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Too Hot to Think Straight, Too Cold to Panic

10 Mar 2025

Researchers from the University of Cambridge and Boston Consulting Group (BCG) offer a strong case for investing in climate mitigation and adaptation...

Changing how we talk — and think — about manufacturing

17 Jan 2023

Professor Tim Minshall, Head of Cambridge's Institute for Manufacturing, says it's time for a change in how we talk about manufacturing in the UK -...

Cambridge joins launch of Responsible Investment Network - Universities

12 Dec 2019

Cambridge joins forces with the University of Edinburgh and St Anne’s College, Oxford to found a network with the vision of building a better world...

The Bank of England & The Duke of Wellington.

Opinion: Forget Super Thursday, the Bank of England can only offer Mildly Useful Thursday

03 Aug 2016

Michael Kitson (Cambridge Judge Business School) discusses how the Bank of England may try to give the economy a boost.

Opinion: As ARM enjoys a Japanese embrace, the lessons it can teach UK tech firms

19 Jul 2016

Peter Williamson (Cambridge Judge Business School) discusses the sale of Cambridge-based technology firm ARM Holdings to Japan's Softbank for £24...

Houses on British money, Credit: Images Money on Flickr

Debt level analysis could help investors make sharper choices about real estate

15 Jun 2016

Retail and institutional investors alike often buy stocks in Real Estate Investment Trusts, because they are known as defensive stocks, able to...

Climate change sentiment could hit global investment portfolios in the short term

12 Nov 2015

A new report by the University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL) reveals that global investment portfolios could lose up to...

The Prime Minister holds a bilateral with the Indian PM

Opinion: Six deals to look out for as Indian PM Modi visits Britain

11 Nov 2015

Jaideep Prabhu (Cambridge Judge Business School) discusses the business deals we can expect to be struck as a result of Narendra Modi's visit to the...

Stock exchange workers. Typically the valuation of companiespresumes that capital structure does not influence value, but the new study identifies several consistent features among the financing activity of real estate firms

Capital structure used to gauge firms’ foundations

09 Feb 2015

Patterns in the financing activities of firms could be used as a litmus-test to determine company value, according to a new report.

Understanding the implications of climate change for business

05 Sep 2014

A new online resource, which summarises the implications of climate change for specific sectors of the economy, has been produced and made freely...