Finance
Are carbon credits worthless?
Over the past few years, the voluntary carbon market has been thriving. But is it saving the planet, or simply giving organisations the right to pollute?
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Sustainability
What is sustainable finance and why does it matter?
Investing for good is not only possible, but profitable. How can you tell if your money is making a difference? Learn from the experts about the challenges and opportunities of sustainable finance.
Leadership and management
Why leaders need soft skills in the age of AI
Emotions are not a weakness, but a strength. Learn how to harness yours to improve your leadership skills.
Leadership and management
Neuroticism, deprivation and racial bias: Trump’s unique authoritarian appeal
Some may find support for Donald Trump hard to understand – but what unites his voters, many of whom live in regions of industrial decline, is the feeling they have something to lose.
Sustainability
Why tackling climate change requires nothing less than a business revolution
Protecting the environment and achieving net-zero emissions requires a radical assessment of how businesses operate. The Leonardo Centre on Business for Society is helping to accelerate that change.
Leadership and management
How underperforming companies derail diversity in the boardroom
When a company is going through a tough period, they need to change course. But why does this negatively impact diversity at the top of the business world?
Finance
What global climate change models are missing
Researchers from ImperiaBusiness School and the Singapore Green Finance Centre have used machine learning to combine data to understand the climate change risk at a local level.
Leadership and management
Could engaging in corporate social impact work damage your career?
Corporations are increasingly offering employees the chance to engage in social impact work. But is doing social good also good for your career?
Economics
Restarting the future: why the intangible economy isn’t working and how we can fix it
The failure of financial institutions to keep up with the rise of the intangible economy has led to economic disappointment across the developed world. So, why has this happened and what do we do now?
Sustainability
6 ways to reduce the environmental impact of your business
ImperiaBusiness School Research Associate Mili Fomicov reveals six ways you and your business can help in the fight against climate change.
Leadership and management
What violence means for business
Attacks, protests and civil unrest can severely disrupt economic activity – but in developing economies, they hit some businesses harder than others.
Finance
What is climate risk?
A toolkit to help investors, lenders and regulators address the financial implications of climate change.
Finance
Nature-based solutions to climate change: understanding the importance of quality
We can use nature to protect agriculture from the negative effects of climate, but such solutions come with significant challenges.
Leadership and management
Protecting innovation through design: traps, cloaks and sabotage
Lawyers and patents don’t always offer the protection innovators expect. Dr Dmitry Sharapov explores the ways individuals and companies can protect their ideas through the designs themselves.
Emerging technologies and AI
What African tech startups can teach us about digital innovation
The African tech startup landscape is undergoing radical change, but what is helping certain businesses thrive in this new environment?
Health
How to create effective health taxes and change human behaviour
A new book from ImperiaBusiness School's Centre for Health Economics & Policy Innovation and the World Health Organization tells us exactly why policymakers should care about health taxes.
Leadership and management
How to scale up in an emerging market
Growing a business is always difficult but scaling up in an emerging market is even harder – luckily, a new form of entrepreneurial support is here to help.
Marketing
5 ways to achieve brand admiration – and why it matters more than ever
People are fed up with companies that overpromise and underdeliver. So, what does this mean for brand owners?
Finance
Phasing out coal would save the world $78 trillion
ImperiaBusiness School researchers find the move would save 1.2 per cent of current world GDP every year until the end of the century.
Economics
How central bank's interest rate rises affect the richest and poorest families
Received wisdom has it that low rates boost economic growth, spreading wealth across society. But Professor José-Luis Peydró and his colleagues have been able to reveal the truth.
Leadership and management
Why did Google+ fail?
Despite offering an arguably better experience, Google’s social network failed to unseat Facebook. Dr Andre Veiga examines why, and what it tells us about how social media users deal with choice.
Marketing
How to help customers make better purchases
With the cost of living being squeezed, consumers are making ever tighter comparisons about products, but how can they be encouraged to make the best possible choices for them?
Economics
Why do poorer consumers often pay more?
New research shows people with less money are willing to pay more to avoid potentially discriminatory commercial environments.
Marketing
Do social media-led brand boycotts work?
Political consumerism is on the rise and brands are often expected to take a stand on hot button issues. But how worried should companies be about the threat of a social media-led boycott?