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September 23, 2021

What really killed the retail energy companies?

As gas prices have risen rapidly in August and September of 2021 due to a post(ish)-COVID resurgence in demand a number of retail energy suppliers in the UK have folded and many more are facing the same fate.

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Business Strategy

September 22, 2021

How shareholders and executives screw up efforts to increase profitability – Part 1

There is a tendency to think that operational managers have more tools to affect profitability than executives but is this true?

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Leadership

February 24, 2021

Do Performance-Related Pay Schemes Do More Harm Than Good?

A study published this month demonstrates that performance related pay may not be the Frankenstein’s monster that it is made out to be. As many as 90% of corporates use some

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Business Strategy

February 19, 2021

Being Different Attracts More Crowd-Funding But Less Venture Capital

A new study demonstrates that when it comes to crowd-funding, being different is essential. This is important, because it had been assumed that being very different could be a disadvantage -

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Leadership

February 16, 2021

Employee Engagement During Covid-19 Pandemic is Catastrophic for UK Employees and Businesses

Since the Credit Crunch of 2008/9, the U.K.'s productivity has declined much more than that of other countries. According to the Financial Times, only Italy's productivity was worse. And overall, the

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