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Finance
How alternative finance models can help small businesses grow
Many small businesses struggle to get the funding they desperately need to expand 鈥 particularly in low-income economies. But new research shows that larger loans for fixed asset purchases could help.
Economics
Boomers versus Millennials: a new perspective on generational wealth in the UK
New research finds evidence that there is more solidarity between generations than the 鈥淢illennials versus Boomers鈥 narrative would suggest.
Health
How parental unemployment impacts children鈥檚 health in the long run
Children with jobless parents are more likely to experience ill health in adulthood. Understanding how age, gender and education affect outcomes can help policymakers improve lives and cut spending.
Finance
What blockchain-based decentralised platforms mean for businesses
Decentralised platforms are moving beyond cryptocurrency. New research shows how decentralised coordination that underpins these platforms can provide the tools to achieve critical early-stage growth.
Marketing
Surviving public outcry: How to keep your customers when things turn ugly
Discover the immunity metric, a new tool that measures customer loyalty and resistance to negative information, helping brands protect their reputation and build lifelong loyalty.
Leadership and management
Leading EDI through education: challenges to systemically changing mindsets
Tackling discrimination requires us to change the ways we deal with "difference" in education, from the day a child enters primary school to the day they complete their postgraduate degree.
Leadership and management
9 ways to fight gender discrimination in academia
Dr Ileana Stigliani, Associate Professor of Design & Innovation, reveals her strategy for addressing the gender imbalance in academia 鈥 and why we should all be joining the fight.
Leadership and management
How to adapt your business in a crisis
In times of crisis, companies respond by downsizing their operations. But instead, they should be taking stock and considering opportunities for innovation, emerging stronger during the recovery.
Leadership and management
How agile Chinese firms are defining a new era of management
As businesses move towards giving employees more control and freedom in their work, Chinese companies have found ways to use new technology to do this while reducing bureaucratic processes.
Health
Post-Brexit medicine approvals: what we know
Has Brexit delivered faster access to new medicines, or has it increased red tape and made the UK a less attractive market for pharmaceutical innovation?
Leadership and management
Imitation: the new key to business success
In the business world, and in life, copying is frowned upon. In some cases, it has been responsible for inspiring business leaders, creating new markets and, most surprisingly, driving innovation.
Finance
Solving climate change: unleashing the potential of Southeast Asia
Voluntary global carbon markets present a big opportunity for Southeast Asia. But international authorities must do more to encourage investment to combat greenhouse gas emissions.
Leadership and management
Experimentation in business: 3 ways to avoid the hidden risks
Experimentation is key to platforms improving their services 鈥 but this is often carried out in secret and can have disastrous unintended consequences.
Emerging technologies and AI
Expert Q&A: Is AI going to save us or kill us?
World Economic Forum Fellow and Visiting Lecturer at ImperiaBusiness School Dr Catherine Mulligan explores what AI means for society.
Leadership and management
What Japanese philosophy can teach us about finding purpose in the workplace
Adapting leadership styles and organisational culture can help businesses and their employees find purpose 鈥 and have a positive impact on the world.
Economics
What India can teach us about social mobility
Poorer children across the world face worse prospects than their more privileged peers. Here鈥檚 what India can teach us about the economic and moral challenge of social mobility.
Economics
Ageing populations and declining birth rates: are they really such a catastrophe?
Longer lives, coupled with a trend for richer countries to produce fewer children, has led to panic. But are these really things we should be worrying about?
Marketing
Lessons for leaders: successful brands have multiple personalities
Brand archetypes have been used to help companies connect with consumers for 20 years 鈥 and, when used correctly, they are still a vital tool for marketers.
Emerging technologies and AI
How data science can boost your chances of finding a date
Online dating can be frustrating and time-consuming, but not anymore. We鈥檝e developed new algorithms that make finding your perfect match easier and more enjoyable. Here鈥檚 how we did it.
Emerging technologies and AI
Will AI replace the educator?
White-collar jobs are set to be transformed by AI 鈥 and business schools must adapt teaching practices quickly, so they can prepare students for the new world of work.
Finance
Why businesses should take humour seriously
Getting a laugh out of people when the subject is finance is no easy task. But there are major benefits for businesses if they can use humour to their advantage.
Finance
Credit ratings: where they come from and why they matter
Credit ratings influence views of creditworthiness. New research explores how the first bond rating system shaped this role in the early 20th century.
Marketing
Toxic customers and how to handle them
Slighted customers can severely damage a business 鈥 particularly in the age of social media. So, what's the best way to respond to negative reviews?