Business and Finance

This area provides up-to-date and interesting developments from the world of business, economics and finance.

A wealth of information is available on topics ranging from stock markets, consumer climate, labor market policies, bond markets, foreign trade and interest rate trends to stock exchange news and economic forecasts.

Research Identifies a New Style of Managing and Measuring Employee Performance, …

Good performance management is key to employee motivation and organisational success. Now, new research from Henley Management College and Hay Group identifies…

Research Councils act to increase the economic impact of research

The document “Increasing the Economic Impact of the Research Councils” describes how the eight Research Councils will work with research users, public funders…

R&D funding creates innovations and business

Tekes’ funding contributes to the growth of Finland’s economy and competitiveness. Almost 2,000 R&D projects funded by Tekes were completed in 2006. They…

Abertay launches specialist centre to support Scots food and drink business in world marketplace

The University today launched food innovation @ abertay (FIA), a dedicated technology transfer unit aimed at supporting small and medium-sized companies.Supported by £80,000 from the European Regional Development Fund, FIA will offer academic and business expertise to companies looking to develop new, healthier products and new markets as well as make use of new technologies and training….

European Structural Funds alone cannot meet Lisbon targets

According to a recently completed study titled: “Strategic Evaluation on Innovation and the knowledge based economy in relation to the Structural and Cohesion…

Stock options may cost shareholders much less than previously thought

At the annual meeting of the American Mathematical Society, Leung demonstrated that, in one scenario, stock options were worth about half of what they would be…

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