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Employee co-operative or conventional business - which is best?
Wisdom has it that employee-owned firms are small, undercapitalised and less efficient than conventional firms. The success of the John Lewis Partnership, the story goes, must be the exception.
Insolvency risk lower for private equity-backed companies
Private equity-backed buyouts are less likely to fail than non private equity-backed buyouts, according to a report published today by a team of academics.
Town and gown reception means business
The University is taking part in an event bringing together 100 of the region's business leaders to meet 100 business-focused academics from all the regional universities.
Back curiosity-driven research to generate wealth
Blue skies research produces the biggest economic pay-offs in the long run, says a report published by the Russell Group of 20 leading research universities.
Researching the bias in journal ratings
A trusted system used to measure the quality of academic research produced at many of the world's leading universities is highly problematic, a study has found.