Crayfish connects businesses with China
Cambridge MBA alumna Ting Zhang founded an online platform that connects qualified bilingual talent to companies aiming to do business with China.
Tech can improve lives in refugee camps
An article co-authored by Corinna Frey, PhD candidate at Cambridge Judge Business School, looks at how technical innovations could improve lives of people in refugee camps.
The EU single market at 25
A conference at Cambridge Judge marked the 25th anniversary of the European Union’s single market, in advance of a special issue of the Review of Industrial Organisation journal. There has been much progress, but plenty of work remains to translate institutional change into greater consumer benefit.
The Cambridge Judge Business Debate podcast series: Silicon Valley
Silicon Valley is a big success story, spawning the likes of Google and Apple. But what are the secrets of this success, and what challenges does Silicon Valley face to retain its leadership role?
Blindingly obvious disconnection
Powerful bosses can be ‘blind’ to gaps in workplace connections between employees, finds a new study co-authored by Dr Jochen Menges at Cambridge Judge Business School.
Collaborations can drive digital disruption in healthcare
Corporations should team up with more flexible startups to drive digital transformation of healthcare, says a new paper stemming from collaboration between Cambridge Judge Business School, University Witten/Herdecke and Bayer AG in Germany.
Corporate risk: plan to be surprised
From a risk perspective, the past decade has been traumatic, from the global financial crisis to election shocks of tectonic proportions. Professor Daniel Ralph of Cambridge Judge says not to expect the next decade to be any better, instead – plan to be surprised.
Fish out of water: what makes a new venture 'legitimate'?
A new study co-authored by Professor Paul Tracey of Cambridge Judge Business School says new ventures obtain ‘legitimacy’, not through one-off activity but through a gradated process in which acceptance ebbs and flows along with shifting expectations.
How to change organisational culture
Moral identity plays a role in achieving ethical organisational culture, as discussed by Dr Eric Levy of Cambridge Judge in an essay for a Financial Conduct Authority paper.
Social innovation, over time
Community activists tend to seek urgent solutions, but a new study from the Cambridge Centre for Social Innovation emphasises how patience is essential for cross-sector development work.
Digital government ‘manifesto’ is unveiled
A new blueprint for modernisation of public services outlined by Dr Mark Thompson of Cambridge Judge Business School aims to save £46 billion a year in order to hire one million frontline workers.
Collective feelings matter
A study co-authored by Dr Jochen Menges of Cambridge Judge Business School says employees feel worse at work in less consumer-centric industries such as manufacturing, with consequences for workplace strain and absenteeism.
Blowhorn – moving goods in India made easy
Owing to horrible congestion and narrow roads, big trucks are banned from many major cities in India. So Cambridge Judge Business School alumnus Mithun Srivatsa (Cambridge MBA 2011) saw a promising market opening.
New model measures bank default risk
A study co-authored by Professor Turalay Kenc, a Pembroke Visiting Scholar at Cambridge Judge Business School, develops a new model to measure bank default risk during volatile periods.
Study looks at measuring Chinese economic growth
A new study co-authored by Professor Peter Williamson of Cambridge Judge Business School calls for an alternative ‘bottom-up’ index to measure China’s economic growth.
The ‘business case’ for gender diversity
Gender diversity in top management teams can boost ‘psychological safety’ and help firms innovate, finds a new study of Chinese hi-tech firms co-authored at Cambridge Judge Business School in advance of International Women’s Day tomorrow (8 March).
BeeBee Wraps tackles the plastic waste issue
Speaking with a friend, Kath Austin heard how people in pre-plastic days used cotton coated with beeswax to preserve food – and she wondered whether this ancient technology could help with a very modern problem: the tons of plastic wrapping that pollute oceans and pile up in landfills.
Expanding medical education
Cambridge Judge Business School Executive MBA participant David Lenihan seeks to transform medical education to address a severe shortage of healthcare workers, using a once-struggling medical school in Puerto Rico as the launchpad.
Is bitcoin mining wasteful?
The enormous use of energy used to mine cryptocurrencies is very contentious, but alternative methods pose too much of a security risk, says Michel Rauchs.
Beware the risk of employee burnout
Many highly engaged employees are also exhausted and ready to leave their organisations, finds a study of 1,085 US workers co-authored by Dr Jochen Menges of Cambridge Judge Business School.
The company you keep: how partnerships affect employees
‘We’re sponsoring what?’ Corporate sponsorship affects how employees view their firm and self, and the results can be surprising, finds a new study co-authored by Professor Jennifer Howard-Grenville at Cambridge Judge Business School.
How business and the arts interact
Jeremy Newton, CEO of the education charity Children & the Arts and a Cambridge Judge Fellow who leads the Culture, Arts & Media concentration for the Cambridge MBA, discusses the interaction of business and the arts.
Education catapult: the importance of new technologies
Professor Mark Esposito, a Fellow at Cambridge Judge Business School, argues that new technologies such as blockchain and artificial intelligence could play a key role in transforming education.
Ship-shape collaboration leads to new funding
Cambridge Judge Business School alumni link up to help digital shipping exchange NYSHEX cruise ahead with $13 million in new funding.
Central banks branch out
Central banks undertake ‘gradual but definite expansion’ of investment activities that look beyond their traditional boundaries, says a report by BNY Mellon in collaboration with Cambridge Judge Business School.