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University of Cambridge: greater business-university collaboration will reap rewards.

Greater business-university collaboration will reap rewards 28 March 2022

Interactions between UK businesses and universities are broad based and beneficial, but are being held back by firms' lack of capacity and…

Public or private energy? 14 March 2022

Renationalisation is not the solution to the current supply and pricing issues in the energy market, Professor Michael Pollitt of Cambridge Judge…

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Research impact 1 March 2022

Research & Development study by David Connell of the Centre for Business Research at Cambridge Judge Business School is cited by UK…

Lebanese health 11 January 2022

Lebanon's health services should be given far greater priority in economic recovery policies by donor governments, says new report co-authored at the…

The Eid al-Adha morning prayer in Gaza City, 20 July 2021.

Gaza health care 23 November 2021

Improve information flows and build cooperation between stakeholders in the health sector in Gaza to address continuing humanitarian needs, says report from…

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Industrial policy failure 8 June 2021

The UK's £7.3 billion flagship research and development tax credit scheme is failing to stimulate the additional spending required to meet the…

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Governing catastrophes 9 February 2021

Re-learning how to manage risk can be a template for the future governance of crises, say academics from the Centre for Business…

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‘Underwhelming’ response 5 October 2020

Despite G20 pledge to do 'whatever it takes', the IMF has offered only 'trivial' new funding toward a $2.5 trillion pandemic financing…

Mental health 13 July 2020

People with coronavirus symptoms more likely to have general psychiatric disorders and loneliness, says study co-authored at Cambridge Judge Business School. People…

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Employers should cut hours not people 28 May 2020

Calls for companies to reduce working hours instead of cutting jobs help mental health and to boost the economy after the pandemic.…

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Major international collaboration on critical behavioural science theory lead by CJBS affiliates 20 May 2020

A new study co-authored Dr Kai Ruggeri and Dr Tomas Folke, from the Centre for Business Research, replicates influential Prospect Theory that…

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ASSET: new measure of economic and financial literacy 3 April 2020

ASSET is a new short scale that evaluates financial literacy in teenagers and young adults, developed by researchers at Cambridge Judge Business…

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Joint research project on legal systems and AI selected for funding by UKRI and JST 31 January 2020

A research project on legal systems and artificial antelligence (AI), based on collaboration between Hitotsubashi University, Japan, and the University of Cambridge,…

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Privatisation and corruption 9 July 2019

Privatisation of state-owned enterprises in IMF loan conditions can increase corruption through a 'vicious circle' of weaker institutions and increased incentives, says…

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The IMF and ‘conditionality’ 12 March 2019

Structural conditions imposed on developing countries by the International Monetary Fund undermine their 'state capacity' for economic development, finds study led at…

‘Citizens of Somewhere’ 12 December 2018

Foreign-born academics in Britain are actively engaged in both the UK and internationally, contributing greatly to UK society, says a new study…

Military spending did not “crowd out” welfare in Middle East prior to Arab Spring 12 September 2018

Findings dispute "guns versus butter" narrative as a major factor behind the Arab Spring. Researchers caution against uncritically applying lessons from Western…

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Legislating labour in the long run 16 July 2018

Researchers have built the single largest dataset of employment laws – spanning more than 100 countries across much of post-war history –…

Treasury economic modelling is flawed say economists from the Centre for Business Research (CBR) 28 February 2018

New research from the Centre for Business Research (CBR) at the University of Cambridge Judge Business School questions the accuracy of measurements…

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Small business jumpstart 28 November 2017

Author of industrial strategy review of the UK Small Business Research Initiative calls for increased focus on customer-funded innovation contracts to allow…

Lebanon Livelihoods report

Lorraine Charles, Research Associate at the Centre for Business Research, publishes new report on the economic opportunities and challenges for Palestinians and…

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Research Fellow in Corporate Growth and Regional Development 30 October 2017

The University of Cambridge seeks to appoint a full-time research fellow at the Centre for Business Research to work on an exciting…

Small business review 24 November 2016

David Connell of the Centre for Business Research at Cambridge Judge to lead review on UK government Small Business Research Initiative. The…

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Giving workers employment rights increases productivity and profitability 28 October 2016

New research findings from two of the UK's top universities, Cambridge and Manchester, reveals giving workers employment rights increases productivity and profitability.…

VC and patents 10 December 2015

Venture capital investment does not boost patents by technology firms, finds new study at University of Cambridge Judge Business School. 'Patenting has…

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