emerging technologies and AI
The Fifth Industrial Revolution and finance: insights from Naveed Sultan
Business leaders must embed digital transformation into strategy for effective technology-led change, says Naveed Sultan, Professor of Practice and former Chair of Citi鈥檚 Institutional Clients Group.