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.

Did pirates create the Credit Crunch?

Dr Peter Hayes is Senior Lecturer in politics at the University of Sunderland. In his latest paper ‘Pirates, Privateers and the contract theories of Hobbes and…

Venture capitalism as medicine for the economic crisis

“The financial crisis is an excellent example of how important it is to build up lasting values in the economy, because it has several cornerstones. Some…

Capacity building in business research and engagement

The Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) is building upon its commitment to support research and training essential to the international competitiveness…

Price gurus bear great responsibility for company strategies

Business analyst Niklas Hallberg of Lund University in Sweden shows that individual associates, price experts, are a strong factor for accurate pricing. If…

Tracing the premium customers

The days when we had to go to a physical store to buy whatever goods and services we needed are over. Within a number of business sectors it has become…

Research finds customers’ fixation on minimum payments drives up credit card bills

The research, by University of Warwick Psychology researcher Dr Neil Stewart, is to be published in Psychological Science, in a paper entitled “The Cost of…

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