Archive for Comment

Time to stop betting the house

Thursday, March 4th, 2010

The collapse of a global housing bubble has caused chaos in the mortgage sector. David Steven warns that unless bold action is taken by...Read Full

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The global crisis, social protection and jobs

Tuesday, February 16th, 2010

While some economists are calling for an end to stimulus packages and immediate deficit cuts, the former chief economist of the World Bank, Joe Stiglitz,...Read Full

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Should e-learning change university management?

Tuesday, February 9th, 2010

With the university sector bracing itself for planned cuts after the next General Election, the need to respond flexibly to changes in its market and...Read Full

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‘A company in crisis: but they may yet avoid the same fate as Mitsubishi motors’

Sunday, February 7th, 2010

The sight of Toyota’s President issuing a humbling apology this week after recalling millions of cars due to faulty accelerator pedals is a reminder that...Read Full

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Innovating old age

Tuesday, January 19th, 2010

The elderly are set to become a much more important part of the economy than they have ever been. So why is entrepreneurial research not...Read Full

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The revolution will not be tweeted

Thursday, January 14th, 2010

The Washington Post hailed the contribution of social media in the Iranian presidential elections as a Twitter revolution but, as Ali Bayat argues, there is...Read Full

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Entrepreneurship as sampling

Friday, January 1st, 2010

Is entrepreneurship ideologically over-sold? Alf Rehn thinks so and argues that we can establish a better understanding of this activity by viewing the entrepreneur as...Read Full

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One-off bankers’ bonus tax fails to address structural problems

Monday, December 14th, 2009

Chancellor Alistair Darling’s one off bankers’ bonus tax does not go far enough in tackling the “structural problems” of the city according to a leading...Read Full

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A smaller carrot is not a stick

Friday, November 27th, 2009

Reduced incentives for bankers will not mean less risk is taken on by financial institutions, argues Michael Stern. Instead, a system of personal unlimited liability...Read Full

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Academics ‘didn’t see’ financial crisis coming

Tuesday, November 17th, 2009

A leading expert in the operation of financial markets has admitted that academia has been “pretty slow” in responding to the financial crisis and that...Read Full

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