The challenges of accounting for climate change
Accounting for rising sea levels and other uncertain effects of climate change present significant new challenges to companies and accountants, says Dr Michael Willis, Director of the Master of Accounting (MAcc) programme at Cambridge Judge Business School.
Cambridge Judge Business Debate podcast tackles industrial policy
The financial crisis has revived the notion of industrial policy in the UK. But how is it different today from the ‘discredited’ policies of the 1970s, and do we risk betting on winners once again?
Study explores the limits of drug repurposing
Drug ‘repurposing’ has some high-profile wins, but a new study at Cambridge Judge Business School shows how hard it is to find entirely new uses for existing molecules.
Research outlines 'radical cultural entrepreneurship'
How do social enterprises emerge in ‘extreme’ situations? Research from Cambridge Judge Business School and Naples University examines how a social cooperative launched in a mafia-riddled town in southern Italy.
Egypt provides opportunities for social enterprise
Egypt’s new law restricting non-governmental organisations has created an opportunity for social enterprises to fill the void, says Isabel Brüggemann, PhD candidate at Cambridge Judge Business School.
Re-imagining church buildings
The Diocese of Ely and Cambridge Judge Business School, with the support of Allchurches Trust and Historic England, launch a three-year project to help communities make fuller use of their historic churches.
The key to entrepreneurial success? Managing yourself
Terence Yeo, Founder and CEO of LED lighting products company Fusion Optix and a Cambridge MBA alumnus (MBA 2001), says that managing oneself is key to success in entrepreneurship. Terence founded the company in 2003 while sharing a house in Cambridge with two MBA colleagues who were also launching their own firms at the same time.
Business lessons from China
A new Cambridge Centre for Chinese Management launches at Cambridge Judge Business School to study world-beating Chinese firms and what the West can learn from them.
Legislating labour in the long run
Researchers have built the single largest dataset of employment laws – spanning more than 100 countries across much of post-war history – to look at how worker rights affect economies over decades.
Tips for ventures: Experts discuss how startup ventures can avoid fundraising pitfalls
Entrepreneurship has always been about trial and error, so learning from mistakes is a key part of the journey – and raising funds for new ventures is often an obstacle course that trips up even the most skilful.
Automation, AI and the future of jobs
Will automation, AI and robotics mean a jobless future, or will their productivity free us to innovate and explore? Is the impact of new technologies to be feared, or a chance to rethink the structure of our working lives and ensure a fairer future for all?
Finance industry remains inefficient, says expert
Despite technological advances, the finance industry can’t show consumers it has become more efficient over the past century, says David Pitt-Watson, Visiting Professor at Cambridge Judge Business School.
Emotions can help make work meaningful
Dr Jochen Menges, an expert in organisational behaviour, thinks that emotions matter profoundly for employee performance and behaviour. His studies bring nuance to our understanding of how employees wish to feel at work.
Carbon price floor
The European Union should adopt a minimum price on carbon dioxide from electricity generation to boost low-carbon investment, says a new paper from the Energy Policy Research Group at the University of Cambridge.
Philipp Man on watches, entrepreneurship and leadership
Philipp Man says his venture CHRONEXT isn’t trying to reinvent the wheel, or even the watch. Instead, the goal of the luxury watches online marketplace is to cater to a traditional but sophisticated clientele who revere the precision of a mechanical watch.
Experts discuss the topic of risk
Companies and countries have always dealt with risks, but new threats such as cyber security are now changing the equation. How do you measure risk, what is the impact of recent events such as the Brexit vote, and what is the difference between risk and uncertainty?
Making the numbers count: supporting and engaging women at every career stage
Professor Sucheta Nadkarni and other researchers call for gender equality and career support for women in the workplace, and an end to “the doom and gloom narrative” over their limited numbers.
Cambridge Judge Master of Finance (MFin) class of 2008: where are they now?
The Master of Finance (MFin) programme at Cambridge Judge Business School began in 2008, right in the midst of the global financial crisis that has affected the banking system and the operation of financial markets around the world.
MBA students offer artistic advice
Cambridge Judge MBA students advise Carnegie Hall in New York how to entice more single ticket buyers to return for other concerts by making the venue more accessible to musical novices.
Puncturing the headquarters myth
Study by Cambridge Judge Business School’s Yasemin Kor and Niklas Lindlbauer finds that on-the-ground actors at dispersed business units, rather than corporate headquarters, often drive critical resource-allocation decisions.
Syrona Women: device aims to spot cervical cancer
Two Cambridge entrepreneurs – Anya Roy and Chantelle Bell – co-founded a startup aiming to help women to detect early signs of cervical cancer and other gynaecological diseases.
Gender inequality in the workplace (The Cambridge Judge Business Debate podcast series)
Statistics show that gender inequality at the workplace is pervasive, with lower pay and under-representation at top levels for women. How does this harm business, and should governments intervene?
Report offers insight into sustainable fashion
A report co-authored by two Cambridge Judge Business School alumni looks at the promise and challenges of sustainable fashion.
Bridging the research-practice divide
Academics can “talk funny,” according to many practitioners. A four-prong framework proposed in a new paper by Professor Michael Barrett of Cambridge Judge Business School, along with co-author Professor Eivor Oborn, aims to help academics widen the impact of their research and reach a broader audience.
Chinese firms going global
Chinese firms are becoming more global as they debate whether to become public companies, says Professor David De Cremer of Cambridge Judge Business School.