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Cass Business School, embedded in the heart of London’s financial centre, is among Europe’s leading business schools. One of City, University of London’s five schools, Cass is world-renowned for its strong connections with City firms, international business and its community of students, alumni, and partners.

From its undergraduate programmes right through to PhD and Executive Education courses, Cass continues to draw in students from across the world because of its unique combination of educational reputation, real-world practical teaching approach and the quality of its top-ranked courses. Study with some of the finest minds in business at Cass Business School.

Most acquisitions and divestments don’t maximise value – even when some dealmakers think they do

March 27, 2019 | City Talk

Most acquisitions and divestments don’t maximise value – even when some dealmakers think they do. But acquirers who prioritise value creation at the onset outperform peers by as much as 14 per cent. Cass Business School provided the market analysis for a PwC and Mergermarket study of 600 global senior corporate executives which found that [...]
Codes of conduct fail to address exploitation in Bangladesh’s clothing factories

March 25, 2019 | City Talk

Global fashion brands achieve corporate legitimacy while factory employees continue to face unsafe working conditions. Codes of conduct implemented in Bangladesh’s readymade garment industry in 2013 have done little to improve the exploitation and dangerous working conditions its employees experience, according to research co-authored by a Cass Business School academic. The Rana Plaza Tower collapse [...]
One million volunteered in the past year

March 22, 2019 | City Talk

By Dr Janina Steinmetz, Senior Lecturer in Marketing at Cass Business School High number of volunteers driven by community cuts Wave of first-time volunteers prompted to step forward in response to issues such as reduced funding for community services, strain on the NHS and care for the elderly New cohort of volunteers still report reduced [...]
Hooked on a book, podcast or TV show? Here’s how the story changes you

March 21, 2019 | City Talk

Every holiday season, you have new worlds at your fingertips. Reading books, listening to podcasts, and watching films and TV shows can help you break away from the frenzy of everyday life, and journey into other possible worlds. As with any kind of travel, the journey affects you. The degree to which you become engaged [...]
NHS to banish pagers from its hospitals — but is this a good idea?

March 20, 2019 | City Talk

By Professor Andre Spicer, Professor of Organisational Behaviour at Cass Business School. Remember pagers? Simple devices that were used fairly widely before the advent of mobile phones and SMS messaging. If you had a pager, you could receive simple messages, but you couldn’t reply. One of the few places you will find a pager today [...]
Four common mistakes that can ruin your chances in a job interview

March 19, 2019 | City Talk

By Dr Janina Steinmetz, Senior Lecturer in Marketing at Cass Business School If you make it to the job interview stage of an application process, the prospect of a new job is very much in sight. Make a good impression and you are likely to get the opportunity you want. But imagine you get to [...]
Your postcode still matters online

March 15, 2019 | City Talk

Professor Gianvito Lanzolla and Dr Hans Frankort, examined a large online B2B marketplace to identify the key factors which influence a buyers’ decision to make a purchase. They analysed the activities of companies across a multitude of industries that were registered to an online marketplace during a 21-month period. It’s a myth that digital marketplaces [...]
Experts urge government to emphasise low-wage sectors in industrial strategy

March 14, 2019 | City Talk

The United Kingdom’s national productivity – which has remained relatively stagnant for almost a decade – could be substantially improved with increased government focus on productivity in low-wage sectors. This is the central tenet of a chapter, co-authored by Cass Business School academic John Forth, in the e-book What we really mean when we talk [...]
The secret to being more likeable on first dates and job interviews revealed

March 12, 2019 | City Talk

People who need to make a good impression on dates or in job interviews should concentrate on communicating the hard work and effort behind their success, rather than just emphasising their talent, new research from Cass Business School has found. In Impression (Mis) Management When Communicating Success, published in Basic and Applied Social Psychology, Dr [...]
Should the rich be taxed more?

March 8, 2019 | City Talk

Compared with other developed countries, the UK has a very high level of income inequality, something which many of us feel uncomfortable about. According to the Equality Trust, UK households in the bottom 10 per cent of the population have, on average, a disposable (or net) income of £9,644, with the top 10 per cent [...]

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