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whitehall at dusk

Bridging the gap

Wednesday, March 1, 2023

Three years on from the Covid crisis, David Powell and Duncan Shaw discuss ongoing efforts to make the UK a more resilient nation. >>

Colleagues meeting in boardroom

Five Reasons to Study a Senior Leader Apprenticeship

Friday, February 3, 2023

The 16th annual National Apprenticeship Week runs from 6 – 12 February 2023, and highlights the positive impact that apprenticeships have on individuals, organisations, and the wider economy. >>

A picture of the Manchester skyline during a sunset

Digital technologies and skills in Greater Manchester

Thursday, February 2, 2023

To what extent are digital technologies adopted in Greater Manchester? Silvia Massini, Mabel Sanchez Barrioluengo and Xiaoxiao Yu have been investigating >>

A flock of birds during a sunset

The future of Twitter

Tuesday, December 6, 2022

Alex Gunz speculates on what next for the platform in the wake of its takeover by Elon Musk. >>

A busy street in Bangladesh

Rethinking the boundaries of audit

Thursday, December 1, 2022

Traditional notions of auditing often don’t work in developing countries, says Javed Siddiqui. >>

Topic

Type

Year

sports fans cheering in a sports bar

The role of regional social capital

Johannes Kleinhempel | Thursday, July 14, 2022
Entrepreneurship, Productivity, Work
Commentary
A woman working on her laptop in the dark

The future of work

Sir Cary Cooper | Thursday, April 7, 2022
Management, Productivity, Work
Commentary
Bowness-in-Windermere from above

The North West’s productivity crisis: Causes, challenges and solutions

Kieron Flanagan | Monday, November 29, 2021
Productivity
Commentary
global offices meeting

Travelling through Productivity Land

Bart Van Ark | Thursday, October 7, 2021
Productivity
Podcast
a green fern circle

The UK’s 'greenish’ recovery: good intentions but lacking clarity and ambition

Frank Geels, Guillermo Ivan Pereira, Jonatan Pinkse | Monday, June 28, 2021
Covid-19, Productivity, Sustainability
Commentary
stack of coins falling on a graph

Is business to blame for capitalism?

Bruce Tether, Diane Coyle | Thursday, June 17, 2021
Productivity, Sustainability, Work
Podcast
A view of Manchester including Deansgate and the Beetham Tower

Importance of scale-up companies

Russell Miller | Thursday, May 20, 2021
Entrepreneurship, Productivity
Commentary
electronic image of padlock

Responding to a changing cyber landscape

Richard Allmendinger | Tuesday, May 11, 2021
Decision Sciences, Management, Productivity, Technology
Commentary
dying experiments a case study

Tackling the productivity puzzle

Bart Van Ark | Friday, December 18, 2020
Productivity
Commentary

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Blog posts give the views of the author, and are not necessarily those of Alliance Manchester Business School and The University of Manchester.

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