Posts related to Business & economics
Labour rights reporting: Is a new era in sight?
March 28 2023MDX academic explains how British firms will have to comply with new EU corporate laws covering a range of social and environmental issues
How seriously are companies taking their reporting under the Modern Slavery Act?
February 10 2022New research by MDX academics suggests companies focus on the risk to their reputation instead of labour rights when following laws on Modern Slavery
MBA students need to be taught ‘information resilience’.
October 05 2020Following the case of ANZ, Tim Evans, Professor of Business and Political Economy, highlights the importance of ‘information resilience’ for MBA students
Hosting a successful writing boot-camp online
August 24 2020Professor Anne-Wil Harzing is dedicated to research mentoring in the Business School at MDX. Here, she discusses how her annual writing boot-camp was taken online during COVID-19 and how a community was still maintained.
Women on board: gender diversity in the banking sector
March 23 2020Dr Sylvia Gottschalk and Dr Edward Bace explore how gender diversity in the banking sector can relate to a reduction of risk taking.
Unconscious bias: now you see it, now you don’t?
October 11 2019Roger Kline examines a recent case of race discrimination in the workplace, in which unconscious bias was overlooked by the employer
Safeguarding Malaysia’s women migrant workers
July 25 2019Dr Tim Freeman and Dr Lilian Miles report on their research into the rights of women migrant workers in Malaysia
CYGNA: Supporting Women in Academia
March 08 2019Prof Anne-Wil Harzing explains how CYGNA was formed to support female academics
The NHS Long Term Plan & toxic workplace culture
February 07 2019Roger Kline examines the new NHS Long Term Plan and asks if it’s enough to change organisation’s future
Creating a supportive research culture
January 30 2019Professor Anne-Wil Harzing shares the strategies Middlesex University Business School has been using to reach its research potential