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Durham retains position in world's top 1% of business schools

Islamic Finance Community convenes in Durham for annual summer school

Managerial Insights:

Is managerial change the key to success?  Examples from the football industry

The link between innovation and diffusion

Investing in an employee's education - An employer's perspective

Focus on mentoring

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Spotlight on...

Re-accreditation highlights research and student experience

EQUIS accreditation is recognised as one of the top indicators of standards in management education worldwide.

Staff at Durham University Business School are celebrating the re-accreditation of their school by the prestigious European accreditation body, EQUIS (European Quality Improvement System), alongside re-accreditations recently awarded by the two other global accrediting organisations, AACSB and AMBA.

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Short-term versus Long-term Impact of Managers: Evidence from the Football Industry

Sacking the manager - is it a good thing or not? Football fans are divided and so, in a wider management context, are academics.

A team of researchers led by Dr. Mathew Hughes examined the difference between the long and short-term impacts of managerial change. They chose to look at a sector with which many people are familiar (and on which many have an opinion) – football.

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Exploring the Role of Innovativeness and Leadership in Diffusion

'Innovation is widely regarded as the key to development and profitability, but innovation itself is useless without diffusion', argues Kiran Fernandes, Professor of Operations Management

There has been much academic debate over the relationship between diffusion, innovation and opinion leadership, and although models have been developed for each, the three have rarely been studied together.  Professor Kiran Fernandes of Durham University Business School and City University's, Xiaohui Shi, set out to rectify this omission.

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Investing in Employees' Education - An Employer's Perspective

Further education for your employees is one of the best investments you can make.

Jerry Hall, CEO of DECIDE, completed his Executive Masters (MA in Enterprise Management) at Durham University Business School in 2007 and explains why he continues to invest in education for his employees. 

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For more information on our Executive Masters programmes click here.

Durham Islamic Finance Summer School 2014

Islamic Finance community convenes in Durham for annual summer school

The Durham Islamic Finance Summer School (DIFSS) has been held annually since 2006. The five day residential and intensive professional programmes, sessions and workshops are delivered by leading bankers and financiers as well as leading global Islamic Finance academics.

For forther information or to book your place please visit www.durham.ac.uk/dcief

Focus on Mentoring

Share your expertise with our students

Durham University Business School’s mentoring scheme is a great opportunity for students to gain valuable insight into their desired professions as well as hearing their mentor’s perspective on the best way to make traction in the labour market. It can also be very rewarding for the mentors and help them develop crucial management and leadership skills.

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To find out more or to register your interest in becoming a mentor, please contact the Alumni Relations Team.