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Nov 01 2024 433 ep. 18 mins 875

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Just war and class conflict in Shakespeare’s ‘Henry V’

Nov 01 2024 9 mins

‘We few, we happy few, we band of brothers’ – King Henry’s speech to rouse his troops before the Battle of Agincourt is one of the most famous in Shakespeare. But what does ‘Henry V’ tell us about theories of war in Elizabethan England?Professor Anne-Marie Walkowicz of Ohio’s Central State University in the USA argues that the play explores the just war tradition –

How CEO Protection Shapes Corporate Debt

Oct 30 2024 10 mins

What happens when CEOs are shielded by employment and severance agreements? Researchers from Singapore Management University, University of Hong Kong, Boston College, and led by Dr. Xia Chen put forward this critical question. The study investigates how CEO contractual protection impacts corporate debt contracting. With insights from a comprehensive analysis of loans from major pub

The potency puzzle: Understanding cannabis in the modern age

Oct 23 2024 15 mins

CBD has emerged as a non-psychoactive agent in cannabis, stimulating a boom of boutique cannabis products into the medicinal and adult use markets .The innovative CannaMetrix EC50 Array™ offers a solution to traditional chemical methods of testing cannabis potency, which often fall short in accurately capturing the complex interactions between cannabinoids and the human body.Find

Revolutionizing Strategic Management: Embracing Sustainability and Spirituality

Oct 21 2024 11 mins

The global business landscape has undergone a profound transformation in recent decades. As sustainability, energy transition, and climate change have taken center stage, the need for a paradigm shift in strategic management has become increasingly apparent. Jean Garner Stead and Edward Stead from East Tennessee State University argue that traditional strategic management models, p

Diagnosing Traumatic Brain Injury with a Handheld Device

Oct 16 2024 12 mins

Traumatic brain injury remains a major cause of disability and death worldwide, and timely detection of the injury could lead to early intervention and save lives.Professor Pola Goldberg Oppenheimer at the University of Birmingham, UK, has developed a novel handheld device that helps detect and classify brain injury by scanning the back of the eyes.Read more in Research Features Re

Audible Barcodes – A Symphony of Data

Oct 09 2024 8 mins

Barcodes and QR codes have become ubiquitous sights in our current information age.Soorya Annadurai, an independent researcher and software engineer at Microsoft in the USA, has developed a solution for these situations: audible barcodes, or ‘AuraCodes’, enabling the encoding and decoding of digital information through the medium of sound.Read more in Research OutreachRead the

Why do secondary school admissions rules matter?

Oct 04 2024 22 mins

In an age of academies and free schools, secondary schools in England have never had more freedom over their admissions rules. But how do they decide who gets in and who doesn’t? And does it really matter?These are the issues explored in this podcast, featuring Professor Simon Burges (Professor of Economics at the University of Bristol) and Dr Ellen Greaves (Honorary Research Ass

Entrepreneurs in Conflict Zones

Oct 02 2024 12 mins

In conflict zones, businesses are widely seen as a positive force that promotes peace.Dr Jay Joseph at the American University of Beirut, Lebanon, and colleagues have studied micro and small enterprises, identifying their often contradictory impact on a conflict zone.Read more in Research FeaturesRead the original research: doi.org/10.1177/00076503221084638

The business of a more porous campus

Sep 30 2024 50 mins

It is believed that being more porous in nature will enable universities to create a talent pool of graduates with en entrepreneurial mindset and access to the very latest thinking, technology and innovation.But is this enough to stem the tide of talent leaving Malaysia for opportunities elsewhere?Featuring Professor Datuk Dr Paul Chan (HELP University), Professor Veronica Hope-Hai

The business of spinout success

Sep 30 2024 41 mins

The government of Malaysia has set a target of making Malaysia a regional hub for startups by 2025. As of 2022, there were approximately 3,000 active startups in Malaysia, a stark increase from around 300 in 2013. However, whilst 30% of Malaysian startups have displayed consistent growth and profitability, about 1,800 startups struggle, with a 60% failure rate, especially within th