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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

Hand showing laptop computer with cloud network Computer

Ensuring Artificial Intelligence is responsible

Erik Beulen | Monday, October 24, 2022
Technology
Commentary
Business team on meeting working with charts and analysing statistics report

Data and decision making

Yu-wang Chen | Thursday, October 20, 2022
Decision Sciences, Technology
Commentary
The Houses of Parliament in London overlooking from the other side of the River Thames

The fallout from the ‘mini’ Budget

Ismail Erturk | Tuesday, October 11, 2022
Investments
Commentary
A female teaching helping younger female students with a robot arm on a desk

The lasting impact of student loan reforms

Jill Rubery | Friday, July 15, 2022
Work
Commentary
A cover of the book titled strategic project organising

The importance of strategic project organising

Eunice Maytorena-Sanchez, Graham Winch, Natalya Sergeeva | Thursday, July 14, 2022
Executive Education, Management, Sustainability
Commentary
sports fans cheering in a sports bar

The role of regional social capital

Johannes Kleinhempel | Thursday, July 14, 2022
Entrepreneurship, Productivity, Work
Commentary
A plant growing in a metal gear cog

Building a bottom-up bioeconomy

Philip Shapira, Nick Matthews, Laurence Stamford | Tuesday, July 12, 2022
Innovation, Sustainability, Technology
Commentary
A black man and a white woman pointing at a screen with graphs on

Elon Musk’s takeover attempt of Twitter shines a light on Mergers & Acquisitions

Amedeo De Cesari | Wednesday, June 8, 2022
Work
Commentary
Two men shouting at each other in a business meeting

Bullying: why most people do nothing when they witness it – and how to take action

Kara Ng, Karen Niven | Thursday, April 28, 2022
Work
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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