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The Bottom Line Expert Opinion: How to Manage a Boardroom
Money & Business

The Bottom Line Expert Opinion: How to Manage a Boardroom

...business at the top level. However, just how realistic is this depiction and popular perceptions that arise from the show? Arguably not very realistic at all. While the programme presents a boardroom dominated by a strong leader, in actuality boardrooms are commonly populated by a range of opinions and opinion-makers. Further, they are less rational and more influenced by...
The housing crash and the man who saw it coming
Money & Business

The housing crash and the man who saw it coming

...Business School discusses how he predicted the financial bubble bursting two years ahead of the crash and was ignored by the sector...Watch Read Prof Nouriel Roubini, Stern School of Business (2009) When he realised there was a problem I start to get worried about the US economy and the financial system in 2006 when I started the housing market and I saw a bubble that was...
Theresanomics explained
Money & Business

Theresanomics explained

...business leaders and liberal colleagues. Yet she also eliminated the idea of national IDs as well as directly confronted policing issues. These seemingly contradictory actions point to a politician who historically has been more about problem-solving than pursuing a dogmatic agenda. George Parker highlights this pragmatic streak in his article Theresa May is pragmatic...
Billions are spent on educational technology, but we don’t know if it works
Education & Development

Billions are spent on educational technology, but we don’t know if it works

...businesses create financial returns while ensuring positive social or environmental outcomes. Without standardisation, there are too many ways to assess EdTech. A review commissioned by the UK government of evaluation criteria and standards for EdTech analysed 74 methods for assessing their quality. Similarly, I carried out a research study with colleagues on available...
Sara Kay Aloe
Education & Development

Sara Kay Aloe

...business trips, OpenLearn became her main source of entertainment: ‘I just really enjoy learning new things, and it turns out that personal development can also be a hobby.’ Working in IT recruitment, the pandemic had a big impact and Sara was unfortunate enough to lose her job, ‘…but OpenLearn helped me get through those awful lockdowns by keeping me busy,’ she...
Lifecycle of the Car Industry
Money & Business

Lifecycle of the Car Industry

...business, it has vast amounts of capital already exploited, vast investments made, narrow profit margins because of the highly competitive nature of the business and the fact that it’s a global business. So they have narrow margins and yet they face change. They are unwilling to innovate because of these narrow margins. They would much prefer to continue to make the...
Introducing technology and innovation management
Science, Maths & Technology

Introducing technology and innovation management

...business processes. Importantly innovations can be difficult to classify in narrow innovation terms and types and can involve combinations of goods, services and/or processes (OECD/Eurostat 2018). You will note how the OECD/Eurostat (2018) definition emphasises novelty and significant difference. This is supported by others, notably Tidd and Bessant (2009)...Introducing...
What is openwashing - and how can you avoid it?
Digital & Computing

What is openwashing - and how can you avoid it?

...business (“IT Pros Prefer Open Source for Continuity, Control"). Yes, it would appear "open source continues to eat the software world", perhaps even the whole world. Unfortunately, as organizations who actively and authentically participate in the development of software distributed with an Open Source Initiative (OSI) Approved License reap the business, economic,...