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By Professor John Bryson Department of Strategy and International Business, University of Birmingham There has been a consistent message coming from Vladimir Putin and the Kremlin concerning Russia’s security. This discourse is based around the mantra that Russian interests and security are non-negotiable. There are many ways of reading this statement. Does Putin mean military … Continue reading “The Putin Paradox? Russian National Security and the Ukrainian Military Crisis”

By Professor Ian Thomson and Dominic Bates Lloyds Banking Group Centre for Responsible Business Over the past 25 years, Fairtrade estimates it has helped generate an extra one billion Euros for farmers and their communities around the world by guaranteeing sustainable prices for their produce and paying an additional sum to invest in social and … Continue reading “What can other ecolabels learn from the success of Fairtrade?”

By Dr Edward Pinchbeck Department of Economics A growing body of evidence has led to a better understanding of the extensive and pervasive ways in which air pollution affects our health, well-being, and cognitive development. One of the contributions economists have made to this debate has been to estimate the monetary value that people attach … Continue reading “The price of indoor air pollution”

By Professor John Bryson Department of Strategy and International Business, University of Birmingham The COVID-19 pandemic, and subsequent lockdown measures, led to unprecedented adaptations by individuals and communities including places of worship, their clergy, and congregations across the UK. Across the UK, Anglican churches are the oldest surviving organisations with the longest adaptation histories. Nearly … Continue reading “Levelling-up and the Diocese of Worcester: What can be learnt?”

By Grigorios Lamprinakos, Solon Magrizos, Ioannis Kostopoulos, Dimitrios Drossos & David Santos Birmingham Business School The COVID-19 pandemic has cemented our growing dependency on the internet, with social distancing seemingly tipping our preference towards shopping online for good. According to ‘COVID-19 and E-commerce’, which surveyed more than 1,800 consumers from nine countries around the world, … Continue reading “The covert truth about online personalised advertising”

By Professor Stan Siebert, Professor of Labour Economics Department of Management The BBC reports that over the past year, pay rises on average have failed to keep up with the cost of living. At the same time, we know that in April OFGEM will be raising its energy price cap, perhaps by over £500, and … Continue reading “Jobs, jobs, jobs!”

By Professor Tony Dobbins, Professor of Employment Relations and HR Management President of the British Universities Industrial Relations Association A recent UK Parliament House of Commons Library briefing paper on flexible working by Professor Tony Dobbins* considers remote and hybrid work patterns during the coronavirus pandemic and implications for working futures. Although flexible working has long been … Continue reading “Pandemic increases impetus for more employee choice over flexible working”

By Dr Jing Du, Lecturer in Finance Birmingham Business School, University of Birmingham. The UK government amended the Climate Change Act in 2019 to formally set the goal of achieving net zero by 2050, becoming one of the first countries in the world to establish net zero in the form of legal act. In order … Continue reading “Climate Change and Green Work: Several Ways to Deliver Net Zero Commitment”