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Dr Matt Burke receives Financial Times award for the impact of his academic research

Dr Matt Burke, alongside colleagues, is working to integrate climate science into real world financial indicators. This is essential for communicating the risk that climate change poses to the economy.
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Strengthening worker voice in Bangladesh's garment industry

A new book chapter, written by Dr Sharmin Shabnam Rahman, alongside Jette Steen Knudsen and Jeremy Moon, shares insights from their latest research on Bangladesh's Ready-Made Garment sector.
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New report critiques supply-side urban development

The new report, written by Richard Goulding, Adam Leaver and Jonathan Silver, critically examines the supply-side, property-led urban development model, using Manchester as a case study.
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Dr Mirna Jabbour publishes new book about implementing Enterprise Risk Management

Dr Mirna Jabbour’s first book, Enterprise Risk Management: Technical, Cognitive, and Social Perspectives, has been published by Routledge.
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Prof. Richard Murphy identified as the top Twitter influencer on accounting issues by the ICAEW

Prof. Richard Murphy identified as the top Twitter influencer on accounting issues by the ICAEW

| ICAEW
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Real estate prices are reaching record highs but that doesn’t mean it’s the only time to sell

The real estate sector has unexpectedly thrived during the pandemic. Whether this signals an opportunity to sell or buy a house, however, is another matter.

| The Conversation
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Airbnb going public is a maverick move

In what has been a gloomy year for the travel industry, ⁦Airbnb's IPO is a bold move. Olga Cam and Mohammad Rajjaque discuss the company’s watershed moment.

| The Conversation
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Sunak under pressure to reveal whereabouts of his own investments

Professor Richard Murphy discusses lack of transparency around Chancellor Rishi Sunak's blind trust.
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Are UK companies strong enough for coronavirus?

Research from Professor Adam Leaver and colleagues has found that over a quarter of FTSE 100 companies spent more on shareholder distributions than they generated in net income in the last available accounting year.