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Entrepreneurial impressions – reflection
Money & Business

Entrepreneurial impressions – reflection

...business owner as an entrepreneur, others reserve that term for a person who is either starting a new venture or running one that is highly innovative or capable of rapid growth. Similarly, while there is a common tendency to understand entrepreneurship largely in terms of exceptional individuals, it is also possible to emphasise the distinctive social relationships or...
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Is New Day a false dawn for the print industry?
History & The Arts

Is New Day a false dawn for the print industry?

...business?...The launch by Trinity Mirror of New Day, the first new stand-alone paid-for newspaper in three decades is, on the face of it, potentially one of the worst commercial decisions since Microsoft launched the Zune (look it up). Failure, the evidence suggests, is all-too likely an option. [A newspaper print room] Still hard pressed? For a start, newspapers are an...
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OU Carbon Calculator FAQs
Nature & Environment

OU Carbon Calculator FAQs

...Business travel by car and public transport is excluded because it is counted as a business activity included in Infrastructure. How to estimate car use? You probably know the type and typical annual mileage of household vehicles, but car club and other people’s car details for lifts may be more difficult to identify. For Car clubs and Lifts with others, you have to...
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Will Brexit mean London loses its financial dominance?
Money & Business

Will Brexit mean London loses its financial dominance?

...Business project ranks the UK fourth in the world in shareholder protection, behind only Hong Kong, New Zealand and Singapore. France is in 29th place when it comes to the strength of laws protecting shareholders, Germany is 49th. In terms of protecting creditor rights, the UK ranks 19th in the world, France 79th, and Germany 28th. Of course, the rule of law can improve...
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The banking crisis: cause and effect
Money & Business

The banking crisis: cause and effect

...money and a larger choice in financial products. Ken Jones explains how cheap credit helped his business go from strength to strength. Rating Agencies: too lenient? Were the rating agencies too lenient? Should these private companies have seen the crisis coming? The first domino: Northern Rock In early 2007 Northern Rock were the first of the UK retail banks to seek...
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Lord John Browne - Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

Lord John Browne - Stories of Change

...Business, popular science book Seven Elements that Have Changed the World, The Glass Closet, a commentary on the acceptance and inclusion of LGBT people in business and most recently, Connect about how Companies succeed by engaging radically with society. © ​ The Open University Transcript Stories of Change Project Lord John Browne interview Key RH: = Roger Harrabin,...
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Reviewing science funding
Science, Maths & Technology

Reviewing science funding

...businesses as it signals to the rest of the world that the UK is still in the innovation business. That’s the good news. But as the details unfold, there are some worrying signs and down right scary prospects on the horizon – including the EU referendum. Devil in the detail The UK science budget has been declining by inflation for the past four years, which has seen...
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Growing the popularity of women’s football in the UK
Health, Sports & Psychology

Growing the popularity of women’s football in the UK

...businesses rarely experience smooth, consistent and unproblematic growth. Instead, businesses grow in distinct phases, where each phase presents different challenges and opportunities. Transition from one phase to another is never easy but is helped by possessing the right knowledge and insight. The challenges ahead According to the Lewis and Churchill (1983) model of...
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