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Digital & Computing
How can governments ensure their cybersecurity is strong?
The state government of Michigan has adopted a response to potential digital attacks that provide a useful model, explains Brian Nussbaum.
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Money & Business
When is the best time to buy plane tickets?
Myths and systems claiming to help you get the best possible deal on airline tickets abound. But what's the truth? How should you time your purchase to best effect?
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Health, Sports & Psychology
Sometimes a bunny is just a bunny: The Playboy brand and sexualisation of children
Beyond the tabloid-fuelled rage at Playboy products apparently aimed at children is a much more nuanced relationship with the Bunny brand.
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Nature & Environment
Fracking: Is it possible to persuade the public that the benefits outweigh the risks
Communities across the UK (and beyond) have come together to protest against fracking in their areas. But there are strong economic imperatives which make governments and oil companies keen to exploit shale gas. Can the gap between the two sides be closed?
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Money & Business
30 years of SME research highlights impact of the ‘digital revolution’
The Quarterly Survey of Small Business in Britain highlights the changes affecting SMEs in the past 30 years.
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Money & Business
Small Business Saturday and The Open University Business School
The annual celebration of the businesses which power the economy takes place each December - and the OUBS is proud to support the event.
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Health, Sports & Psychology
Business Bursts: Supply chain
Business School academics look at different approaches to supply chain, exploring brands such as Mini and WH Smith
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Health, Sports & Psychology
Business Bursts: Marketing
There are many motivations for businesses to get their marketing right - Business Bursts examines how these messages are getting ever more sophisticated.
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Society, Politics & Law
The 2015 Autumn Statement: First responses
Experts give a first reaction to George Osborne's 2015 Spending Review and the Autumn Statement.
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Society, Politics & Law
Why has the welfare cap become so complex?
George Osborne's changes to his welfare cap in the July 2015 budget have made a simple measure almost too complex, say Christine Whitehead and Emma Sagor
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Health, Sports & Psychology
Business Bursts: Failure
There's many reasons why even great companies can fail—and a difficult economy can exacerbate the problems
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Health, Sports & Psychology
Business Bursts: Branding
Your brand is more than a logo. Business Bursts explains the value of a brand—and how to cherish one.