University of Bristol Business School
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The University of Bristol Business School hosted a careers event for Postgraduate students in Business and Economics. The event included a workshop on how to build your network and a chance to meet other students to talk over strategies and share tips.
We took the chance to catch up with some of our students to find out why they chose their programme and what their plans are for after graduation.
Welcome to the Corporate Finance Research Group at the University of Bristol! Our group is dedicated to exploring cutting-edge research topics in corporate finance and disseminating our findings through seminars and other events.
Professors Nick Taylor and Ian Tonks, of the University of Bristol Business School, formed part of a major international collaborative project assessing the variations in results across research teams in providing answers to typical finance research questions. The paper, Non-standard errors, features 250 joint authors, and explores the difference in results found by researchers when independently testing the same hypothesis on the same data sample. This is important for research in financial economics because variability in data cleaning and choice of an estimation method adopted by a research team is not usually allowed for in establishing the significance of empirical research. (more…)
New research by the University of Bristol Business School and Curtin University (Australia) academics explores how to respond to today’s grand challenges, such as mental health, by working together across different types of organisations and professions. (more…)
At the University of Bristol Business School, the research we do tackles the big global issues impacting the economy and society. 2022 has been an exciting year for us and has included some outstanding activity across the school. Here is just a few of our 2022 highlights: (more…)
New research published by University of Bristol Business School and Oxford University academics reveals how hundreds of thousands of gig workers regularly experience ‘reputational insecurity’. The study, ‘Platforms disrupting reputation: precarity and recognition struggles in the remote gig economy’ published in Sociology, shows that gig workers not only have to contend with the cost-of-living crisis and the ongoing pandemic but are also left feeling frustrated and hopeless by the algorithms used by tech companies. (more…)
The University of Bristol Business School is delighted to announce the publication of ‘The Threat: How Digital Capitalism is Sexist – And How to Resist’ by Dr Lilia Giugni, Lecturer in Social Innovation and Strategy.
The book explores the tight embrace between patriarchy and digital capitalism, and what we should do to resist. Here, Dr Lilia Giugni discusses her new book and the explanation she offers for the current state of things grounded in the tight intersections between technological developments, patriarchal culture, and capitalistic ways of productions. (more…)
After two years of online events, this year we are excited to resume face-to-face sessions, with most of the speakers coming to Bristol, spending a day visiting the Business School and meeting our faculty. Our Seminar Series is the result of excellent speaker suggestions from our faculty members and a shortlisting based on both academic and diversity criteria. (more…)
The city of Bristol is a remarkable place to live and study. We’ve highlighted some of the key areas that we believe make studying in Bristol unique, especially for those with a keen interest in business subject areas.
Postgraduate study offers students a chance to develop their knowledge and skills and to take the next step in their careers. (more…)