Skip to navigation | Skip to main content | Skip to footer

AMBS magazine

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

Join our mailing list >>

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, 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 searching for an online discount on a laptop

AMBS data scientists help map extent of refunds culture in online fashion

Friday, March 26, 2021

While many online fashion retailers have experienced huge growth during the pandemic, they are also having to contend with the ever increasing problem of high returns. >>

female nurse with female patient

Challenges for working women during the pandemic

Wednesday, March 10, 2021

The Work and Equalities Institute has produced a briefing note for the GM (Greater Manchester) 4Women’s Employment Action Group which lays bare the challenges for working women in the wake of the pandemic. >>

wooden gavel on computer keyboard

AMBS completes innovative KTP with leading law firm

Monday, March 1, 2021

Alliance Manchester Business School has completed a Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) with global legal business DWF which has led to the launch of an insurance intelligence tool. >>

A young girl working on a laptop on the same desk as her mother

Academic cited in major review into gender impact of pandemic

Tuesday, February 9, 2021

Professor Jill Rubery, Director of the Work and Equalities Institute at Alliance MBS, is cited in a major parliamentary report highlighting how existing gendered inequalities in the economy have been ignored and sometimes exacerbated by the pandemic policy response. >>

A pink marketing "buy 3, get 1" sign

Marketing scholar recognised as prolific researcher

Tuesday, February 2, 2021

Alliance MBS Distinguished Professorial Fellow Christian Homburg has been recognised as one of the most prolific researchers in the field of marketing. >>

video call with team

AMBS launches Management KTP with international consultancy

Monday, January 25, 2021

Alliance MBS has begun one of its first ever Management Knowledge Transfer Partnerships (MKTP) with business consultancy firm Cirrus. >>

High angle shot of an unrecognizable female student using her laptop while sitting outside on campus

Academics at The Productivity Institute share their take on England’s skills system

Friday, January 22, 2021

Academics at The Productivity Institute share their take on England’s skills system and how reforms might impact productivity levels crucial to boosting the UK’s recovery. >>

Online conference graphic

Agility is the key to workplace engagement and boosts individual and team performance

Thursday, January 21, 2021

New research finds that team agility drives performance and engagement and identifies six key factors that comprise team agility. >>

Creating interactive experiences and exhibitions

Creating a more interactive experience

Thursday, January 21, 2021

The Data Visualisation Observatory is collaborating with the Institute for Cultural Practices at The University of Manchester to help create interactive experiences and exhibitions for museums and galleries. >>

Data Visualisation Observatory features in BBC film

Observatory features in BBC film

Wednesday, January 13, 2021

The Data Visualisation Observatory has featured in a BBC film where it was used to support a unique experiment on immunity in the fight against Covid-19. >>

View Research news