Speeding up late payments is the most effective strategy for small firms in dealing with the recession, according to the Quarterly Survey of Small Business in Britain by The Open University Business School, Barclays and ACCA.
Businesses in Britain have been implementing a number of different strategies in an attempt to deal with the effects of the economic climate. Speeding up late payments is the most effective strategy for small firms in dealing with the recession, with 42% of small firms indicating that this had proved to be the most effective way to bolster their cash flow. However, for the very smallest firms, chasing up payments was less successful. The owners of these firms were more likely to be cutting their...
Dr Matt Hinton, Senior Lecturer in Information and Knowledge Management, won an outstanding paper award at this year’s Emerald Literati Network Awards for Excellence.
Matt and his co-author David Barnes were given the award for their paper entitled “Discovering Effective Performance Measurement for E-Business” which was published in the International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management 58 (4) 329-345
Every year Emerald invites its journals’ editorial teams to nominate what they believe has been that title’s Outstanding Paper and up to three Highly Commended Papers from the past 12 months.
The award-winning papers are chosen following consultation among the journal’s editorial team, many of whom are eminent academics or...
Speeding up late payments is the most effective strategy for small firms in dealing with the recession, according to the Quarterly Survey of Small Business in Britain by The Open University Business School, Barclays and ACCA.
Businesses in Britain have been implementing a number of different strategies in an attempt to deal with the effects of the economic climate. Speeding up late payments is the most effective strategy for small firms in dealing with the recession, with 42% of small firms indicating that this had proved to be the most effective way to bolster their cash...
A new BBC TWO series explores how big businesses feed us. With unprecedented access to the world’s largest food companies including Kelloggs, Nestlé, CocaCola PepsiCo and Danone, this is the inside story of how the explosive growth of the industry and how over the last sixty years we have emerged from a time of scarcity and entered an age of convenience, choice and plenty.
The Foods that Make Billions is a three part series explains how the food business has taken three cheap commodities in cereals, water and yoghurt and transformed them into everyday...
New laws that impact on privacy should undergo post-legislative scrutiny, Information Commissioner, Christopher Graham, said today in a report to Parliament on the state of surveillance.
‘An Update to A Report on The Surveillance Society’ which was authored by the members of the Surveillance Studies Network including The Open University Business School’s Dr. Kirstie Ball recommends that there should be a legal requirement to make sure all new laws that engage significant privacy concerns undergo post-legislative scrutiny to ensure they are being implemented and used as intended by Parliament.
Presented to the Home Affairs Select Committee today (Friday 12th November), the report also makes a number of recommendations for the private sector,...
Dr Ruslan Ramanau has been awarded a Teaching Research and Development Grant from the Higher Education Academy Subject Centre for Business Management Accountancy and Finance, for a project titled “International management learning: a comparative study of new UK-domiciled and non-domiciled students expectations, experiences, knowledge/practice outcomes on practice-based distance learning management courses”.
The project is designed as an exploratory study to inform further research to aid developers of internationalised practice-based courses and related students.
On 18 November 2010, thirty seven managers from across Romania will graduate with the degree of Master in Business Administration from The Open University Business School at a ceremony held at the Romanian National Chamber of Commerce in Bucharest. They will be joined by 101 managers who have successfully completed their Diploma in Management, the first stage of the MBA Programme.
At the ceremony, the graduates will be joined by Vyv Pettler, Associate Dean Teaching and Learning of The Open University Business School, who will present the awards and Sara Pierson, Director, Partnerships and Product at Open University Worldwide, who has responsibility for managing relations with the Open University’s partners...
Open University Business School academic, Les Budd, and Andy Trigg, Senior Lecturer in Economics at the Open University have been involved in the creation of a historic document forecasting the future growth of Iraq.
The Outline Spatial Strategy for Iraq (OSSI) 2010 has developed a framework for Iraq’s future physical planning. This was produced in association with the Danish economic development consultancy, NIRAS, led by Dr Amer Hirmis, Managing Director of the UK-based Capital Business Strategies (CBS).
Les authored the chapter on economic analysis examining growth and employment forecasts whilst Andy undertook the population projections, based on a cohort model, to assist with the planning the redevelopment of Iraq.
Andy explained the...
‘Governing the NHS: Issues and Tension in Health Service Management’ is the new book from Professor John Storey of the Open University Business School. The book describes and critically assesses the modes of governance and accountability which currently prevail throughout the NHS and those which are planned by the new coalition. It also offers practical guidance for the improvement of governance. The main focus is on NHS England but comparative references to Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland are also made.
The chapters navigate the system-wide architecture of NHS governance. The journey takes-in the role of regulatory bodies and explains the struggle to bring the practice of medicine under systematic scrutiny. The growth of health care networks and...
The dynamic and fast-paced world of retail is reflected in the new Open University Business School
Level 1 module An introduction to retail management and marketing (B122). This module complements An introduction to business studies (B120) and will have relevance to anyone who is working in, or interested in, retail. Using an innovative mix of materials, the module covers topics which range from store management, customer service and e-retailing to contemporary social issues like sustainability and the environment.
Module Team Chair Fiona Ellis-Chadwick, Senior Lecturer in Retail Management at the OU, says: “Every part of this module is designed with a view to students being able to put into practice tomorrow what they learned today. It can help...
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