Multinationals leaving the UK. Could their ex-employees provide a silver lining to this cloud?
| Date: | 11 March 2019 |
| Author: | Pedro de Faria and Bart Los |
Several multinational companies (MNCs) have announced plans to reduce their activities in the United Kingdom. The uncertainties associated with Brexit are a common reason. These strategic decisions often imply the closure of subsidiaries and have immediate...
Our insatiable appetite for consumption is driving up global CO2 emissions
| Date: | 11 March 2019 |
Changes in the structure of international trade have had little effect on the growth in global CO2 emissions. That is the conclusion of Professor Erik Dietzenbacher, based on data from the World Input-Output Database (WIOD) for the period 1995-2008.
Econ 050: Leadership and crisis
| Date: | 04 March 2019 |
More egalitarian approaches to leadership that share responsibility and power are better for weathering an economic downturn, but when the financial crisis hit in 2008, the instinct of thousands of business owners around the globe was to cling to their...
The leadership puzzle
| Date: | 01 March 2019 |
Leadership is a much debated topic both in research and practice, even more so now with more calls for strong leaders on the rise. Janka Stoker and Harry Garretsen’s new book on the issue Goede leiders zweven niet (Taking hot air out of leadership) has...
Beyond left and right: how political identity influences happiness
| Date: | 26 February 2019 |
In municipal elections across the north in 2018, left wing and local issue-based parties performed especially well. In the city of Groningen, there was a far left swing: the liberal D66 party had the biggest share of votes before election day, but the...
When does a healthy choice lead to an unhealthy one?
| Date: | 05 February 2019 |
| Author: | Celia Castañón Lagunes |
Researcher Julia Storch is on a mission to understand the decision making that governs what ends up in our shopping baskets. It's all part of trying to solve a challenge on a world scale. "We have a global obesity epidemic. Some people even talk about a...
Study shows collapse in confidence in investing in Britain
| Date: | 31 January 2019 |
Managers' confidence in investing in Britain collapsed between 2013 and 2017, new research has shown.
Econ 050: Debt and house prices
| Date: | 30 January 2019 |
Housing for students in Groningen in particular has gotten a lot of attention in recent years. But issues at the very top of the property ladder are one of the biggest reasons why many people across the north are struggling to find affordable housing even...
The marketing big bang
| Date: | 29 January 2019 |
P.K. Kannan of the University of Maryland has been named Professor by Special Appointment of Digital Business & Analytics at the FEB and he will participate in the Groningen Digital Business Center. His research is on the frontier of how data and digital...
Econ 050: Going green at the grocery store
| Date: | 24 January 2019 |
The new “green” grocer: Why is it so hard to get people to make greener purchases? Associate marketing professor Jenny van Doorn explains in this new episode of podcast Econ 050 that vice and virtue play a role, but at the end of the day, many shoppers are...