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Money & Business
The Bottom Line Expert Opinion: Financial Engineering
Just what is financial engineering and what are the benefits of its use? Dr Peter Bloom investigates.
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Money & Business
The Bottom Line Expert Opinion: Sponsorship
Dr Peter Bloom takes a look at the potential risks and benefits of a company going public.
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Money & Business
The Bottom Line Expert Opinion: Going Public
Dr Peter Bloom takes a look at the potential risks and benefits of a company going public.
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Money & Business
The Bottom Line Expert Opinion: Art and the Business of Taste
Our academic expert, Peter Bloom, investigates the relationship between art and business.
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Money & Business
The Bottom Line Expert Opinion: The Volkswagen Scandal
Our academic expert, Peter Bloom, explains more about the challenges Volkswagen now faces in the wake of the emissions scandal
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Money & Business
Volkswagen scandal will send costly ripples through auto industry
What are the implications of the emissions scandal for the automative industry? This guest article from The Conversation takes a closer look.
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Money & Business
What is the Hawthorne Effect? The one-minute guide
When conducting research on how people behave, it's important to consider the Hawthorne Effect. But why? A really, really quick introduction.
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Money & Business
Making the conversion: How does being a Rugby World Cup host city help a local economy?
Across England and Wales, rugby fans are being welcomed in numbers. Do hosting big sporting events really help local businesses?
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Health, Sports & Psychology
What was the Bosman ruling? The one minute guide
A really, really quick explanation of the 1996 European Court of Justice Ruling on the Bosman case, and how it applies to football.
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Health, Sports & Psychology
Why do England fail in international football competitions?
The England Men's Football team doesn't have the most enviable record. Is this a structural problem? Laurie Taylor and Anthony King dig into the dug out to explore the reasons.
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Society, Politics & Law
Greece: Where now, again? Thomas Piketty responds to Sunday's election result
On Sunday [20-09-15], voters in Greece gave Alexis Tsipras and Syriza a new mandate in Greece. The economist Thomas Piketty answers questions on what this might mean for Greece, and Europe.
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Money & Business
The five billion dollar franchise: How much will Disney make from Star Wars merchandise
The launch of the toys from the forthcoming Star Wars film was an event in its own right. How much money are Disney going to make from all this stuff?