Business and Finance

Business cycles are a fact of economic life and they can have a significant impact on new technology sectors where the risks are high and product development takes time. But research funded by the Economic and Social Research Council shows that not all sectors respond in the same way.

The project, conducted by Michael Kitson of the Judge Institute of Management (Cambridge’s Business School) and Dr David Primost of the ESRC Centre for Business Research, revealed a range of c

The latest value of the EuroCOIN™ indicator released by the Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) shows: CEPR’s EuroCOIN reading for May 2005 points to a slowdown of economic activity for the 12 countries that make up the euro area. The upturn signal of March and April is not confirmed, indicating that we are still in a period of uncertainty. In the euro area, the cyclical component of quarterly GDP growth decreased from 0.418 in April to 0.351 in May. The April fig

Karolinska Institutet’s solution for the financing of early discoveries will be presented at the biotech fair in Philadelphia on 21 June.

A portfolio of start-ups is created and an investment base is sought for the entire package. The system used at Karolinska Institutet is unique in the world, and creates better chances of success as well as healthy earnings for the investors.

The university is forever generating new science of considerable market potential. Howev

Integrating business and information system know-how is essential

Päivi Tossavainen, M.Sc. (Econ), will defend her PhD dissertation at the Helsinki School of Economics (HSE) on Thursday, June 16th 2005. The dissertation is entitled “Transformation of organizational structures in a multinational enterprise. The case of enterprise resource planning utilization” and is in the field of International Business. The public defense will start at 12:00 in the auditorium of the main build

Researchers in Bradford have found that video and web conferencing can save millions of pounds for companies, improve employees’ working lives and reduce impact on the environment.

Telecoms giant BT has saved £128 million a year by replacing face-to-face interaction with video and web-based conferencing.

Research carried out for BT by Dr. Peter Hopkinson and Professor Peter James of the University of Bradford’s Department of Environmental Science has found that, on aver

Record Trading in Euro-Bund Futures (FGBL) Current record (June 7, 2005): 2.87 million contracts Previous record (March 7, 2005): 2.52 million contracts Since the launch of Phase 1 of the Global Clearing Link in November last year, average monthly turnover in the Euro-Bund Future increased 31.7 percent (average monthly trading volume Jan-May 2004: 19.59 million compared to 25.8 million contracts for the period Jan-May 2005).