Brexit planning now urgent as leave date looms
By Rachael Elliott, Head of Thought Leadership, Business Continuity Institute & Paul Baines, Professor of Political Marketing, University of Leicester. When the referendum result was announced in June 2016, few predicted the turmoil the UK Government would find themselves in just weeks from the date set to leave the European Union. Within six months, the […]
6 Amazing ways you can access Universities to get free help
In this blog Pete Hitchings and Tobias Gould from the University of Leicester’s Innovation Hub, provide some top tips on how to access free help from Universities and students. Universities are hotbeds of talent, ideas, resources and networks which can be leveraged to help your business develop, grow and succeed. This post gives […]
Brexit planning now urgent as leave date looms
By Rachael Elliott, Head of Thought Leadership, Business Continuity Institute & Paul Baines, Professor of Political Marketing, University of Leicester When the referendum result was announced in June 2016, few predicted the turmoil the UK Government would find themselves in just weeks from the date set to leave the European Union. Within six […]
Is there a Little Space in your Company?
In this blog, Dr Stephen Wright, Business Development Manager at the East Midlands Centre of Excellence in Satellite Applications at the University of Leicester, discusses the SPRINT programme which provides support for SMEs to compete and grow using space technologies and applications. Be truly innovative!! Innovation is something of a buzz word, and ‘game changing’ […]
The Continuing Imperialism of Free Trade
In this post Dr Chris Grocott, Lecturer in Management and Economic History in ULSB, discusses his recently published book, co-edited with Dr Jo Grady (University of Sheffield), on the continuing imperialism of free trade. Free trade is once again part of popular political discourse. In the United States of America, Donald Trump has […]
Markets over Morals: Neoliberal Thought Has Always Struggled to Condemn Authoritarianism
In this blog post Dr Chris Grocott, Lecturer in Management and Economic History in ULSB, discusses his research analysing the relationship between neoliberal economic thought and morality. The recent election of far-right candidate Jair Bolsonaro to the presidency of Brazil provoked a Canadian Broadcasting Corporation journalist to speculate that the new regime’s positive stance […]
Financial Models and Society: Villains or Scapegoats?
In this post Dr Ekaterina Svetlova, Associate Professor in Finance and Accounting in ULSB, discusses her new book assessing the influence of financial models on markets and society. The book questions the assumption that financial markets have become a purely analytical and quantitative place and argues that human influence has not disappeared, but it […]
Austerity and Working Class Resistance: Survival, Disruption and Creation in Hard Times
In this blog Dr Adam Fishwick (De Montfort University) and Dr Heather Connolly (University of Leicester) discuss their new edited book, which assesses the impact and continuing development of working-class resistance in and against ‘hard times’. Our edited collection arose from two workshops hosted by the Centre for Urban Research on Austerity (CURA) […]
Disagreeing on what is fair in the workplace, and what we can do about
In this blog, Dr Rasim Kurdoglu, who successfully defended his doctoral thesis on 17th September 2018, discusses his research on establishing the truthfulness of ‘managerial legitimacy’ arguments, and how to adjudicate in controversial cases of employees’ claims of unfairness. It is not uncommon to see managers who are accused of unfair decisions by […]
Work and the GDPR: The future for algorithms and people analytics?
In this post, Dr Phoebe Moore, Associate Professor of Political Economy and Technology in ULSB, discusses the implications of the recently introduced General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) for work and workers. By 25th May 2018, all companies with over 250 employees across Europe were required to meet the rules of the General Data Protection […]
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