Paper on risk and railroads wins prestigious prize
A paper on how US railroads can manage the risks of declining coal haulage wins the annual Cambridge-McKinsey Risk Prize announced at Cambridge Judge Business School.
Crowdfunding struggles in emerging markets
Developing markets are lagging in crowdfunding, finds study at Cambridge Judge Business School. Regulation and corruption control are key factors in boosting crowdfunding volume.
The heat is on: how temperatures affect voter behaviour
Higher temperatures boost voter turnout and helps the incumbent party, finds study based on temperature, turnout and results in each US state for presidential elections between 1960 and 2016.
Mobile technology – friend or foe?
Arman Moussavi, a current MBA student at Cambridge Judge Business School, gave a TEDx Oxbridge talk last month about mobile technology – cautioning listeners not to be too shackled to their convenient little computers.
Hiring directors – how to get it right
Good experience, or the right experience? Why it pays to be picky when picking your board, says new research from Professor Yasemin Kor of Cambridge Judge.
Judge Business School nominations for Vice-Chancellor’s Awards 2017
There are five Cambridge Judge Business School nominations for this year’s Vice-Chancellor’s Awards, with winners to be announced in July.
Design studio CEO talks about square fruits and ‘smart’ shopping baskets
Fancy tasting a mushroom ketchup, mango chutney, or honey and elderflower cube? These are just a few of the quirky 3D printed food offerings made by Dovetailed, a Cambridge-based creative design studio and innovation lab.
Research explores dynamic interaction between investment, payout, and debt
A new research paper co-authored by Bart Lambrecht, Professor of Finance at Cambridge Judge Business School, examines the interaction between investment, payout, and debt at public companies– and the key role of managerial preferences on a firm’s capital structure.
The five key ‘factors’ in factor investing
With factor investing and smart beta strategies on the rise, Professor Elroy Dimson of Cambridge Judge Business School looks at five central factors that all investors should monitor closely.
Juggling act: banking, family and rowing
Ailsa Kegler of Newton Investment Management, an alumna of the Advanced Leadership Programme (ALP 2015) delivered by Cambridge Judge Business School Executive Education, talks about leadership, gender inequality and the Boat Race.
Venturing forth: Thrift transforms charity giving
A venture by a Cambridge Judge alumnus takes the hassle out of donating unwanted apparel, while rewarding donors with online credit.
The board member’s dilemma: supervising when you don’t (fully) understand
Executives chosen to serve on top-level panels such as boards of directors or strategic steering committees face a common issue: such people are very busy running their own businesses, so how can they effectively provide oversight and leadership given their limited time and incomplete expertise?
Family ties can make work meaningful, says study
Stuck in a boring job? Doing it for your family can make it meaningful, finds study co-authored by Dr Jochen Menges of Cambridge Judge.
How ‘frugal innovation’ can fight off inequality
Inequality is the defining social, political and economic phenomenon of our time. Just one per cent of the world’s population now holds over 35 per cent of all private wealth, more than the bottom 95 per cent combined. Bad as this may seem, trends suggest that the situation will only get worse, says Professor Jaideep Prabhu of Cambridge Judge Business School.
30% Club scholarship available for the Cambridge Rising Women Leaders Programme
Cambridge Judge Business School Executive Education are excited to be collaborating with the 30% Club to offer a scholarship for the Cambridge Rising Women Leaders Programme. The scholarship will offer a fully funded place on the two-day programme, starting with the programme hosted in Cambridge in September 2017.
Company board connections
Companies increase both R&D and patenting activity if they have directors who ‘interlock’ with other companies, says new study co-authored at Cambridge Judge Business School.
Study explores resistance to ‘marketisation’
Some sectors including childcare remain stubbornly resistant to marketisation, finds research by two Cambridge Judge academics.
Brexit and energy
Britain can play the role of an innovative ‘California’ in addressing European energy policy issues post-Brexit, says Professor Michael Pollitt of Cambridge Judge Business School.
Cc’ing the boss can ‘backfire’
“Cc’ing” supervisors to emails between co-workers erodes trust among office colleagues, finds study at Cambridge Judge Business School, outlined in Harvard Business Review.
The curious case of what makes people switch mobile phone contracts
Study co-authored by Cambridge Judge Business School academic finds that ‘loss aversion’ to paying extra, rather than saving money, is the real motivator in switching mobile phone contracts.
Focus on affordable value innovation, says expert
For multinationals, the real prize in developing countries is in ‘good enough’ rather than high-end products, which can be very profitable, says Professor Jaideep Prabhu of Cambridge Judge Business School.
Alleviating poverty through trust
‘Myopic’ decision-making by those on low incomes creates a vicious cycle of poverty, but a new study co-authored at Cambridge Judge Business School says this can be addressed through increased community trust that helps the poor make forward-looking decisions.
New funding for carbon capture and storage
UK Carbon Capture and Storage Research Centre, whose Deputy Director is David Reiner of Cambridge Judge, gains £6.1 million in new funding for next five years.
Grand Challenges for management research
Academics in management research usually focus on organisational issues in business, but they’re now also increasingly engaged in addressing some of the world’s ‘wicked problems’ like poverty and hunger.
Approaching leadership from within
Lorraine Warne, alumna of Cambridge Judge Business School’s Postgraduate Diploma in Entrepreneurship (PGDE), helps people become better business leaders by absorbing – and, especially, retaining – key leadership principles.