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Janette Rutterford is professor of financial management at The Open University Business School, having previously worked in corporate finance and investment.

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Managing large projects and measuring sustainability Featuring: video, Copyrighted Image The Open University

By Professor Janette Rutterford (The Open University), Keith Clarke (Guest)

26 January 2012

Keith Clarke, Former chief executive and director of sustainability at Atkins explains why MOD projects don't really run over budget and why it can be...  Read more : Managing large projects and measuring sustainability

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Mergers and aquisitions: how to grow a business Featuring: video, Creative Commons Image The Open University

By Brian Hartzer (Guest), Professor Janette Rutterford (The Open University)

17 November 2011

Merging and acquiring can be powerful tools for business growth. Senior RBS executive Brian Hartzer discusses how it can make sense for both parties involved  Read more : Mergers and aquisitions: how to grow a business

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Investment: can you predict the risks? Featuring: video, Copyrighted Image BBC

By Nicola Shaw (Guest), Professor Janette Rutterford (The Open University)

03 November 2011

Every investment has its own risks, but how can you assess and minimise them? Rail chief Nicola Shaw discusses tools and methods  Read more : Investment: can you predict the risks?

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Ken Olisa cuts through the jargon of corporate finance Featuring: video, Copyrighted Image BBC

By Ken Olisa (Guest), Professor Janette Rutterford (The Open University)

20 October 2011

Corporate finance seems an intimidating topic, with plenty of jargon. Ken Olisa explains that the principles are the same as we use in daily life  Read more : Ken Olisa cuts through the jargon of corporate finance

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Currency wars and tax regimes Featuring: video, The Open University

By Professor Janette Rutterford (The Open University), Evan Davis (The Open University)

10 February 2011

As nations battle by printing currency, and the coalition struggle with how much to tax the banks, Janette Rutterford and Evan Davis take a cool...  Read more : Currency wars and tax regimes

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Janette Rutterford on... email Featuring: video, Ofloda | Dreamstime.com

By Professor Janette Rutterford (The Open University)

18 November 2010

Janette reflects on business life before email  Read more : Janette Rutterford on... email

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A brief history of... Investment Featuring: audio, Jupiter Images

By Ione Mako (Guest), Professor Janette Rutterford (The Open University)

01 October 2009

Ione Mako talks to Janette Rutterford, Professor of Financial Management at The Open University Business School, to find out what links Jane Austen, Joe Lyons...  Read more : A brief history of... Investment

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A different recession Featuring: video,audio, The Open University

By Evan Davis (The Open University), Professor Janette Rutterford (The Open University)

11 July 2009

Evan Davis explains why the failure of global banking makes this a very different recession - and suggests how we might get out of the...  Read more : A different recession

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By Evan Davis (The Open University), Professor Janette Rutterford (The Open University)

11 July 2009

The Open University Business School's Janette Rutterford asks Evan Davis what he's learned about managers from those he's met while making The Bottom Line.  Read more : Turning the tables on Evan Davis

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The managerial make-up Featuring: video,audio, Production team

By Evan Davis (The Open University), Professor Janette Rutterford (The Open University)

11 July 2009

Executive rewards, gender gaps and cultural differences. Evan Davis talks about what he's learned about managers from those he's met while making The Bottom Line.  Read more : The managerial make-up

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Research [10]

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Lowe, J. and Rutterford, J. (2011). Savings and investments. In: Callaghan, George; Fribbance, Ian and Higginson, Martin eds. Personal Finance (2nd edition). Basingstoke/Milton Keynes, UK: Palgrave Macmillan/The Open University, pp. 174–228.

Rutterford, Janette (2011). 'Propositions put forward by quite honest men’: company prospectuses and their contents, 1856 to 1940. Business History, 53(6), pp. 866–899.

Rutterford, Janette (2011). The Shareholder Voice: British and American Accents, 1890-1965. Enterprise & Society Advance Access.

Maltby, Josephine; Rutterford, Janette; Green, David R.; Ainscough, Steven and Van Mourik, Carien (2011). The evidence for 'democratization' of share ownership in Great Britain in the early twentieth century. In: Green , David R.; Owens, Alastair; Maltby, Josephine and Rutterford, Janette eds. Men, Women and Money: Perspectives on Gender, Wealth and Investment 1850-1930. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 184–206.

Rutterford, Janette; Green, David R.; Maltby, Josephine and Owens, Alastair (2011). Who comprised the nation of shareholders? Gender and investment in Great Britain, c. 1870–1935. The Economic History Review, 64(1), pp. 157–187.

Green, David R.; Maltby, Josephine; Owens, Alastair and Rutterford, Janette eds. (2011). Men, Women and Money: Perspectives on Gender, Wealth and Investment, 1850-1930. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Green, David R.; Owens, Alastair; Maltby, Josephine and Rutterford, Janette (2011). Men, women and money: an introduction. In: Green, David R.; Owens, Alastair; Maltby, Josephine and Rutterford, Janette eds. Men, Women and Money: Perspectives on Gender, Wealth and Investment, 1850- 1930. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 1–30.

Rutterford, Janette (2010). The company prospectus: marketing shares on the London Stock Exchange, 1855 to 1940. In: Watters, Cheryl and Zimnovitch, Henri eds. Histoire des Entreprises du Transport: Evolutions Comptables et Managériales. Paris, France: L'Harmattan.

Rutterford, Janette (2010). Risk-return strategies. In: Mazzucato, Mariana; Shipman, Alan; Lowe, Jonquil and Trigg, Andrew eds. Personal Investments in an Uncertain World. Hampshire, UK: Palgrave McMillan.

Rutterford, Janette (2010). Gross or net: the impact of taxation on the history of equity valuation? Accounting History, 15(1), pp. 41–64.

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Investment: can you predict the risks?

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14 May 2012

wonderful piece of information, This is just the kind of information that i had been looking for, i'm already your rss reader now and i would regularly watch out for the new posts, once again hats... Read more : Investment: can you predict the risks?

The rich get richer across the globe

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16 Mar 2012

This is fact that now a days rich are getting richer and poor are getting poorer due to rise in price of almost all commodities. (commercial website removed by OpenLearn Moderator 19.03.12) Read more : The rich get richer across the globe

Managing large projects and measuring sustainability

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09 Feb 2012

Interesting debate. Read more : Managing large projects and measuring sustainability

How much attention should companies pay to their share price?

Comment posted by William McCormick

14 Sep 2009 

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The offering of stock is a last ditch effort by a company to raise money and stay solvent. The actual and... Read more : How much attention should companies pay to their share price?

How much attention should companies pay to their share price?

Comment posted by Unknown

13 Sep 2009 

Maybe the nature of ownership is part of the problem. How can shareholders effectively regulate businesses when ownership is often so diluted that even 3% may constitute a '... Read more : How much attention should companies pay to their share price?

Getting rich in a recession

Comment posted by Unknown

12 Jul 2009 

...profit making works.
to keep the poor where they should be Read more : Getting rich in a recession

Getting rich in a recession

Comment posted by Unknown

10 Jul 2009

Im going to be rich in the recession. I have the perfect business model, plan. And all the forecasts. Fingers Crossed. Hope my Low cost, profit making works. Read more : Getting rich in a recession

Private equity

Comment posted by Unknown

10 Jul 2009

I think they make profit by either the governement or by selling assets of another firm in liquidation. Read more : Private equity

Getting rich in a recession

Comment posted by jared

23 May 2009

Unlike the luxuries that so many of us purchase with our credit cards, having an emergency fund is a necessity. Financial experts recommend that people maintain a cash reserve large enough to cover... Read more : Getting rich in a recession

How much attention should companies pay to their share price?

Comment posted by David Mayle

30 Mar 2009

I notice from the adjacent post by maas1 that starting a thread doesn't seem to render visible the comment with which you started it, so herewegoagain... (If this does actually repeat my earlier,... Read more : How much attention should companies pay to their share price?

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Janette Rutterford is professor of financial management at The Open University Business School, having previously worked in corporate finance and investment. Jannette's research includes pension funds, equity valuation and investment history, in particular the history of women and wealth.

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