Management School publishes fifth edition of Research
We are delighted to announce the launch of the Management School's fifth edition of Research, which offers an extensive overview of the latest studies and news from 2024-25.
In an accessible and engaging style, Research 05 highlights the latest insights and advancements from our colleagues, featuring impactful studies from our six subject groups, along with updates from our research centres and achievements by our academics.
We start with a groundbreaking study by our Accounting and Finance Group's Director of Research, Professor Charlie Cai, that confirms the unsophisticated and risk seeking behaviour of specialised crypto investors, often driven by the fear of missing out (FOMO) rather than objective return valuations (page 2).
Next, we share an ongoing investigation by Professor Charlotte Croft and Dr Trishna Chauhan, from our Work, Organisation and Management Group, which explores the influence of social media to challenge professional stereotypes and gain political influence in nursing (page 5).
Our following piece focuses on an ambitious project to turn the Liverpool-Belfast Green Shipping Corridor into reality, with details on research undertaken by Dr Cagatay Iris, from Operations and Supply Chain Management Group, into the pathways and associated challenges of port, shipping and logistics decarbonisation, and the priority initiatives to develop a sustainable maritime corridor in the Irish Sea (page 8).
Then we move onto our Strategy, International Business and Entrepreneurship Group,to look at Dr Carola Wolf’s research that delves behind the scenes of the acquisition process and highlights how vital casual interactions between middle managers are to achieve the anticipated strategic and operational benefits for both firms (page 19).
Our next stop is our Economics Group, with a piece on Professor Nick de Roos’s research which shows how limiting access to competitor prices in an oligopoly triggers undesired effects, such as higher prices and increased profits for rival firms (page 22).
And last but not least, we present an insightful paper by Marketing Group experts, Professor Michael Haenlein, Dr Rachel Ashman and PhD candidate, Oliver Buckley, that underlines the potential of livestreaming to enrich influencer marketing activities and foster deep, authentic connections with the evasive Gen Zers (page 26).
We also take a closer look at our Liverpool Advanced Methods for Big Data Analytics (LAMBDA) Research Centre (page 14) and provide examples of how our researchers are impacting businesses and policymaking, including:
- An interview with Green Finance expert Professor Shantanu Banerjee about the future of sustainable accounting and finance, and academia’s role in how we will tackle the upcoming environmental, social and governance challenges (page 10)
- Details on how sustainable transportation experts from the School’s Centre for Supply Chain Research are developing a groundbreaking green solution to optimise the way people and goods move in suburban areas (page 13)
- A peek into Professor Zlatko Bodrozic’s research project that will explore the untapped potential of municipally and non-profit run outpatient medical care services in Germany, as a sustainable, community-oriented alternative to investor-driven models (page 17)
- A congratulations to researchers from the Centre for Sustainable Business and the School of the Arts, who have successfully contributed to substantial changes to Government guidance on how UK businesses should report on methods to tackle modern slavery in their supply chains (page 18)
- The preliminary findings of research undertaken by financial economists, Professor Costas Milas and Dr Michael Ellington, alongside Bank of England economists, to assess how UK interest rates should be set along other unconventional policy measures, to hit the 2% inflation target and boost economic growth during periods of heightened uncertainty (page 24)
- A collaboration with The Financial Times, which is applying new impact metrics in a standalone experimental research ranking based on a conceptual framework co-designed by Professor Michael Haenlein (page 30)
- Economics students' positive feedback on the Schools' Student Research Assistant Scheme, which offers undergrads an invaluable opportunity to work alongside world class researchers while they complete their degree (page 31)
- And an interview with musician and blockchain expert, Dr Jennifer Davies, to find out more about the Management School’s role to put the Liverpool City Region (LCR) at the forefront of music innovation, as part of the MusicFutures Creative Cluster (page 32).
We hope you find it interesting!