Postgraduate research topics

Current research degrees

'A Cross-cultural Study on Managerial Decision Making Process'

— PhD research by Guangyu Freear

'A discursive investigation of leading in organisational conversations'

— MRes research by Helen Darch

'Advertising ethics: practitioner and stakeholder perceptions'

— PhD research by Tom Farrell

'An exploratory study of the implications of the technological and the online social media developments, on innovation in the fashion retail industry'

— MRes research by Rishikesh Sinha

'Between policy and practice: the case of providing positive activities for young people'

— PhD research by Louisa Thomson

'Collaboration for children and the third sector: enacting leadership and governance in a complex space'

— MRes research by Carol Jarvis

'Contribution to the Re-conceptualization and Operationalization of Brand Identity: A Dynamic Perspective'

— research by Catherine da Silveira

'Corporate Governance and Its Impact on the Firm’s Performance and Valuation'

— PhD research by Subhan Ullah

'Disposition effect, investor sophistication, and market conditions in the stock markets of mainland China'

— PhD research by Lin Zhang

'Does collaboration enable innovation?'

— PhD research by Janet Diamond

'Does Person-Organisation Fit have an Impact on Organisational Performance'

— PhD research by Patrick Nelson

'Does Psychology Offer a Better Guide Than Economics to Understanding Individual Financial Behaviour'

— PhD research by Christine Ruschak

'Emotion and financial decision making'

— PhD research by Paul Grayson

'Emotion and financial decision making'

— PhD research by Matthew Shawcross

'Ethnic Minority Community’s Engagement with Other Groups through Consumption: Resist, Negotiate or Succumb?'

— MRes research by Benjamin Diabah

'Exploring sources of competitive advantages in e-business applications: a cross-industries case study in mainland China'

— PhD research by Sophia Tao

'Formal Retail Management Education: A Critical Perspective'

— PhD research by Frances Gunn

'From Dataveillance to Data Economy: Firm View on Data Protection'

— PhD research by Sara Degli Esposti

'Funding Models for Electric Vehicles '

— PhD research by Abukari Atchulo

'Governance of banking/financial institutions in Africa'

— MRes research by Danson Kimani

'How do institutional and network factors affect the distribution of ESF funding in Wales? And how does this affect the composition of ESF Partnerships?'

— PhD research by Rebecca Rumbul

'How do sportswear companies innovate: to what extent is knowledge embedded in technological innovation within new product development in the sportswear industry?'

— PhD research by Anjali Wanigasuriya Arachchige

'Impact of Corporate Governance Regulations on the Performance of Financial Institutions'

— MRes research by Fatima Yusuf

'Influence of business networks on performance of small and medium enterprises (SMEs): a Case-Study of Tourism Sector in Nepal'

— PhD research by Binod Shrestha

'Innovation and productivity in the US automobile industry'

— PhD research by William Moore

'Internal Corporate Governance Mechanisms and the Performance of Firms: Evidence from the UK Financial and Non-financial Sectors'

— PhD research by Sardar Ahmad

'Judgement in Day to Day Managing'

— PhD research by Clare Mumford

'Judgment in Day-to-Day Managing'

— MRes research by Joanne Vincett

'Performance Measurement: applying Return on Investment (ROI) in new domains'

— PhD research by Deneise Dadd

'Public engagement and socio-technical transitions: The case of ELVIS in Milton Keynes'

— research by Miguel Valdez

'Reconceptualising value: defining, measuring and managing social value creation by business enterprises'

— MRes research by Vandana Tripathi

'Stock Market Investment Decision Making and Emotion'

— PhD research by Daniel Richards

'Strategy at the organisational peripheries: a case study of first-line managers’ strategic agency at a high street retailer in the UK.'

— PhD research by Tamim Elbasha

'Strategy processes, activities and learning in Sub-Saharan Africa '

— MRes research by Charles Mbalyohere

'The effects of Occupational Communities of Practice Strength of Commitment on Enterprise Resource Planning system success'

— PhD research by Gabrielle Ford

'The Impact of Entrepreneurial Capital on Environmental Improvement in SMEs: Contemporary Practices and Interventions in the Leather Sector of Pakistan'

— MRes research by Aqueel Wahga

'The legimisation process of resource seekers'

— PhD research by Neil Wolff

'To what extent do SMEs adapt their marketing and sales strategies in times of an economic downturn?'

— MRes research by Patricia Donaldson

'Understanding the sensemaking of climate change by SME managers in the enactment of green business behaviours'

— PhD research by Sarah Williams

'Using narratives and story-telling in career development: A South African distance learning perspective'

— PhD research by Willie Chinyamurindi

'What role does culture play in the Market entry decisions of the senior management team of British owned firms?'

— PhD research by David Holliman