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Alliance Manchester Business School’s twice-yearly magazine features interviews and thought leadership from our academics and research students.

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The cover of AMBS Magazine issue 10 Issue 10: Reimagining Business as a Force For Good
The front cover of the AMBS magazine issue nine Issue 9: The future of work, green agenda, levelling up and data science research
The cover of AMBS Magazine issue 8 Issue 8: Healthier decisions, food retailing, supply chains and social responsibility
alliance manchester business school magazine issue 7 front cover Issue 7: The Productivity Institute Launch, Covid recovery, social entrepreneurship
the illustrated cover of the new ambs magazine Issue 6: North South divide, the future of banking, developing resilience and the value of patents
Alliance Manchester Business School Research Magazine Issue Five Issue 5: Automation and work, Andy Burnham, data visualisation and tackling poverty pay
Alliance Manchester Business School Research Magazine Issue Four Issue 4: Brexit and gender equality, Alan Turing Fellows, the future of audit and research-led teaching
Alliance Manchester Business School Research Magazine Issue Three Issue 3: Business engagement, employee ownership models, global warming and Manchester’s economic transformation.
Alliance Manchester Business School Research Magazine Issue Two Issue 2: Fintech, automation and AI, corporate governance, PFT and well-being
Alliance Manchester Business School Research Magazine Issue One Issue 1: Business and human rights, diversity, Shared Parental Leave, infrastructure and employee gentleness.

Research news

A man looking at a recycling plant which is full of plastic bottles.

Report calls for dramatic overhaul of UK recycling

Tuesday, March 28, 2023

The UK’s recycling system requires a dramatic overhaul to effectively tackle the issue of plastic waste, according to a report published by a team which includes members of the Sustainable Consumption Institute (SCI) based at AMBS. >>

An event facilitated by The Business Desk editor, Michael Taylor and hosted by Academic Director of Executive Education, Bryan Lukas, with panellists including Booking.com’s Lisa Shaftesley, Jo Ahmed, Partner and Leader of the Global Employer Services practice, Deloitte, and Dr Courtney Owens, Lecturer in Leadership and Organisational Psychology at AMBS.

Leadership in a Volatile and Uncertain World

Thursday, March 23, 2023

Alliance Manchester Business School in partnership with The Business Desk held Leadership in a Volatile and Uncertain World, a panel discussion with leaders from the UK business community and AMBS to explore and navigate the evolving business landscape in this country. >>

A pair of black women's hands balancing a piece of wood. On one side is a small yellow male figure and on the other is a small yellow woman figure. The wood is perfectly balanced, demonstrating them being equal to each other.

Gender and productivity

Wednesday, March 8, 2023

Integrating equality into the productivity agenda is essential for a medium to long-term strategy for raising productivity that aims at improving well-being for all, according to a major new report. >>

Professor Richard Allmendinger from AMBS and David Walters from North-West based fund manager River Capital joined Chair Jim Pendrill from AMBS

AMBS launches 2023 Original Thinking Podcast series with debate on Artificial Intelligence

Monday, February 20, 2023

Advances in data, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and analytics are completely changing the way we think about and do business. In our first podcast of 2023, which was also filmed in our new podcast suite, Professor Richard Allmendinger from AMBS and David Walters from North-West based fund manager River Capital joined Chair Jim Pendrill from AMBS to discuss the issue. >>

A group of doctors and nurses on a hospital ward in the UK looking at a clipboard

New research starts on quality and safety in NHS and independent hospitals

Wednesday, February 8, 2023

AMBS and the University of York have joined forces to launch new research into the quality and safety of patient care in NHS and independent hospitals. >>

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