By Dr David Houghton, Lecturer in Marketing at Birmingham Business School A few weeks back I was approached to write this blog piece on the topic of selfie culture, shortly after having appeared on BBC Breakfast discussing a similar topic. My first thoughts were, “what’s interesting about selfies?” I mean, we know from prior research, … Continue reading “It’s the self not the selfie: Are we heading down a wormhole?”
Birmingham Business School hosts CABS Annual Research Conference
By Isabelle Szmigin, Deputy Dean of Birmingham Business School and Director of Research and Knowledge Transfer On March 29th academics from Business Schools throughout the UK came together for the Annual Research Conference of the Chartered Association of Business Schools. This year the Birmingham Business School hosted the conference in our new Alan Walters building. Following … Continue reading “Birmingham Business School hosts CABS Annual Research Conference”
How has Brexit affected exchange rates?
By John Fender, Professor of Macroeconomics at the University of Birmingham. The UK has experienced a depreciation of about 13% in the value of its currency since the Brexit referendum on the 23rd June last year. The Brexit vote was undoubtedly responsible for most of the decline; if the vote had been to remain the … Continue reading “How has Brexit affected exchange rates?”
Migrant Entrepreneurship: Reflections on Research and Practice
Director of Centre for Research in Ethnic Minority Entrepreneurship (CREME) Monder Ram summarises a paper published in the International Small Business Journal. The convulsions that Europe is experiencing over migration are increasingly evident in academic debates and the more expedient interventions of policy-makers. Scholars have long ruminated on factors that so often lead to migrants … Continue reading “Migrant Entrepreneurship: Reflections on Research and Practice”
Five good reasons to celebrate International Women’s Day where you work
By Dr Scott Taylor, Reader in Leadership & Organization Studies at Birmingham Business School Have you noticed any changes to the gender balance at work? Or the gender dynamics? If you haven’t, you’re probably not paying attention. Feminism is in the midst of a resurgence, that some academics are calling the ‘fourth wave’. This most … Continue reading “Five good reasons to celebrate International Women’s Day where you work”
Widening our talent pool has merits for social mobility
By Professor Joanne Duberley, Professor of Organisation Studies at Birmingham Business School. Since John Major’s promise of a classless society, politicians have intermittently raised the importance of enabling social mobility, based on merit. Surely it must be good for society if those with most talent rise to the top of society, occupying the best jobs. Recently … Continue reading “Widening our talent pool has merits for social mobility”