Management School publishes fourth edition of Research
The Management School has published its fourth edition of Research, which offers an extensive overview of the latest studies and news from 2023-24.
This edition features impactful studies from our six subject groups, along with updates from our research centres.
In an accessible and engaging style, Research 04 highlights the latest insights and advancements from our colleagues:
- Discover the latest research by experts from the School's Accounting and Finance Subject Group, who are working on a new model developed by Dr Michael Ellington that views links between businesses and sectors as a network and Dr Mattia Bevilacqua shows how we can detect industries with the greatest impact on the real economy (Page 4).
- Dr Noemi Mantovan explores how partner violence impacts the female labour supply and women's life choices (Page 7).
- Speaking at the House of Commons, Professor Ian Burn presented novel evidence that stressed the low impact of the Government's latest efforts in narrowing the current disability employment gap (DEG) (page 9).
- Dr Peter Guenther and Dr Miriam Guenther reveal key economic benefits in externally reporting marketing assets (MA) valuations, including lower equity financing costs, more realistic stock prices and greater marketing management efficiency (page 12).
- Using advanced performance metrics and machine learning, researchers from the Centre for Sports Business have developed new models to predict transfer fees for professional footballers with greater precision (page 16).
- Senior Lecturer in Football Finance, Kieran Maguire, emphasises the potential of an Independent Football Regulator (IFR) to address financial mismanagement at football clubs (page 18).
- Professor Dongping Song proposes a time-phased roadmap to enable maritime transport decarbonisation, as part of a UK-wide research initiative to develop cleaner and more sustainable seaports (page 19).
- Dr Irene Margaret’s research shows international environmental management certifications, such as ISO 14001, increase market value in the presence of a strongly binding multilateral agreement (page 22).
- Dr Manuel F. Ramirez presents a new classification of climate imaginaries, explaining how understanding and actions to address the climate crisis change over time (page 24).
- Management School’s academics, Dr Laura Radcliffe, Dr Rachel Ashman and Professor Caroline Gatrell, have created ‘Future Families Work’ (FFW), a project to help businesses foster inclusive, family-friendly and hybrid workplaces (page 26).
- Dr Bruce Pinnington has stressed the need for stricter supply chain legislation and rewards for compliant firms during a House of Lords Select Committee session looking at the effectiveness of the Modern Slavery Act (page 28).
- Aligned with the wider goals of the School’s Centre for Sustainable Business (CSB) and following a successful pilot roll-out, the Shaping Sustainable Futures (SSF) short course will return for its second run in Autumn 2024 (page 30).