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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

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Stimulating innovation through the public procurement of innovation

Friday, September 9, 2022

AMBS research has influenced international policy for the public procurement of innovation (PPI) and schemes including the European Commission’s Innovation Procurement Broker scheme and the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). >>

Rush hour in the Emergency Ward at the hospital with doctors and patients on the move

New report calls for changes to systems leadership in health care

Thursday, September 8, 2022

A team of researchers have produced a landmark review of systems leadership in health care, concluding that the NHS must better define what it needs from its leaders to address emerging challenges and policy changes. >>

A group of volunteers picking up litter and cleaning up nature

Mobilising and managing spontaneous volunteers during national and international emergencies, including COVID-19

Thursday, September 8, 2022

Research conducted at AMBS into mobilising spontaneous volunteers has significantly informed and improved responses to UK and international emergencies, including COVID-19. >>

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Changing how international policy organisations understand and manage environmental problems

Thursday, September 8, 2022

Research by Professor Frank Geels has shaped significant transformations in how the European Environment Agency (EEA), the EU, and the United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) approach policies concerning energy, decarbonisation, and biodiversity loss. >>

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Improving extended access to primary care in Greater Manchester

Thursday, September 8, 2022

AMBS researchers evaluated two NHS schemes that provided 7-day access to general practice services across Greater Manchester >>

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