Tag: Business
Apple’s $1 trillion value doesn’t mean it’s the ‘biggest’ company
Jerry Davis, University of Michigan
On Aug. 2, Apple became the first U.S. public corporation to achieve a US$1 trillion valuation, making it the largest...
2015, the year that was: economics and business
Bryan Keogh, The Conversation
As we approach 2016, we look back at the big stories of The Conversation’s economics and business coverage over the past...
Low milk prices unearth the supply chain’s dirty secrets
Low milk prices unearth the supply chain's dirty secrets
Janet Godsell, University of Warwick and Ruth Leary, University of Warwick
Farmers have been leading cows into...
Offensive marketing can work – but not if it vilifies women
Offensive marketing can work – but not if it vilifies women
Isabelle Szmigin
, University of Birmingham
Scott Taylor
, University of Birmingham
In 1969 the Family Planning Information...
Calais migrant disruption: how much is the Channel Tunnel worth?
Calais migrant disruption: how much is the Channel Tunnel worth?
Roger Vickerman, University of Kent
With the crisis of migrants in Calais trying to smuggle their...
Academic entrepreneurs’ intellectual property strategies…
Academic entrepreneurs' intellectual property strategies should include more than only patents
M Cynthia Goh, University of Toronto
As the director of the Impact Centre at the...
This simple proposal could reduce risk taking at big banks
By Joel Shapiro, University of Oxford
It has long been a goal of investors and corporate governance experts to make sure our business leaders aren’t...
Karma may have a role to play in career progression, but...
By Dulini Fernando, University of Warwick and Laurie Cohen, University of Nottingham
For those who might have missed it, this was Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella’s...