2010 media coverage 

Location is everything

The BBC's Rory Cellan Jones talks to entrepreneur and investor Joichi Ito and Elizabeth Varley, founder of TechHub at Silicon Valley comes to Oxford.

The Today Programme

Steve Rayner comments on the current climate change policy architecture claiming it isn't working and can't work.

What Does the Future Hold for the Internet?

Leading entrepreneurs attending the Silicon Valley Comes to Oxford event share their thoughts on the disruptive nature of the internet

Top entrepreneurs discuss the internet economy

Some of the world's top entrepreneurs gather at Saïd Business School to discuss, amongst other things, 10 years of the internet economy.

Silicon Valley Comes to Oxford: Your Tech Questions Put to the Panel
Tech Europe asked its readers to suggest questions for a star-studded panel at the annual forum.

Swiss set to gain if Irish tax levels rise
Switzerland is likely to be a beneficiary of any rise in Irish corporate tax rates but Professor Michael Devereux of the Oxford University Centre for Business Taxation said the move would be unlikely to slow tax competition in Europe in anything but the short term.

A Poet's progress 
As the pressure of MBA coursework and assignments ramps up, Alanna witnesses the collaborative nature of the students and the support networks beginning to spring up amongst the class.  

Starbucks employees see the graft before the grind
Increasingly firms feel the need to show their staff they are "doing good." Marc Thompson, a fellow in strategy and organisation at Saïd, says: "In a commodity market, companies like Starbucks are forever trying to differentiate their brand, and values are increasingly playing an important role."

Lose manufacturing and you lose capacity for innovation

David Upton responds to a piece by John Kay: Why you can have an economy of people who don’t sweat.

The Golden Ticket

MBA Alanna Petroff felt like she’d won the golden ticket when she was invited to attend the prestigious CBI conference

Die neuen Konservativen: Das englische Experiment

Clemens Fuest comments on the implications of the spending cuts and the question of why there is more public support for spending cuts in Britain than in other countries.

Comprehensive spending review: Osborne cuts – and crosses fingers

Mike Devereux of the Oxford University Centre for Business Taxation has shown that large chunks of public spending will be spared the chancellor's axe, leaving the remaining departments highly vulnerable.

Internet in EM: better quality but fewer connections

Several developing countries are making rapid improvements to their broadband infrastructure, so that their cities enjoy faster download speeds than those in some developed nations.

UK net is ‘not ready’ for future

The UK is slowly climbing up the broadband world rankings, but is still not "ready for tomorrow," according to a global study of net services conducted by Saïd Business School

Laptops flip open and students flip out

MBA student Alanna Petroff continues her blog and discusses how she finds the MBA programme both awe-inspiring and terrifying.

Facebook app downloads show unique 'bandwagon effect'

A study of the download rates of a set of apps for Facebook has shown how they follow an unusual "bandwagon effect".

WTO 'aided’ Chinese firms

Researcher by Eric Thun at Saïd and Dr Loren Brandt at the University of Toronto has shown that indigenous Chinese businesses have fared much better than expected in the wake of China's admission to the WTO

Islamic beauty: Can halal cosmetics outgrow their niche?

Paul Temporal predicts that the sharia-compliant lifestyle market represents massive potential in the next few years.

Finding top performers

Andrew White comments on Saïd’s executive education arm which works with organisations to design talent management programmes that identify and develop future leaders.

50 ideas to change science: Earth

Steve Rayner suggests how geo-engineering might provide a solution to some of the planets ills.

Geld verdienen und Gutes tun

Many students at business schools want to be economically successful - but also improve the world.

UniCredit Shakeup Tightens Foundations’ Grip on Banks

Colin Mayer comments on the management shakeup at UniCredit SpA, Italy’s largest bank.

Elevator Pitch: Geomium launches, challenging Foursquare et al

Michael Ferguson, MBA alum and chief executive of Geomium discusses the firms launch in London

Fruit processor wins

A scheme to set up a rural supply and processing network for fresh apricots in the Ladakh region of India is the winner of the latest annual Oxford International YBD Competition.

Healthcare assistants carry out nursing tasks

Ian Kessler’s research into the role of healthcare assistants supports a study by Unison that has found that healthcare assistants are routinely taking on tasks traditionally performed by registered nurses

New forum tackles worldwide woes

Academics, policy makers and business people gathered at the inaugural Oxford China Business Forum to discuss ways to prevent another financial crash.

Oxford University names Professor David Whetten as corporate reputation professor

Why expensive consultancy firms are giving away more research

Chris McKenna comments on the trend for consulting firms to provide free reports to potential clients.

The grave new world of trade

The theory-thick halls of a 900-year-old university is not the usual place to find discussion of mundane trade rules and disputes, but that was one highlight of the Diploma in Strategy and Innovation course at Saïd.

MBA alum Hadley Barrett, founder of the Oxford Sustainable Group, talks about his business interests in biogas and wind

'The Social Network' is a cautionary tale about the founding of one of tech's biggest successes – Facebook featuring Saïd MBAs Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss.

Who will pay for California's high-speed rail system?

Critics claim California's high-speed rail line could be another nail in the state's financial coffin quoting research from professor Bent Flyvbjerg at the BT Centre for Major Programme Management at Saïd

Advertisers Seek to Speak to Muslim Consumers

As the Islamic population has grown in size and affluence — there are now 1.57 billion Muslims worldwide — more multinationals are seeking to tap into the market.

Now wash your hands please

Professor Linda Scott discusses her research in Africa which revealed that when girls start menstruating, they start missing several days of school every month because of the absence of sanitary towels.

Social networks: The great tipping point test

Research by Jukka-Pekka Onnela and Felix Reed-Tsochas at Saïd  uses Facebook and its 400-million-plus users as a living laboratory to examine how ideas and behaviours spread through human groups.

Interview with Pamela Hartigan at Oxford Saïd

Social entrepreneurship is an increasingly popular focus for MBA students, but what exactly does the term mean?

Private business schools spy an opportunity

Privately funded business schools are on the increase but as Professor Colin Mayer, points out that "The main advantage of a traditional business school is that it's part of a university with all the benefits that brings."

Small county's officials gather for Isle of Man course

Ministers and finance officials from some of the world's smallest countries are visiting the Isle of Man to learn how to boost their economies on The Small Countries Financial Management Programme. 

UK tech firm GroupSpaces secures $1.3m

Oxford entrepreneurs David Langer and Andy Young secured $1.3m in funding for GroupSpaces, an online site for simple management and administration of real-world groups, widely used by Saïd  Business School as well as other Oxford University student clubs. 

Osborne's gamble

According to an analysis by the Oxford University Centre for Business Taxation, capital-intensive industries, such as transport, hotels, utilities and agriculture, come off worse in the budget than those at the other end of the spectrum.

Mike Devereux from the Oxford University Centre for Business Taxation analyses the emergency budget.

Proposals to cut the rate of corporation tax have generally been welcomed. But Michael Devereux warns that not all businesses will be better off.

Michael Devereux of Oxford University's Centre for Business Taxation, welcomed the announcement of an increase in VAT, saying it could create an immediate fiscal stimulus as consumers bring forward spending ahead of January 2011.

The close relationships healthcare assistants develop with patients are an opportunity for trusts to drive up their performance scores, researchers at Saïd have found.

Healthcare assistants take over bulk of bedside care

A research project by Ian Kessler and Paul Heron at Saïd revealed that a healthcare assistant does twice as much direct patient care on the wards as a nurse

Outsource in haste, repent at leisure

Commenting on BP's Deepwater Horizon catastrophe Rupert Younger, director of the Centre for Corporate Reputation at Saïd, says, ‘You may be able to outsource operations, but you cannot outsource your reputation.’ 

In search of the next generation of management stars

Most top business schools can boast at least one management guru - at Saïd Professor Linda Scott is credited for developed the 'Double-X Economy’ concept of women’s empowerment in emerging markets. 

A look at the “interim manager” - seen by some to mean a redundant executive en route to early retirement, by others a troubleshooting professional.

Have we fallen out of love with the nation's newsagent?

Has the former High Street favourite WH Smith fallen out of favour? Dr Jonathan Reynolds believes the company had lost its way a few years back and that it remains confused.

Simple ideas about cleanliness could change the fortunes of poor people around the world. Research by Linda Scott, Professor of Marketing at Saïd, discovered that millions of girls were missing school in Africa, once they started having periods.

Private Equity Allocations Will Hold Steady or Rise in Coming Years, According to New Research

Tim Jenkinson co-designed the research and provides a forward to the paper, which is entitled "Private Equity Faces the Future: Candid Views from the Market."

Bent Flyvbjerg comments on the Metro City Ring in Copenhagen which is heading for both cost overruns and delays.

Lloyds, HSBC Report Quarterly Profits: How Much, They Won’t Say

Colin Mayer comments on whether UK banks should increase disclosure of financial information when reporting on quarterly profits

Lloyds, HSBC Report Quarterly Profits: How Much, They Won’t Say

Colin Mayer comments on whether UK banks should increase disclosure of financial information when reporting on quarterly profits.

Oblique Strategies

Professor Steve Rayner co-authored the recently published Hartwell Paper which calls for subtler and more thoughtful approaches to climate politics. 

EU data set to fuel talk of VAT increase

Speculation about a post-election rise in value added tax, advocated by the Oxford University Centre for Business Taxation, is likely to be fuelled by a new report showing Britain has the fourth-lowest rate in the European Union.

Die Welt in allen Facetten sehen

According to Colin Mayer, Dean of Saïd, Business schools need to get away from their current 'how-to' approach and concern themselves more with the latest scientific findings from other fields of research

The science of geoengineering involves the deliberate manipulation of the planet's environment on a massive scale in order to combat the negatives of climate change. There are huge risks involved, but is it a necessary evil?

Young Entrepreneur’s Prize-Winning Wallet

MBA Michael Aiello won “the people’s vote” at the annual Idea Idol competition at Saïd for his range of wallets and passport cases that protect their contents from remote skimming attacks

Young entrepreneur's prize-winning wallet keeps fraudsters at bay

Oxford MBA Michael Aiello has just won "the people's vote" at the annual Oxford Entrepreneurs Idea Idol competition at the Saïd, for his clever range of wallets and passport cases that protect their contents from remote skimming attacks.

Let's be honest with the world about our social enterprise successes and failures

When people come from overseas to study UK social enterprise, they often get an airbrushed account that will not help them develop a strategy when they get back home

A critical rethink: Are in-house training schemes threatening business schools?

Derek Walker, Head of Careers talks about current recruitment trends in the banking sector

IMF targets banks with 'excess profits tax'

Michael Devereux comments on the new "excess profits tax" for banks proposed by the International Monetary Fund. 

Historic boat race set for meet with modern twist

The Winklevoss twins bring a touch of modernity to the historic race.

Small island for sale

The takeover of Cadbury by Kraft seems to symbolise a hollowing-out of corporate Britain. The truth is rather more complicated.

Budget 2010: Failure to tackle deficit will be Labour's legacy

Michael Devereux of Oxford University's Centre for Business Taxation reflects on the budget

Consultants offer £60bn value for money, says study

A report by the Management Consultancies Association has found that consultants create almost GBP60bn of value for their UK clients. While critics may say the estimates of value are highly speculative, the MCA's report has been validated by Professor Tim Morris of the Saïd Business School, who described it as 'robust' and 'worth taking seriously'. 

Britain should not fear foreign ownership

Colin Mayer and a colleague explore the issue of foreign ownership in the wake of the Cadbury takeover.

Britain’s last chocolatier sets down a gauntlet for his Kraft successor

In a speech on “Hostile Bids and Takeovers” at Saïd, Roger Carr talked of how he vigorously defended the 'siege' on Cadbury from the US food giant Kraft 

Global MBA rankings 2010

In the Financial Times rankings of MBA programmes Saïd has risen four places to be ranked 16th in the world and 2nd in the UK.

The Californian solution for the Club Med

Comment co-authored by Dimitrios Tsomocos, a University Reader  at Said Business School, on the fiscal problems of Greece and other Mediterranean countries.  

The London Banking Center Is Beginning to Feel Like Itself Again

The British financial sector is feeling good again but faces the threat of regulatory changes. But the real threat to their global pre-eminence may come from the powerhouses in the East. 

Royal Society panel discussion on geoengineering

Geo-engineering technology is seen as one of the possible routes to counter climate change  Professor Steve Rayner, discuss geo-engineering in advance of a discussion at the Royal Society.