Many of our teaching academics are also “research active” and participate in industry-renowned research and publication outside of the University’s specialist centres. This may be in the form of collaborations with partner institutions or fellow academics, independent works, or particpating in large research groups.
Our academics are known for their contributions to the various canons of their specialisms, and are often invited to be key notes speakers at conferences around the world.
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This study investigates governance arrangements of knowledge management (KM) programs by applying Lawrence and Lorsch’s (1967) organisational design theory. Read more
The paper examines theories and concepts of the internationalisation process and focuses on the transition of management behaviour as a company becomes increasingly international. Read more
Why is economics perceived to come in only one or at best two different a-cultural if not a-moral guises? There are real, and many, alternatives to the economic mainstream. In Integral Economics Ronnie Lessem and Alexander Schieffer pave the way for a sustainable approach to economics, building on the richness of diverse economic approaches from all over the globe. Read more
The research-based case investigates how Beardow Adams (a local business based in Milton Keynes) manages and organises its international business.
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Accounting Principles for Tax Purposes is recognised in the tax profession as the bible for non-accounting professionals who have to use accounts in their work. As the overlap between tax and accounting rules continues to grow, it is increasingly important for tax practitioners to have a sound grasp of how the world of accounting works and is changing. Read more
At the end of April 2010, Cengage published the second international edition of Statistics for Business and Economics, a text aimed at students studying applied statistics as part of an undergraduate programme in business studies or economics. Read more
James Rowell of the Business School and Dr Paul Lapoule from Advancia-Negocia presented this paper at the EFMD (European Foundation for Management Development) conference at Advancia, Paris, 21-23 February 2010. With the theme “Entrepreneurs as Agents of Creativity in Times of Crisis”, academics and practitioners from across Europe and further afield presented and debated papers on the role and operation of entrepreneurs and entrepreneurial activity in the commercial world, and its delivery in higher education. Read more
In September Anne Hampton and James Rowell (Buckingham Business School) visited the ancient city of Cluj-Napoca in northern Romania. Legend has it that the city was founded by the Romans, and to remind everyone of this a statue of Romulus and Remus, with a wolf, themselves the founders of Rome, stands in the main thoroughfare of the city. However the purpose of their visit was to present their research paper at the International Conference for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises in European Economies. Read more
(Re)Discovering Charity seeks to move beyond belief, opinion and secular ideology by analysing both the meaning of charity and, in parts 2 and 3, the characteristic manifestations of charity. Evidence suggests that far from creating dependency, true Christian charity fosters responsibility, hope and well-being. Charity is, in fact, Christianity’s effective response to social, spiritual and economic well-being. Read more
Transformation Management, in theory and practice, is considered to be the next evolution after leadership and management. Drawing on social philosophies and business practices from the four corners of the globe, as well as the centre, the book draws on these richly variegated grounds of local identity, to evolve a newly ‘global integrity’. Read more