Business and Finance

Business and Finance

Enhancing Employee Skills Through Customer Insights

Developing employees’ skills and expertise is vital for knowledge-intensive enterprises. Much is written about the plethora of courses, training programmes and…

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Consultancy Firms Prioritize Billable Hours Over Expertise

Knowledge is an increasingly important factor in competition. Companies must keep up to date and ensure their staff have the necessary knowledge to keep their…

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ECS Develops Automated Agents for Stock Market Trading

Professor Nick Jennings, ECS Professor of Computer Science, led a team which won the Trading-Agent Competition (TAC) – CAT Tournament…

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Predicting Future Interest Rates: Insights from New Research

In his dissertation “Modeling and Forecasting Stock Return Volatility and the Term Structure of Interest Rates” Michiel de Pooter investigates the…

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Fairness Boosts Profits for Manufacturers and Retailers

In the paper “Fairness and Channel Coordination,” published in Management Science, Tony Haitao Cui, assistant professor of marketing, finds that in a marketing…

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Fiscal Impacts of Minimum Wage Increases Explained

What are the fiscal implications of introducing or increasing the minimum wage? How can we explain the very high spike at the minimum wage level appearing in…

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Market Forces in Utilities: Impact on Companies vs. Society

Recent discussions with regard to top salaries in the energy sector and the privatisation of Schiphol Airport indicate that politicians, as well as average…

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Danish Expert Examines Cost Overruns in Dutch Mega Projects

In his inaugural speech on Wednesday September 26th, he explains why the costs of large-scale projects, such as High Speed Rail projects, new motorways, and…

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Northern Rock crisis underlines need for greater disclosure to plug ‘information gap’

Changes are needed to plug an ‘information gap’ that currently makes it difficult to judge the relative risk exposure of different banks before problems become…

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Flexibility is the key to tackling financial crime: New international study edited by Cass Business School financial regulation

The study revealed that whilst financial crime is now recognised as a global concern, there are serious dangers in dictating so-called ‘international…

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Tailor Your Argument to Drive Company Change Effectively

When it is time to sell a change in your company, know the culture of your organization, especially of the group you need to impress, and tailor your argument…

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Herd Mentality: Trends Shaping Private Equity Today

It seems as if the private equity market is taking a breath for a moment after a period of high flying. In his dissertation Private equity acquisitions Ward…

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Hope for Hunger and Poverty Alleviation in Africa

These signs of hope depend on increasing democratization, improving governance and strengthening the position of farmers, among other things. Perhaps this can…

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Fast-track to competitive business

R&D-performing Small and Medium-sized companies (SMEs) are the entrepreneurial stars of Europe. Responding to their specific needs, the Commission has adopted…

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Low-Paying Jobs Harm Future Employment Prospects

While unemployment is viewed as a bad signal by prospective employers, economists have speculated that being in a low-quality job may well be an equally bad…

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Nokia and VTT Unveil Simulation Model for Product Development

Nokia and VTT have developed a system dynamic model asset to solve complex process challenges. The model asset is utilized in improving product process…

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