By Dr Rebecca McDonald, Lecturer in Economics Department of Economics, University of Birmingham […] an app controlled by the NHS may provide the most promising solution for encouraging uptake and use, helping to end lockdown safely. Contact tracing will be crucial to managing the UK’s release from lockdown in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. … Continue reading “Should the NHS lead the UK’s contact tracing app?”
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The new cold war post Covid-19
By Professor Xiaohui Liu Department of Strategy and International Business, University of Birmingham For China, forced decoupling with the US, and restrictions on technological collaboration and imports from the US, may further accelerate Chinese indigenous innovation in the long term. The consequences of Covid-19 are reaching far beyond our imagination. It has not only caused … Continue reading “The new cold war post Covid-19”
Is COVID-19 a threat to sustainability?
By Dr Roshan Boojihawon, Senior Lecturer in Strategy Department of Strategy and International Business, University of Birmingham COVID-19 poses to overshadow all of these strides towards sustainability as such issues typically take a back seat in times of economic uncertainty. Global crises, like COVID-19, are complex because they come layered with a myriad of interlinked … Continue reading “Is COVID-19 a threat to sustainability?”
Narratives and Competitiveness: From Bloomsday to Normal People
By Professor John Bryson Department of Strategy and International Business, University of Birmingham Ulysses is one of the great novels and will remain an important landmark in the European literary canon. The anniversary of the 16 June 1904 is known as Bloomsday. This is the day when we celebrate Leopold Bloom’s walk through the streets … Continue reading “Narratives and Competitiveness: From Bloomsday to Normal People”
Cooperative strategy: Renault-Nissan’s Bumpy Ride
By Professor John Child and Dr Linda Hsieh The Department of Strategy and International Business, University of Birmingham Alliances can be very successful – if led by the right people, designed around a sound cooperative strategy supported for the long run by all stakeholders. It’s not just in international relations that politics can sabotage opportunities … Continue reading “Cooperative strategy: Renault-Nissan’s Bumpy Ride”
A New High Street Experience
By Dr Sarah Montano Department of Marketing, University of Birmingham The impact of COVID-19 on UK retail activity has been virtually unprecedented, with a record 18.1% fall in retail sales, in April 2020, which followed a fall of 5.2% in March 2020. The impact of this fall in sales can be particularly seen by the … Continue reading “A New High Street Experience”
Does power turn people into lockdown rulebreakers?
By Dr Grigorios Lamprinakos Research Fellow, Lloyds Banking Group Centre for Responsible Business The COVID-19 crisis has seen a whole new set of rules put into effect on lockdown, social distancing, face-covering and handwashing, affecting every part of our lives. The assumption underpinning these rules seems to be that the population are rational rule-followers, who … Continue reading “Does power turn people into lockdown rulebreakers?”
Overcoming wicked problems: structural inequality, discrimination and racism
By Professor John Bryson Department of Strategy and International Business, University of Birmingham Nevertheless, addressing intersectionality is at the core of the call to act on structural inequality. What is the most appropriate reaction to the death of George Floyd on May 25 2020, in Minneapolis, Minnesota? This is perhaps one of the key questions … Continue reading “Overcoming wicked problems: structural inequality, discrimination and racism”
No sign the European Commission wants the UK trade talks to succeed
By Professor John Bryson Department of Strategy and International Business, University of Birmingham There was a time when every second of our media-filled day was saturated with the word Brexit. Brexit dominated everything. Now, we are in the post-Brexit or Covid-19 era. There are many lessons that come from this new era as they relate … Continue reading “No sign the European Commission wants the UK trade talks to succeed”
Maintaining employees’ trust in leaders during lockdown – why it pays to be open in communication
Mark Saunders, Professor of Business Research Methods Margarita Nyfoudi, Lecturer in Human Resource Management & Organisational Behaviour Building and maintaining employees’ trust in the midst of a crisis is essential to the sustainability of an organisation. Trust can not only enhance employees’ willingness to cooperate and collaborate with each other but also increase their performance … Continue reading “Maintaining employees’ trust in leaders during lockdown – why it pays to be open in communication”